No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. I05 



Carex flava L., var. rectirostra Gaudin (straight-beaked). 

 Carex flava L., var. grainiiiis Bailey. 



Local. Swamps and wet meadows: Woodstock (Harger), 

 Ashford and Stafford (Weatherby & Bissell), Union and Col- 

 chester (Graves). June — July. 

 Carex flava L., var. elatior Schlecht. (taller) . 



Rare. Low ground : Ridgefield and Kent (Eames & C. C. 

 Godfrey). June. 



Carex Oederi Retz., var. pumila (Cosson & Germain) Fernald 

 (dwarf). 

 Carex flava L., var. viridula Bailey. 

 Carex viridula Michx. 



Rare. East Haven, in moist meadows (Harger) ; New 

 Haven, in salt marsh (D. C. Eaton) ; Kent, in sand on shore 

 of pond (Eames) ; Salisbury, in wet ground (Mrs. C. S. 

 Phelps ) . June — July. 



Carex longirostris Torr. (long-beaked). 



Rich rocky woods in either moist or dry places, or on river 

 banks. Local from the Connecticut River westward except 

 near the coast in the southwestern part of the state where it 

 is not reported. Late May — June. 



Carex castanea Wahlenb. (chestnut-colored). 



Rare. Alluvial soil: Salisbury (J. Young, 1828). Appar- 

 ently has not been collected since that date. June. 



Carex arctata Boott (contracted). 



Rare. Hillsides in rich woods : Bridgeport (Eames), Bark- 

 hamsted, Norfolk and Canaan (Bissell), Cornwall (Harger). 

 May. 



Carex debilis Michx. (weak), var. Rudgei Bailey. 

 Carex tenuis Rudge. 



Frequent. Dry or moist woods and in meadows. June — 



July. 

 Carex debilis Michx., var. interjecta Bailey (thrown between). 

 Rare. Rocky woods: Southington (Andrews & Bissell). 

 June — July. 



