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it "is chaa-acterized by its larger and coarser habit, and by its globose many- 

 flowered pistillate spikes. It flowers a month later than the ordinary form of 

 the species, and when young might readily be mistaken for C. lupuHna.'' To 

 this may be added, that C. intumescens, owing to the scarcely exserted 

 peduncles, has the loose few- (5-8-) flowered spikes closely approximate, 

 so as to be almost indistinguishable ; and the pcrigynia are erect, muchshorter 

 (6-7 lines long), slightly serrulate towards the apex of the beak, and only 

 ]5-20-nerved. Though closely resembling C. intumescens, these constant 

 characters, and a marked diflerencc in aspect, appear to entitle this plant to 

 rank as a species : Carey in Sill. Jour. 



This species was found by Dr. Gray in meadows at Utica, and described, 

 in 1834, in the Ann. Lye. N.York, as a variety of C. intumescens. The large 

 globular female spikes, the smooth perigyniura with its gradual acumination 

 into a short rostrum, its more copious nerves, stouter and smoother culm 

 and broader leaves, sufficiently distinguish it : F. Boott. 



Rich river-bottoms. On the flats of the Mohawk below Utica. in meadows, 

 Gray. Above Utica and opposite Whitesboro. Oriskany, Knieskern : Vasey. 

 Wood creek, /. Carey. Reappears in the valley of the (Genesee river. 



Frequent. July, August. 



LUPULiNA, Muhlenberg. Hop-fruited Carex. 



Bogs on the flats of streams, borders of swamps. Common. July, August. 



LUPULiFORMis, Sartwell. Hop-formed Carex. 



Cold marshes. Highlands of New-York, Barratt, Gray Gram. ^ Cyp. Yates 

 county, Sartwell. Uncommon. July. 



TENTACULATA, Muhl. Tentacle-fruUed Carex. 



Marshy places. Common. 



var. PARVULA. Small Tentaclefruited Carex. 



A form occurs on wet flats of the Mohawk from Littlefalls to Rome, which 

 is much smaller and more slender than the common plant, with spikes and 

 perigynia less than half the usual size, and of a red-brown color. The scales 

 also are oblong-lanceolate, and nearly entire or even at the end. 



var. ROSTRATA, Sartwell. Large-beaked Tentaclefruited Carex. 

 Water-sides. Penn-l''an, Yates county, Sartwell. June, July. 



PLANTAGiNEA, Lamarck. Plantain-leaved Carex. 



Ravine-sides and cedar swamps. Common. May. 



CAREYANA, Detveij. Diiicovered by Carey. 



Dry woods. Jetterson county, W. A. Wood. Found near Au.burn in 1832 by 

 John Carey. Woods near the Genesee river, four or five miles above Ro- 

 chester, W. Boott: Dewey. Copses in Henrietta, Genesee county. 



Rare. May. 



laxiflora, Lamarck. Loose-floivering Carex. 



Moist woods. Common. 



var. INTERMEDIA, Boott. hitermedlate Loo f<e- flowering Carex. 



Open woods. Oriskany, Vasey, F. Boott. About Utica, in all ravines, river- 

 bottoms, copses. Ya,tes county, Sartwell. Abundant. May, June. 



var. PATULIFOLIA, Dcwei/. Wide-leaved Loose-flowering Carex. 

 Deep rich woods. Frequent. 



PLATYPHYLLA, Carey. Flat-leaved Carex. 



Limestone rocks and hillsides. Littlefalls, shady cliffs of Fall hill, south of 

 the Mohawk. Litchfield, springy sloping meadows between Cedar lake and 

 Hidden lake. Among loose rocks of the Chittenango creek ravine. Wooded 

 sides of the Black river between Brownville and Dexter. Infrequent. June. 



BLANDA, Dewey. Delicateformed Carex. 



Dry woods and meadows. Common. June. 



