No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. I07 



Carex Pseudo-Cyperus L. (false Cyperus). 



Rare. Salisbury, muddy border of Twin Lakes (Mrs. C. 

 S. Phelps & Bissell). June — July. 



Carex comosa Boott (having tufts of hair). 



Carex Pseudo-Cyperus L., var. americana Hochst. 



Occasional. Swamps and wet places along streams. June 

 -July. 



Carex hystericina Muhl. (porcupine-like). 



Rare or local. Wet springy pastures and meadows and 

 in swales: Lyme (H. S. Qark), Manchester (Weatherby), 

 Southington (Andrews & Bissell), Prospect, Oxford and 

 Southbury (Harger), Stafford, Sharon and Salisbury (Bis- 

 sell). June — July. 



The var. Cooleyi Dewey, var. Dudleyi Bailey, occurs at 

 Wethersfield (C. Wright), Southington and Sharon (Bissell). 



Many reports of this species should be referred to Carex 

 lurida. 



Carex lurida Wahlenb. (dingy brown or yellow). 

 Carex lurida Wahlenb., var. Uaccida Bailey. 

 Ca/rex lurida Wahlenb., var. parvula Bailey. 

 Carex lurida Wahlenb., var. exundans Bailey. 



Common. Swamps and wet places. July — Aug. A hy- 

 brid of this with Carex bipulbia has been found at Groton and 

 Lyme (Graves). 



Very variable with several intergrading forms. 

 Carex lurida Wahlenb., var. gracilis (Boott) Bailey (slender). 

 Carex Bailey i Britten. 



Rare. East Lyme, in bogs (Graves). July — Aug. 



Carex Schweinitzii Dewey. 



Rare. Salisbury, in open swamps and wet meadows: (M. 

 L. Fernald). June. 



Carex retrorsa Schwein. (turned backward). 



Rare or local. Wet meadows or in moist alluvial soil: 

 Lyme (Graves), Huntington (Harger), SaHsbury (Bissell). 

 June — July. A supposed hybrid of this with Carex rostrata 

 was found in Connecticut many years ago by Charles Wright. 



