KEPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 191 



C. tentaculata x lupulina {Bailey.). Resembles C. lupulina, 

 but is every way smaller ; staminate spike stalked, pistillate 

 spikes approximate, sessile, erect-spreading, dull yellowish, or 

 greenish; perigynia turgid-ovate, about 15-nerved, the long 

 slender beaks widely divergent : scales with long rough awns 

 shorter than the perigynia. 



In a meadow bog in Poestenkill with the above-named species 

 and C. hystricina, the latter being the most abundant. 



114. Carex Bailey i Britton. 



Stems 19-20' high, slender, erect, acutely angled, smooth or 

 rough near the spikes; leaves 1"-14^" wide, rough, longer than the 

 culm ; staminate spike linear, V-V long, short-stalked or sessile; 

 pistillate spikes 1-3, compactly flowered, ovoid or exactly cvlin- 

 drical, V-l\' in length, 2"-"i" thick, rigidlv erect, sessile, or the 

 lowest subsessile ; bracts leaf-like, sheathless, far surpassing the 

 culm ; perigynia turgid-globular, about eight-nerved, evenly 

 divergent, very abruptly contracted with a long, slender biden- 

 tate beak, a little exceeding the long, rough-awned scale ; achen- 

 ium triangular-elliptical, tapering to each end, minutely papillose, 

 with a strongly curved style. (C. tentaculata var, gracilis Boott. 

 C. lurida var. gracilis Bailey.) 



Swamps and wet places. Adirondack mountains. July. 



This slender handsome species bears but a slight resemblance 

 to the preceding, of which it was long ago made a ■variety by 

 Dr. Boott; nor have intermediate forms been found which might 

 possiblv connect it with that species. On the other hand, it has, 

 since it was first discovered, maintained its perfect identity as a 

 mountain-loving species. It does not appear to descend into the 

 lower regions, where the other species is so common. Even, 

 dwarf forms of the allied species have their fertile spikes thicker 

 than those of the most luxuriant forms of this, and the two main- 

 tain their distinctive characters when growing side by side and 

 under similar conditions. The name C. montaraans was given to 

 this species in the manuscript of this Re])ort, but owing to the 

 delay in its publication it becomes necessary to substitute for it 

 the earlier published name of Prof. Britton. 



Pistillate spikes 9 "-12" broad, erect on stitF peduncles or the 

 upper sessile; bracts prominently sheathing; perigynia (>" long 

 and 2' broad, ascending. Spikes hop-like in appearance. 



