SEDGES. 417 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,605. Chap. F1.540. Britt. & Brown, Il. Fl. 1:321. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New J ersey, southern Virginia, southern Ohio, 
Florida, Mississippi, and western Louisiana (Hale). 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Central Prairie region. Lawrence County (7. i. 
Peters), Wilcox County (S. B. Buckley). Rare. 
Type locality: ‘“ America septentrionalis,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex flaccosperma Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2, 2: 245. 1846. 
THIN-FRUITED SEDGE. 
Carex xanthosperma Dewey, Am, Journ. Sci. ser. 2,42: 334. 1866. 
Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 567. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 480. 
Louisianian area. Florida west to western Louisiana (Hale) and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie belt. Shady woods. Montgomery County, banks of 
Pentulalla Creek. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Florida and Louisiana, Dr. Leavenworth.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex granularis Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 279. 1805. MrEapow SEDGE. 
Ell. Sk. 2:548. Gray, Man. ed. 6,605. Chap. FI. 540. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick, Ontario, west to Manitoba; 
New England to Minnesota, south to New Jersey; Virginia, Ohio Valley to Missouri, 
south to Tennessee and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Mountain and Central Prairie region. Walker County (7... Peters). 
Wilcox County (Buckley). Lee County, Auburn (Baker J: Earle, 526). 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Pennsylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex laxiflora Lam. Encycl. 3:392. 1789. LOOSE-FLOWERED SEDGE. 
Carex anceps Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 4:278. 1805. 
C. anceps angustifolia Dewey in Wood, Bot. 423. 1845. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,607. Chap. F1.540. In part. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario, Eastern States, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: From the mountains to Central Prairie region. Shady woods and moist 
copses. Cullman County, 800 feet. Clark County, Choctaw Corner. Common. 
Type locality: ‘‘Cette espece bien distincte croit dans le New-York, la Pensylva- 
nie & la Virginie.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex laxiflora varians Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club. 1:32. 1889. 
Carex laxiflora striatula Carey in Gray, Man. ed. 2, 524. 1856. Not C. striatula 
Michx. 1803. 
C. blanda Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. 10:45. 1826. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 607. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 481. 
Canadian zone, Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario; New England (Mount 
Desert Island), throughout the Eastern States to North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Shady woods. Blount County, banks of Mulberry 
River. Cullman County. Lee County, Auburn. June; rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘New Hampshire to New Jersey, Minnesota, and Kansas.”’ 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex laxiflora patulifolia (Dewey) Carey in Gray, Man. ed. 2, 524. 
BROAD-LEAF LOOSE-FLOWERED SEDGE. 
Carex plantaginea Schk. Riedgr. Nacht. 63, f. 795. 1806. Not Lam. 1789. 
C. anceps patulifolia Dewey in Wood, Bot. 423. 1845. 
C. laxiflora var. plantaginea Boott, 11, 1:37. 1858. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 607. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England to Michigan, southward to North 
Carolina, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Shady copses. Blount County, Blount Springs. 
Walker County (TZ. Uf. Peters; Beaumont). Not rare. 
Type locality of C. plantaginea Schk.: ‘‘ Hab. in sylvis Virginiae, Carolinae, Pen- 
sylvaniae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex striatula Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:173. 1803. MIcHAUX’s SEDGE. 
Carex tetanica Ell. 8k. 2:549. 1824. Not Schk. 
C. ignota Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2,8:348. 1849. 
C. laxiflora michauxii Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1:32. 1889. 
C. laxiflora Boott, Ill, 1: 36, t. 89, 1858. 
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