162 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



PALLESCENS, L. Pale Carex. 



"Wet rocks and meadows. Common on the flats of the Mohawk. Trenton 

 falls, on rocks wet by the spray from the upper falls. Cliffs of Fish creek 

 above Taberg. Frequent. June. 



LiMOSA, L. Bog Carex. 



Moss marshes. Litchfield, south Herkimer county, abundant on Hidden lake 

 and the State marsh of Jerusalem hill; sphagnum borders of Wetmore's 

 pond, Frankfort hill. North pond, southwest of Boonville. Common in the 

 lake-marshes and mossy lowlands of the Northern wilderness. Frequent. 



var. RADICALIS. Radical-fertile-spiked Bog Carex, 



Level bogs, round Wetmore's sphagnum pond on Frankfort hill, south. 

 Herkimer county. 



An extremely rare state having two spikes only, the sterile at the top of 

 the naked erect stout culm, the fertile drooping at the end of a filiform ra- 

 dical peduncle four to nine inches long. 



This is considered a variety, because the peduncles of both sterile and 

 fertile spikes rise together from the root. Many other species bear fertile 

 spikes on long peduncles nearly radical, in addition to their usual number 

 on short peduncles just beneath the staminate; but these are regarded as 

 intermediate forms merely. June, July. 



MAGELLANICA, LamarcTc. From the Strait of Magellan. 



Hab. In Europa et America septentrionali et australi. Lapland to Switzer- 

 land. Arctic America to Penn. I have adopted the name of Lamarck, as 

 I cannot see any specific distinction between the Fuegian and the European 

 and American plant; but I have described the last as the typical form : F. 

 BooTT. C. irrigua, Wahl. Hopp. Smith. 



Cold swamps. Arbor-vitae and tamarack borders of Mud lake; abundant 

 on the high marshes of Jordanville; south Herkimer county. Still lingering 

 about the station where it used to flourish in the days of the old Oriskany 

 swamp; over the south hill, in a sphagnum bog. Common in the Paris-hill 

 marsh. Throughout the swamps and swales of Rome. About Point of Rock 

 lake, and in all the moss-bogs of the northern part of the county. 



In the mossy lowlands of the north woods a tall form abounds, few- 

 flowered and slender-fruited. 



In the swamp beyond Fort Bull, Rome, the form having additional spikes 

 on long peduncles, nearly radical, occurs frequently. Rare. June. 



MiLiACEA, Muhlenberg. Millet Carex. 



Borders of streams, river-bottom meadows. Common. June. 



HYSTRiciNA, WUld. Forcupine-fruited Carex. 



Ditches, water-sides. Common. July. 



PSEUDO-CYPERUS, L. Cyperus-Uke Carex. 



Marshes, water-courses. North of Summit lake, Otsego county. Shady 

 mossy borders of Mud lake; abundant on the tamarack swamps of Jordan- 

 ville; sparingly at the head of Hidden lake, Litchfield; south Herkimer 

 county. Oriskany, raceway between the factories, Knieskern. In all the cold 

 bogs east of Fish creek, around Point of Rock lake, and through the nor- 

 thern part of the county. Penn-Yan, Yates county, Sartwell. 



Scarce. July, August. 



COMOSA, Bootf. Bristly-spiked Carex. 



Bogs in meadows, woods, swamps, and stream-sides. 



Common. July, August. 



TRICHOCARPA, Muhl. Hairyfruited Carex. 



Banks of creeks, rivulets, low-elands. Abundant. 



var. j3, Boott. Smooth-fruited Carex. 



Perigyniis glabris, rostro ad margines laciniisque scabris ; vaginis scabris. 

 J*enn-Yan, Sartwell i F. Boott- June, July, 



