so 32. Carex. 9. CYPERACE^. Pl.end.pL 



17- Carex stellulata. Star carex. 



Spikelets mostly 4, rather remote ; fruit ovate, pointed, 

 diverging horizontally ; apex 2-toothed ; margin ciliated, 

 serrated ; glumes ovate, acute. 



(Vamen cyperoides spicatum miuimiiui spica divulsa aculeata, Rail Syn. 

 424, spic. 12. 



Carex muricata, Hudson Fl. Ang, 406. 

 Carex echinata, Iloffm. Germ, 326. 

 Carex stellulata, Goodenough L. T. 144. 

 Carex Leersii, Willd. Prod. 95. 



Marshes ; perennial ; May and June. 



Root fibrous, tufted ; culm 1 2 in. high, bluntly 3-sided 5 

 leaves deep green, upright; spikelets 3 or 4, distant, short, 

 roundish, when ripe squarose, stellate ; hractece very long, 

 leaflike ; glume acute ; rib broad, green. 



^. masculina. Upper spikelet male. 



18. Carex curt a. Short carex. 

 Spikelets mostly 6, close, cylindrical j^rz^xV upright, ovate, 



planoconvex, rather acute, apex undivided ; glumes ovate, 

 acute, shorter than the fruit. 



Graoien cyperoides elegans spica compositamolli, Rait S^n. 423, spic. 7. 



Carex ericoides, Hudson Fl. Ang. 408. 



Carex canescens, Lightfoot, 550. 



Carex cinerea, Pollich Pal. 880, 



Carex tenella, Ehr. Gram. 98. 



Carex carta, Goodenough L. T. 2, 145. 



Marshy places ; perennial; June. 



Hoot rather creeping; culm acutely 3-cornered, 18 in. 

 high; leaves slender, upright, pale green; 5/? i^e/e^i silvery 

 white, ovate, upper ones opposite, lower rather remote; 

 glumes skinny, tender, whitish green; hractece leaflike, slen- 

 der, upper ovate, whitish, rib ending in an awn. 



19. Carex remota. Distant carex. 

 Spikelets remote, solitary ; hractece leaflike, much longer 



than the culm ; fruit ovate, acute, rather compressed, apex 

 slightly 2-cut, edge blunt ; culm lax. 



Gramen cyperoides angustifolium spiels parvis scssilibus in foliorum 

 iilis, Rail Syn. 424, spic. 11. 



Carex remota, Lin. S. P. 1383. 



Moist woods and shady ditch banks; perennial; May 

 and June. 



Root in thick tufts ; culm slender, leafy, 2 feet high ; leaves 

 pale green, slender; spike very long, at length drooping; 

 spikelets solitary, small, ovate, whitish, 3 or 4 lower ones 



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