BEPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 



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B)gs shores and wet places. Very common and variable. 

 June to August. 



A form sometimes occurs in which the staminate spike is fer- 

 tile at the apex. 



Var. graminis Bailey. Differs from the type in its much smaller 

 size, longer leaves which exceed the culm, its mostly .erect bracts, 

 and in its smaller, usually straight perigynia. The beaks are 

 deeply cleft as in the type and occasionally slightly rough. 



This variety is not rare in the Adirondack region. 



Yar. fertilis Feclc n. var. Stems 15'--20' high, firm and erect, 

 smooth; leaves 1 1^''-^" wide ; staminate spike invisible; pistillate 

 spikes 4--5, ovoid or short-oblong, 5"--6" long, 3'' wide, compactly 

 flowered, the upper 3 aggregated,' sessile, the lowest subdistant on 

 a partly included stalk 3"-5" in length ; bracts short-sheathed, 

 divaricate and recurved, 3'~S' long, or the upper sometimes 

 setaceous ; perigynia yellowish-green with long rough beaks, a 

 little longer than the oblong, acute deep brown scale. 



Low moist ground. Dutchess county. June. 



The staminate spike is apparently almost or wholly fertile. 



124. Carex CEderi Ehrh. 



Stems 5'-20' high, slender, smooth ; leaves mostly exceeding 

 the culm, 1" wide or more, smooth, yellowish green, fading to 

 fulvous when old ; staminate spike Z"-'d" long, often androgynous, 

 sessile ; pistillate spikes 2-4-, ovoid or short cylindrical, 3"-S" long, 

 densely flowered, aggregated, or the lowest subdistant, all sessile 

 and erect, sometimes 1 or 2 proliferously branched at the base, 

 yellowish-green ; bracts leaf-like, erect, longer than the culm, or 

 the upper sometimes setaceous; perigynia obovoid, straight, 

 prominently nerved, divergent or ascending, contracted into a 

 short bifid or slightly notched smooth beak, longer than the ovate 

 acute thin brown scale ; achenium triangular, obovate, apiculate, 

 sharply angled, blackish-brown. 



Wet places. Common, especially in the western part of the 

 Sta'e. July, August. 



This is easily separated from C. Ilava, to which it is closely 

 alliei, by its much smaller spikes and smaller perigynia with a 

 shorter, straight, smooth, slightly notched beak. In the last edi- 

 tion of the Manual it is referred to C fiava as Xwv. viridula 

 Bailey. 



