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ful if it will be found north of Long Island and Staten Island. 

 Our specimens were collected near Islip. 



It is C. Barrattii, Schw. and Torr., in the 5th edition of the 

 Manual. 



50. Carex limosa L. 



Stoloniferous ; stems l°-2° high, slender, erect, acutely 

 angled, rough abov^e the middle; leaves ^"-1" wide, thick, some- 

 times involute, rough-margined, shorter than the culm; staminate 

 spike solitary, linear, |-'-li' in length, usually equaling its 

 peduncle ; pistillate spikes 1-3, approximate or subdistant, ob- 

 long or ovoid on recurved or drooping stalks ^'-1' long, 10-20 

 subloosely flowered, often barren at the summit, ^-V long, 1^-3" 

 wide; bracts slender-setaceous, shorter than the culm; perigynia 

 ovate or elliptical, nerved, light green, with a minute, entire 

 point; scale lustrous brown, ovate, acute or obtuse, sometimes 

 cuspidate, as long and wide as the perigynium. 



Cold swamps and bogs. Rare except in the central and 

 northern parts of the State. July. 



It bears some resemblance to C. castanea, but that species has 

 pubescent leaves and lanceolate perigynia. 



Yar. radicalis Paine. Staminate spike terminal on the naked, 

 erect stout culm ; pistillate spike single, drooping, on a filiform 

 radical peduncle 4-9' long. Herkimer county. Paine 



51. Carex Magellanica Lam. 



Stems 10-20' high, slender, erect, a little rough on the angles 

 above ; leaves mostly shorter than the culm, 1"-1|-" wide, erect, 

 rough on the margins; staminate spike single, subclavate, ^' 

 long, its peduncle filiform and drooping; pistillate spikes 2-4, ^' 

 in length, 10-21 subloosely flowered, approximate, all on filiform 

 drooping stalks |-'-l' long; bracts leaf-like, the 2 lower usually 

 surpassing the culm ; perigynia ovate or elliptical, lightly nerved, 

 pale green, with a minute entire point, one-half the length of the 

 lanceolate, pointed, dark purple scale, the latter a little divergent 

 at maturity. 



Cold sphagnous swamps, often in company with C. limosa. 

 July. 



This handsome species may be identified by its short, mostly 

 pendulous mottled spikes with long-pointed, dark-purple scales. 



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