302 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



This species is apparently very rare within our limits and does 

 not seem to spread into the coastal plain to any extent. 

 Pr. — Late May to late June. 

 Middle District. — Medford (S), Swedesboro, Camden (P). 



Carex laxiflora patulifolia (Dewey.). Ribbon-leaved Sedge. 

 PL XXIV., Fig. 3. 



Carex anceps var. patulifolia Dewey, Wood's Bot. 423. 1845 [no locality 



given]. 

 Carex laxiAora var. patulifolia Knieskern 36. — Willis 71. — Keller and Brown 



82. 



In dry woods of the Middle and probably also the Northern 

 district. 



Fr. — Late May to late June. 



Middle District.— 'Pt Pleasant, Medford (S), Mickleton, Swedesboro, 

 Camden (P). 



Carex styloflexa Buckley. Bent-beaked Sedge. 



PI. XXIV., Fig. 7. 



Carex styloflexa Buckley, Amer. Jour. Sci. 45. 174. 1843 [Mountains of 



Macon Co., N. C.].— Keller and Brown 82. 

 Carex laxiflora styloflexa Willis 71. — Britton 274. 



Wet meadows; Northern, Middle and Cape May districts. 

 Fr. — Late May to late June. 



Middle DJJtnV*.— Farmingdale, New Egypt, Asbury Park, Medford (S), 

 Washington Park, Mickleton, Lindenwold. 

 Cape May. — Cape May. 



Carex digitalis Willd. Slender Wood Sedge. 



Carex digitalis Willdenow, Sp. PL IV. 298. 1805 [Pennsylvania].— Knieskern 

 36.— Willis 71.— Britton 274. 



Dry woods of the northern counties; rare in the Middle 

 district. 



Fr. — Late May to late June. 

 Middle District.—Squan (C), Riddleton, Swedesboro (CDL). 



Carex laxiculmis Schwein.* Spreading Sedge. 



* C. albursina is included in Keller and Brown's list from Swedesboro and 

 Mickleton, but I can find no specimens to substantiate the record. Specimens 

 of C. laxiculmis have sometimes been mistaken for it. 



