360 CLASS XXI. ORDER III. 



Carex scoparia. Brown Sedge. 



Spikes androgynous, about five, alternate, ellipti- 

 cal, obtuse, subapproximate; fruit ovate-lanceolate, 

 margined, two pointed ; bractes oblong, mucronate. 



Rather below the middle size, with a few small, sessile, oval 

 spikes or heads near together. — In moist and sometimes dry 

 ground. — June. — Perennial. 



Carex Curta. Loose Sedge. 



Spikes androgynous, about six, alternate, cylindri- 

 cal ; fruit ovate, flat and convex, rather acute, entire 

 at the mouth, longer than the ovate, acute scale. 



Forms tufts in wet meadows. — June. — Perennial. 

 Carex CjEspitosa. Turfy Sedge. 



Barren spike one ; fertile spikes about three, cylin- 

 drical, obtuse, distant, the lower one with a short ex- 

 serted peduncle ; fruit ovate, obtuse, longer than the 

 oblong, obtuse scale. 



Slender, with dense, hard, blackish spikes. Forms tufts in 

 boggy meadows. — Common. — May, — Perennial. 



Carex crinita. C^ioffy Sedge. 



Barren spikes two; fertile spikes four, distant, pe- 

 dunculated, pendulous, cylindrical; fruit roundish- 

 elliptical, ventricose, short-beaked, entire at the 

 mouth, shorter than the oblong awned scale. 



About three feet high, distinguished by its very long, pendu- 

 lous, bristly spikes. — In wet swamps and ditches. — May, June. 

 — Perennial. 



Carex stellulata. Gooden. Prickly Sedge. 



Spikes androgynous ; about three, remote; diver- 

 gent, acuminate, entire at the mouth. /Sm. 



Found in wet meadows. It has three or four roundish spikes 

 with divergent fruit, resembling small burrs. — June. — Perennial. 



