Report of the State Botanist. 51 



Carex torta Boott. 



Three quite distinct forms of this species grow along Fish 

 creek, near Taberg. In one the fertile spikes are long, loosely 

 flowered at the base, and distant, and the lowest bract is long 

 and leaf-like, much surpassing the spike and neai-ly equaling the 

 culm in length. In the second the spikes are approximate with 

 the bracts very slender and shorter than the spikes. In the third 

 form the fertile spikes are shorter, about one inch long, more 

 compactly flowered, approximate and erect or merely spreading. 

 All are more or less staminate at the apex and the scale equals or 

 exceeds the perigynium. The bracts are shorter than the spikes. 

 This form approaches Carex stricta in appearance and is so well 

 marked that I would caU it var. standnata. 



Carex Hitchcockiana Beio. 



Slopes of Mt. Defiance. This is a few-flowered form having 

 one to three perigynia in a spike, with the scales barely equaling, 

 or shorter than the perigynia. 



Carex Pennsylvanica Lam. 



This is a very variable species, and some of the forms seem to 

 be worth}' of special designation, as forms if not varieties. 



Form hracteata. Bract of the lowest spike green, elongated, 

 generall}^ exceeding its spike. Oak woods. Voorheesville. 



Yovxn. paleacea. Scale large, ovate-lanceolate, longer than the 

 perigynium. Sandy soil. Karner. 



Variety distans. Fertile spikes four to eight lines apart. Sandy 

 soil. Lerayville. 



Variety angustifolia. Leaves very narrow, one-half to two- 

 thirds of a line wide, mostly longer than the culm. Long Island. 



This appears to be a good variety. B}'' its narrow leaves it 

 approaches Carex varia Muhl., but the character of the spikes 

 and of the perigynia require its reference to C. Penjisylvanica. 

 Form hracteata makes an approach toward G. communis. 



Carex cephaloidea Dew. 



Woods near Adams. June. Kare in the eastern part of the 

 State. 



