AND VICINITY. 99 



CAREX, L. Carices. 



GrNOCEATES, Wormshjold. Strong-pistilled Carex. 



Swamps. Savannah, Wayne county, Sartwdl in herb. Ham. Coll. Springy 

 banks a fuw miles south of Rochester, west of the Genesee river, Dewey. 

 Abundant in the swamp of 'West-Bergen, Genesee county, in moisture and 

 shade, covering low mounds and decaying logs. Rare. June. 



ExiLis, Dewey. Meagre-fruited Carex. 



Elevated bogs. Marshy borders of a pond off the east end of Bald rock, 

 north of Third lake, north Herkimer county. Rare. June, July. 



STERiLis, Willderww. \Barren-sinked Carex. 



Cold bogs on the hills. Frankfort hill. Paris hill. Summit lake. Hidden 

 lake. Sphagnous swamps between Rome and Oneida lake. West-Bergen, 

 Genesee county Infrequent. June. 



BROMOIDES, Schkuhr. Bromus-Uke Carex. 



Marshes, water-sides. Common. May. 



DISTICHA, Hudson. Two-ranked-fruited Carex. 



var. SARTWELLII, Dewey. Discovered by Sartwell. 

 Swamps. Junius, Seneca county, Sartwell, 

 Fruit not two-rowed. Rare. July. 



DECOMposiTA, Muhle7iberg. Decompound-spiked Carex. 



Swamps. Junius, Seneca county, and Penn-Tan, Yates county, Sartwell. 



Rare. July. 



PRAIREA, Dewey, Prairie Carex. 



Marshes on the hills south of the Mohawk valley. In the open mossy bog- 

 land north of Summit lake, Otsego county. Edges of Mud lake; common 

 on the tamarack swamps between Jordanville and Page's corners ; abundant 

 over the surface of Hidden lake ; sparingly in the State swamp of Jerusalem 

 hill, Litchfield; south Herkimer county. Yates county, Sartwell. West Ber- 

 gen, Genesee county. Rare. July. 



CEPHALOPHORA, Willd. Head-bearing Carex, 



Copses, sandy fields. Borders of thickets, north side of the river opposite 

 Whitesboro. Mohawk valley. Knieskern. Greece, Monroe county, Bradley, 



Frequent. May, June. 



MUHLENBERQii, Schkuhr. Discovered by Muhlenberg. 



Rocky woods, iields- Valley of the Mohawk, Knieskern. Dry sandy hills 

 near Irondequoit bay, L. JSolzer. Braddock's bay, Monroe county, Bradley: 

 Sartwell: Dewey. Rare. June. 



OHORDORHIZA, L. Cord-rooted Carex, 



Cold swamps, lake and river borders. Hidden lake and Jerusalem marsh, 

 abundant. Oriskany swamp, Knieskern. Junius, Seneca county, Sartwell. 

 Boggy margins of lakes in the north woods, frequent. St.Lawrence river 

 near Ogdensburgh, Crawe, Eaton hot. Rare. July. 



CEPHALOIDEA, Dewey, Head-like Carex, 



Fields and hedges. Banks of the Mohawk between Oriskany and Rome, 

 Vasey. Penn-Yan, Sartwell in herb. Ham. Coll. Infrequent. June. 



SPARGANioiDES, Muhl, Sparganium-Uke Carex. 



Wet meadows, low thickets. Common. June. 



ROSEA, Schkuhr, Rose-like-headed Carex, 

 Cedar swamps. Abundant, June. 



var. BADIATA, Dewey. Radiate-fruited Carex. 

 Meadows and open woods. Occasional, Junei 



