1892]. Notes on Carex. — 153 
C. varia Muhl. var. australis n. var.—Stoloniferous; spikes 
all distinct or at least not aggregated, the lowest one often 
entirely separated from the rest, all usually longer than in 
the species itself; staminate spike straight and conspicuous. 
Tupelo and Starkville, Mississippi, Tracy; Houston, Texas, 
Nealley; and Hockley, Harris Co., Texas, Thurow. 
and is glaucous, but the perigynia and scales are stricta-like, 
although the spikes are large and thick, as in C. aguatilis. 
Material wanted.—A carex which is said to produce good 
pasturage is reported to grow in Louisiana, but I have not 
bunch of the dry leaves and some loose perigynia from a 
Correspondent in Grant Parish, central Louisiana, and I am 
not able to place the specimens with any species. It appears 
tobe undescribed. My correspondent writes me as follows: 
“The plant grows here in the forest upon alluvial lands upon 
Certain portions of the Red River bottoms. Near me are 500 
or 600 acres covered with it upon which numbers of cattle 
and horses winter, It grows as thick as any grass, and not 
fir d there, making a perfectly green and 
m Covering four to eight inches high.” Unfortunately, my 
is not a botanist, and an expert witness is 
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