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(2570.) C. tribuloides, Wahl. Eongl. Acad. Handl. XXIV., 145, 

 (1802.) 



C. lagopodioides, Schk. (1806); Hook., Fl. II., 214; Pursh, Fl. I., 37. 



C. scoparia, var. lagopodioides, Terr. Cyp. 394, (1836.) 



C. lagopodioides var. composiita, Olney, Exsicc. II., 10, (1870.) 



Not uncommon in thickets, and near swamps. Flowering very late 

 in the season and long after all forms of C. straminea. Bass Eiver, 

 Kent Co. ; not rare at Salmon Eiver, N.B. {Fowler, Gat.) Campbell- 

 ton, N.B. {Chalmers.) Muddy soil. Island of Orleans, Q. {St. Gyr.) 

 Not rare at Ottawa. {Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Common in thickets at 

 Prescott, Ont. {Billings.) Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. {Logie.) Abun- 

 dant in central Ontario, and extending westward to Point Meuron, west 

 of Lake Superior. {Macoun.) Cumberland House, Saskatchewan Eiver. 

 {Hooker, Fl.) Port Oolborne, Lake Brie. {McGill Goll. Serb.) 



Var. cristata, Bailey, Carex, Syn. 148, (1886.) 

 C. cristata, Schweintz, An. Tab. (1823.) 



C. straminea, var. cristata, Tuckerman, Enum. Meth. 18, (1843.) 

 C. lagopodioides, var. cristata, Carey, Gray, Man. Ed. I., (1848.) 

 C. mirabilis. Dew. Sill. Journ. XXX., 63, (1836.) 

 d BebUi, Olney, Exsicc. II., 12, (1870.) 



Much more abundant than the species. Damp woods, Kingston, and 

 Windsor, N.S. {Macoun.) Newfoundland. {Reeks.) Tobique Eiver, 

 N.B. {Fowler, Cat.) Canoos Eiver, N.B. {Vroom.) Vicinity of Ottawa. 

 {Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Abundant throughout central Ontg,rio, extending 

 south-westward to Lake Erie, at Pelde Point and north-westerly to 

 Plat Eock Portage, Nipigon Eiver. {Macoun.) Michipicotin Eiver, 

 Ont. {R. Bell.) Low, wet meadows, near London, Ont. {Burgess. 

 Milman.) Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. {Logie.) Port Colborne, Lake 

 Erie. {McGill Coll. Herb.) Lake Winnipeg to Cumberland House. 



{Hooker, FL) 



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Var. reducta, Bailey, Carex, Syn. 148, (1886.) 



C. scoparia, var. moniliformis, Tuckerman, Enum. Meth. 18, (1843.) 

 C. lagopodioides, var. moniliformis, Olney, Exsicc. II., 8, (1870). 



Bass Eiver, Kent Co., N.B. {Fowler, Cat.) 



We distinguish the three varieties as follows : — 



(1.) Spikelets numerous, generally in glomerate heads; perigynia 

 not rpcurved at the tips at maturity. 



(2.) Spikelets fewer, more scattered, and the perigynia with recui-ved 

 tips at maturity. 



(3.) Spikelets small, very much scattered (moniliform), perigynia 

 spreading, or recuiwed at the tip. 



