PLANTS OF ONEIDA COUNTY AND VICINITY. 151 



CAREX, It. Carices. 



GYNOCRATES, Wormskjold. Strong-pistilled Carex. 



Swamps. Savannali, Wayne coimty, Sartwell in herb. Ham. Coll. Springy 

 banks a few miles south of Rochester, west of the Genesee river, Dewey. 

 Abundant in the swamp of West-Bergen, Genesee county, in moisture and 

 shade, covering low mounds and decaying logs. Rare. June. 



ExiLis, Dewey. Meagre-fruited Carex. 



Elevated bogs. Marshy borders of a pond off the east end of Bald rock, 

 north of Third lake, north Herkimer county. Rare. June, July. 



STERiLis, Willdenow. Barren-spiked Carex 



Cold bogs on the hills. Frankfort hill. Paris hill. Summit lake. Hidden 

 lake. Sphagnous swamps between Rome and Oneida lake. West-Bergen, 

 Genesee county Infrequent. June. 



BROMOIDES, Schkuhr. Bromus-like Carex. 



Marshes, water-sides. Common. May. 



DISTICHA, Hudson. Two-ranked- fruited Carex. 



var. sARTWELLii, Dewey. Discovered by Sartwell. 



Swamps. Junius, Seneca county, Sartwell, 

 Fruit not two-rowed. Rare. July. 



DECOMPOSITA, Muhleiiberg. Decompound- spiked Carex. 



Swamps. Junius, Seneca county, and Penn-Y'an, Y'ates county, Sartwell. 



Rare. July. 



PRAIREA, Dewey. Prairie Carex. 



Marshes on the hills south of the Mohawk valley. In the open mossy bog- 

 land north of Summit lake, Otsego county. Edges of Mud lake; common 

 on the tamarack swamps between Jordanville and Page's corners; abundant 

 over the surface of Hidden lake; sparingly in the State swamp of Jerusalem 

 hill, Litchfield; south Herkimer county. Yates county^ Sartwell. "West Ber- 

 gen, Genesee county. Rare. July. 



CEPHALOPHORA, Willd. Head-hearing Carex, 



Copses, sandy fields. Borders of thickets, north side of the river opposite 

 Whitesboro. Mohawk valley. Knieskern. Greece, Monroe county, Bradley. 



Frequent. May, June. 



MUHLENBERGii, Schkuhr. Discovered hy Muhlenberg. 



Rocky woods, fields. Valley of the Mohawk, Knieskern. Dry sandy hills 

 near Irondequoit bay, L. Holzer. Braddock's bay, Monroe county, Bradley: 

 Sartwell: Dewey. Rare, June. 



CHORDORHiZA, L. Cord-rooted Carex. 



Cold swamps, lake and river borders. Hidden lake and Jerusalem marsh, 

 abundant. Oriskany swamp, Knieskern. Junius, Seneca county, Sartwell. 

 Boggy margins of lakes in the north woods, frequent. St. Lawrence river 

 near Ogdensburgh, Crawe, Eaton hot. Rare. July. 



CEPHALOIDEA, Dewey. Head-like Carex. 



Fields and hedges. Banks of the Mohawk between Oriskany and Rome, 

 Vasey. Penn-Yau, Sartwell in herb. Ham. Coll. Infrequent. June. 



SPARGANIOIDES, Mukl. Spar ganium- like Carex. 



"Wet meadows, low thickets. Common. June. 



ROSEA, Schkuhr. Rose-like-headed Carex. 

 Cedar swamps. Abundant. June. 



var. RADIATA, Dewey. Radiate-fruited Carex. 

 Meadows and open woods. Occasional. June* 



