Vlend.ph. 9. CYPERACE^. 32. Carex. 51 



very distant, the rest closer, rather naked ; hraclece ieaflike, 

 spreading, amplexicaul; glumes acute, whitish, with a green 

 rib ; fruit longer th^n the glumes. 



/3. axillaris. Bractece as long as the spike. 



Cfirex axillaris, Lin. S. P. 1382. 



20. Carex axillaris. Axillary carex. 

 Lower spikelets 3 or 4 together, distant; fruit ovate, 



acute, compressed, as long as the glume; apex deeply 

 2-cut, margin ciliated, serrate; lower bractece \ery long, 

 leaflike; culm stiff. 



Carex axillaris, Goodenough L. T. 2, 158. 



Bogs; perennial; May and June. 



Cubn upright, 3 feet high; leaves light green, slender; 

 lower spikelets 3 to 5, aggregated ; upper spikelet distant, 

 solitary; bractece leaflike, slender, longer than the spike; 

 glume ovate, acute, brownish with a green rib. 



c. Carices ivith spikes of different sexes. 



21. Carex rigida. Stiff carex. 



Female spikes 3, elliptical, cylindrical, blunt ; fruit sub- 

 globose, apex not notched ; glume ovate, blunt ; bractece 

 sessile, rounded at bottom, membranous, eared ; culm 

 rough ; leaves broad, stiff. 



Carex saxatilis, Fl. Ban. 159. 



Carex rigida, Goodenough L. T. 2, 193. 



High mountains ; perennial ; May and June. 



Root creeping ; culm 5 in. high ; leaves dark green, ra- 

 ther glaucous, shorter than the culm ; male spikes 1 or 2 

 acute; female spikes 3; glumes h\sic\i, blunt, half the length 

 of the truit. 



/S. recurva. Beak of the fruit bent back. 



22. Carex pulla. Russet carex. 

 Female spikes 2 or 3, distant, elliptical ; fruit elliptical, 



globose, beaked, apex 2-toothed ; glume oblong, blunt, 

 smaller than the fruit : bracttce amplexicaul. 



Carex fusca, Schkuhr Carex, 64. 

 Carex pulla, Goodenough L. T. 3, 78. 



Alpine pastures ; perennial ; July, 



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