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sterile at the end, closely fruited ; middle ones oblong, short-pedunculate, 

 often two or more springing from the same sheathing bract ; the lowest 

 on very long peduncles five to ten inches in length, rising from leaves 

 near the root, recurved, loose-flowered particularly at base, staminiferous 

 at summit occasionally. Stigmas three. Perigynia ovoid or conical, tapering 

 into a long beak ending in diverging teeth, all spreading or somewhat 

 retrorse, three or four times longer than the small lanceolate scale. Culm 

 one to three feet high, erect, smooth nearly to the top. Bracts, sheaths 

 long and narrow ; the lower stem leaves extremely prolonged, sometimes 

 twice the length of the culm ; all only two or three lines wide, very 

 scabrous on margin, and deeply striate with noded nerves. 



Low grounds. Dundee, Yates county, S. H. Wright ; Ludlowville, Tomp- 

 kins county, H. B. Lord ; along Seneca lake, Dewey. Abundant in the 

 southwestern part of the State. 



var. BR ABLE Yi, Dewey. Discovered by S. B. Bradley. 



Smaller, the whole plant more slender and graceful. Staminate spikes 

 simple, the stamens less scattered on fertile spikes. Perigynia shorter and 

 narrower, with comparatively larger scales. 



Along streams. Greece, Monroe county, Bradley. Found in searching for 

 C. mirata. Near Penn-Yan, Yates county, Sartwell. Rare. July. 



RiPARiA, Goodenough. Lake-shore Carex. 



Marshes along streams, lakes. Abundant on the flats of the Mohawk, 

 throughout its length; and occasionally ascending its creeks and head- 

 streams. Near Oneida lake, Knieskern. Frequent. May, June. 



ARISTATA, R. Brown. Bearded-leaved Carex. 



River-banks. Watertown, Jefierson county, Crawe, Gray in Rare plants of 

 Northern N.Y.: Torrey Cyp. Brook-side between Watertown and Adams, 

 Jeflferson county, Vasey. Local. June. 



UTRicuLATA, Boott. Leathem-bottle-fruited Carex. 



Banks and shores. Abundant. 



var. SPARSIFLORA, Dewey. Loose-flowering Carex. 



Watertown, Jefferson county, Crawe, Dewey. Local, 



var. MINOR, Sartwell. Smaller Leathem-bottle-fruited Carex. 



Omnibus partibus minoribus, F. Boott. 



Penn-Yan, Yates county, Sartwell; Ludlowville, Tompkins county, H.B. 

 Lord. Sent from Jefferson county by Crawe, Dewey. Rare, June- August. 



AMPULLACEA, Good. FlasJc-fruHed Carex. 



Level marshy borders of an elevated pond at the east end of Bald rock, 

 north of Third lake, north Herkimer county. Borders of Cedar lake, south 

 Herkimer county. Rare. July. 



MONiLE, Tuckerman. Necklace-fruiting Carex. 



Bogs and water-sides. Southern Lewis county, and about a mile south of 

 Boonville, near the canal, around pools, Knieskern. Rare. June, July, 



TUCKERMANi, Boott. Discovcrcd by Tuckerman. 



Low meadows, shady stream-sides. Common. July. 



VESiCARiA, L. Bladder-fruited Carex. 



Swamps of the north woods near Third lake, Herkimer county. 



Rare. July, August. 



BULLATA, Schkuhr. Bubblefruited Carex. 



Meadows, on the flats of the Mohawk river; at Littlefalls, and westward. 

 Occasionally in upland marshes. Scarce. June. 



