40 32. Carex. 9. CYPERACE^. Pl.end.ph, 



Carex jtmcifolia, Allioni Fl. Ped.2296. 

 Carex incurva, Lightfoot Fl. Scot. 544. 



Deep sands at mouths of rivers ; perennial ; July, August. 



Root long; culm 6 in. high; leaves few; bractece shorter 

 than the spikelets ; spikelets roundish, fewflowered ; glumes 

 broad, blunt, brown; fruit mucronate, acute, angles 

 smooth. 



Root, when fresh, sudorific, and, like that of many other 

 species, may be used for sarsaparilla. 



6. Carex teretkiscula. Roundish carex, 

 Spikelets panicled, contracted ; fruit ovate, apex two- 

 toothed; angles ciliated, serrated; culm bluntly 3-sided, 

 sides convex ; root creeping. 



Carex teretiuscula, Goodenough L. T. 2,163. 



Bogs; perennial; May. 



Leaves erect, ridged; sheaths leafless at the base, deeply 

 striated; culm 18 in. high, roundish; spike ovate, oblong, 

 decompound, contracted ; spikelets sessile, ovate ; glumes 

 ferruginous, acute, with a white, scariose edge. 



7. Carex paniculata. Panicled carex. 

 Spikelets panicled ; fruit ovate, angles margined above, 



margin ciliate-serrate, apex two-toothed ; culm acutely 

 3-sided, sides concave ; roots fibrous, matted. 



Gramen cyperoides palustre elatiiis, spica longiore laxa, Raii Syn. 422, 

 spic. 1. 



Carex paniculata, Lin. S. P. 1383. 



Bogs and watery places ; perennial ; June. 



Leaves erect, firm, light green; sheaths many, obtuse, 

 leafless, imbricate, blackish brown, shining ; culm 3 feet 

 high, upright; panicle loose, branches distant, lower 

 branches naked at bottom, top drooping ; bractece ovate, 

 margin scariose, keel ending in an awn ; glumes acute. 



^. composita. Panicle much branched above. 



y. simplex. Panicle simple ; lower spikelets distant. 



8. Carex divulsa. Interrupted Carex. 

 Spike branchy at bottom ; spikelets ovate, upper spikelets 



male, close ; lower spikelets female, distant ; fruit rather 

 upright, ovate, planoconvex, apex 2-toothed and margined, 

 margin smooth. 



Gramen cyperoides spicatutn minus, spica loiiga divulsa seu intenupta, 

 Raii Syn. 424, spic. I 0. 



Carex divnlsa, Goodenough L. T. 2, 160. 

 Carex canesc^ns, finds. FL Ang. 405, 

 Carejc loliacea, Sc/ireber Spicil, 64 i 



