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32. Carex Sartwellii Deio. 



Stems 18-30' high, erect, smooth ; leaves usually shorter than 

 the culm, 1"-!^" wide, rough on the slender points ; spike l'-2' 

 long, erect, brown ; spikelets 12-20, contiguous or the lower 

 2' or 3" distant, ovate, widely spreading ; bracts scale-like, or 

 the lower ones setaceous, 3"-6" long; perigynia ovate-lanceolate, 

 nerved, gradually tapering into a short, rough-edged, bifid beak, 

 a little exceeding the ovate acute brown scale, loosely spreading 

 at maturity. 



Bogs and swamps. Very rare. Seneca county. July. 



The numerous spreading spikelets disposed in a rather compact 

 spike distinguishes this species. It is C. disticha Huds in the 

 fifth edition of the Manual. 



33, Carex siccata Btw. 



Stoloniferous ; stems 1 5-30' high, slender, erect or spreading, 

 smooth ; leaves mostly shorter than the culm, about 1' wide, 

 smooth; spikes f'-H' long, brown, dry and chaffy; spikelets 

 7-16, i'-e" long, ovate or elliptical, acute or blunt at the apex, 

 mostly aggregated ; bracts scale like, the lower lanceolate acumi- 

 nate, sometimes rough-awned; perigynia lanceolate, nerved, with 

 a long rough bifid beak scarcely spreading at maturity ; scale 

 broadly lanceolate, acute, brown, with broad white margins 

 above the middle. 



A special feature of this species is the dry or over-ripe appear- 

 ance of the spikes. 



Rich soil in open woods and copses, also on sandy plains. 

 Rare in the western part of the State, but more common in the 

 eastern and southern part. June, July. 



34. Carex bromoides :<chk. 

 Stems l°-2° high, slender, erect or spreading, rough above the 

 middle ; leaves as long as the culm, or shorter, V-l" wide, rough- 

 edged ; spikes f '-l^' long, of a clear light brown ; spikelets a-8, 

 the upper three usually contiguous, the lower ones more or less 

 separate, the lowest sometimes subdistant, erect, cylindrical, 

 3"-9" in length ; bracts scale-like, the lowest short-setaceous ; 

 perigynia linear-lanceolate, nerved, ta])ering below to a thick 

 corky base, and above into a long slender rough edged l)iti(i 

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