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miles east of Vaughns, June 1892, 1893; woods west of Smiths 

 Basin. 



Carex Sprengelii Dewey. Shaded places, usually calcareous 

 rocks ; rare. Mechanicsville (Peck) ; Shushan (Dobbin) ; 

 Haynes hill and in woods west of Vaughns. (C longirostris 

 Torr.) 



Carex Swanii (Fernald) Mackenzie. Dry pastures and woods. 

 Vaughns; Shushan; north of Cambridge. 



Carex virescens Muhl. Dry hilly woods. Warrensburg (Peck) ; 

 Crosset Pond; southern W. Fort Ann. 



Carex complanata Torr. Old pastures and dry open woods; 

 abundant. (C triceps Mx.) 

 (^ Carex complanta Torr., var. robusta var. nov. 



Culms rather stout, erect, i5'-3° tall; leaves i}/2"-2)" wide; 

 spikes 2 (rarely 3), oblong, very dense, 3"-i2" long, 3^-5" in 

 diameter, the terminal one conspicuously staminate at the 

 base; scales brownish, scarious-margined, as long as or ex- 

 ceeding the few but distinctly nerved perigynia. 



This distinct variety grows with the species, in the north- 

 west corner of Alaric Freeman's meadow, next to Charles 

 Bentley's pasture, about i mile north of Kingsbury Street. 

 It was first found June 18, 1892 and several tufts of plants 

 were seen in 1918. It matures a week or two earlier than the 

 species. 



"A form with oblong spikes. Mt. Defiance" (Peck) is 

 probably referable to this variety. N. Y. State Mus. Rep. 34: 



^56. 1881.'' 



Carex pallescens L. Clayey meadows and open woods; fre- 

 quent. 



Carex scahrata Schwein. Cold swamps and along mountain 

 streams; frequent. 



Carex limosa L. Southern part of E. Lake George marsh, June 

 20, 1917. 



Carex paupercula Mx. Sphagnum marshes. The plants are 

 referable to the var. irrigua (Wahl.) Fernald. Hartford 

 (Howe); E. Lake George; marsh north of Glen Lake; Inman 

 Pond. (C magellanica of Am. auth.) 



