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Carex festucacea brevoir (Dewey). Shorter Fescue Sedge. 



PI. XXVI, Fig. 8. 

 Carex brevior Dewey, Am. Jour. Sci. II. 158. 1820 [no loc.]. 



Occasional in the Cape May district where it was collected by 

 Mr. O. H. Brown. Our specimens were identified by Prof. M. 

 L. Fernald. 



Fr.— Late May to early July. 



Cape Afoji.— Cape May (S). 



Carex hormathodes Fernald. Marsh Straw Sedge. 



PI. XXVI, Fig. 4- 



Carex hormathodes Fernald Rhodora, Aug., 1906, p. 165 [new name for C. 



tenera Dewey, Amer. Jour. Sci. VIII. 97. 1824 — no locality]. 

 Carex tenera Keller and Brown 88. 

 Carex festucacea var. tenera Knieskern. 

 Carex straminea var. foenea Britten 278. 



Frequent along the edge of the salt marshes on the coast. 

 Pr. — Late May to early July. 



Coast Strip. — Pt. Pleasant, Spray Beach (L), Barnegat City Jnc. (L), Pa- 

 lermo, Piermont, Avalon, Holly Beach, Cold Spring, 



Carex hormathodes richii Fernald. Rich's Sedge. 



Carex hormathodes var. Richii Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. 27- 1901-2. 475 



[Mass. and Conn.] 

 Carex straminea' var. foenea Britton 278 (as to inland localities). 



Occasional in swamps of the Middle district. 



Fr. — ^Late May to early July. 



Middle District. — Delanco, Swedesboro. 



Carex alata Terr. Biroad-winged Sedge. 



PI. XXVI., Fig. s. 



Carex alata Torrey, Ann. Lye. N. Y. III. 396. 1836 [Newbern, N. C, 



Macon, Ga.].— Willis 70.— Keller and Brown 88. 

 Carex staminea var. alata Britton 278. 



Rather frequent in the Cape May district, the lower coast 

 islands and lower Middle district. 

 Fr. — Early June to early July. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Grenloch, Medford (S), Lindenwold (S), 

 Swedesboro. 

 Coa.st Strip. — Avalon, Piermont (S), Holly Beach, Wildwood. 

 Cape May. — Cold Spring, Cape May. 



