I02 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Carex prasina Wahlenb. (leek-green). 



Occasional. Along woodland brooks and in shaded 

 swampy places. June. 



Carex eburnea Boott (ivory-like). 

 Carex setifolia Britton. 



Dry shaded ledges. Frequent in the limestone district of 

 northwestern Connecticut, extending southward as far as New 

 Milford (Eames). Rare or local among the trap hills of the 

 Connecticut Valley: Plainville (Bissell), Southington (An- 

 drews & Bissell), Durham (Harger). May — June. 



Carex pedunculata Muhl. (stalked'). 



Rare, local or occasional. Wooded banks, in rich soil 

 either moist or dry: Franklin (Graves), Stafford (Weatherby 

 & Bissell), Manchester (A. W. Driggs), Windsor, Barkham- 

 sted and Salisbury (Bissell), Meriden (D. C. Eaton), Oxford 

 and Southbury (Harger), Monroe (H. C. Beardslee), Wes- 

 ton (Eames & C. C. Godfrey), Cornwall (E. E. Brewster). 

 Late April — early May. 



The fruit falls very quickly on ripening. 



Carex plantaginea Lam. (like Plantago, the Plantain). 



Rare or local. Moist rich woods: North Branford (O. 

 Harger), Colebrook (J. W. Robbins, 1828), Norfolk (Weath- 

 erby & Bissell), Torrington and Salisbury (Bissell), Sherman 

 (C. K. Averill). May. 



Carex platyphylla Carey (broad-leaved). 



Rocky hillsides in rich woods, usually in dry soil. Rare 

 or absent near the coast: Wilton (Miss A. E. Carpenter), 

 Huntington (Eames). Becoming occasional or frequent 

 northward and common in the limestone district of north- 

 western Connecticut. May. 



Carex laxiculmis Schwein. (loose-stalked). 



Frequent. Woods and half-shade, usually in rich soil. 

 June. 



Carex digitalis Willd. (of a finger). 



Common. Rich woods and glades, more often in rather 

 dry soil. June. 



