BEPOET OF THE STATE BOTANIST 159 



Wet meadows Not common. June. Oneida county. 



The drooping of the lower spikes depends on the splitting of 

 the long sheaths whic'i, for a time at least, include their short 

 peduncles. This species is conspicaously marked by its short, 

 thick, mostly erect spikes and large turgid perigynia. 



Staminate spike club-shaped, long-peduncled ; fertile spikes 

 2-4-, subapproximate or mostly remote, erect ; bracts shorter than 

 the culm ; perigynia oblong, ovate or obovate, b 3akless except 

 in 60. 



Upper spikes appproximate or nearly so 1 



Upper spikes not approximate 2 



1 Perigynia oblong, lightly nerved or nerveless livida. 



1 Perigynia with impressed nerves conoidea. 



2 Sheaths dilated vaginata. 



2 Sheaths not dilated 2 



Leaves and bracts I" wide, shorter than the culm tetanica. 



Leaves and bracts l"-l^" wide, nearly equaling the culm . . . Crawei. 



59. Carex Cra-wei Dew. 



Stoloniferous ; stems 6-12' high, slender, erect or diffuse, 

 smooth; leaves short, sometimes equaling the culm, V-IY wide, 

 smooth, rough-margined; staminate spike clavate ^'-1' in length 

 on a stiff, erect stalk l'-2' long, sometimes with 1 or more short 

 additional ones at or near its base, and sometimes with a few fer- 

 tile flowers at the apex ; pistillate spikes 2-4, cylindrical, densely 

 flowered, G" -9" long, distant or remote, sometimes the lowest sub- 

 radical on a short exserted stalk ; bracts leafy, sheathing, about 

 equaling the culm; perigynia ovate, lightly nerved, slightly 

 turgid, roughish, tapering to a small entire point, longer than 

 the ovate, cuspidate scale. 



Limestone soil. Rare. June, July. Genesee, Herkimer and 

 Jefferson counties. 



Distinguished by its low stature, creeping root-stock, and 

 densely flowered distant dull brown nearly sessile spikes. 



60. Carex livida Wilttf. 



Stems 6-18' high, slender, erect, smooth ; leaves mostly shorter 



than the culm, i"-l" wide, flat or involute, stiff, rough margined; 



staminate spike cylindrical, acute, S' -V in length, on a stiff stalk 



^'-1' long; pistillate spikes 1-2, contiguous, rarely a third sub- 



