712 CYPERACEjE carex 



membranous pale brown scale : stigmas 2. In swamps and wet woods, 

 ; Oregon to Brit. Columbia and across the continent. 



C. Deweyana Schwein. Ann. Lye. N. Y. i, 65. Stems slenderi 

 spreading, nearly or quite smooth, 1-2 feet long : leaves 1-2 lines wide, flat, 

 soft, shorter than the stem : spikes 3-6, oblong or subglobose, few-flowered, 

 2-3 lines thick, distinctly separated or the upper ones contiguous : stamin- 

 ate flowers basal : perigynia lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, thin, tapering 

 above to a rough strongly 2-toothed beak half as long asthe body, equal- 

 ling the hyaline-margined broadly ovate acute or cuspidate scale : stigmas 

 2. In wooded districts, California to Alaska and across the continent. 



Var. Bolanderi W, Boott Bot. Cal. ii, 236. Stems stouter and 

 leaves broader : spikes 4-10, with more numerous flowers : scales hiepid- 

 awned. With the type, Washington to California. 



§ 2 OvALES Kunth Enum. PI. ii, 394. Spikes tawny or 

 dark, rather large, sometimes crowded. Perigynia with a more 

 or less winged margin which is mostly incurved at rriaturity mak- 

 ing them concave. 



C. siccata BeweyAm. Journ. Sci. x, 278. Rootstock long and stout : 

 stems slender, erect, 1-2 feet high: leaves about a line wide, the upper 

 sometimes exceeding the stem, the lower short : bracts short or the lower 

 bristle-like and elongated : spikes 3-6, oblong or subglobose. 3-1 lines long, 

 brownish, clustered or more or less scattered: staminate flower variously 

 situated or whole spikes staminate : perigynia ovate-lanceolate, less than 3 

 lines long, wing-margined, tapering to a rough beak nearly as long as the 

 body, about equalling the ovate-lanceolate membranous acute or acumin- 

 ate scale: stamens 2. In dry ground, California to Brit. Columbia and 

 Kew York. 



C. pratensis Drejer Rev. Crit. Car. 24. Stems slender, erect when 

 young, the summit at length nodding, 12-18 inches high: leaves about 1 

 line wide shorter than the stem : spikes 3-6, oblong or club-shaped, scat- 

 tered or the upper contiguous, silvery-brown, shining, 3-5 lines long, less 

 than 3 lines thick, several-flowered: staminate flowers basal: perigynia 

 lanceolate, thin, pale, wing-margined, tapering into a beak nearly as long 

 as the body, about as long as the lanceolate acute or acuminate membran- 

 ous scale : stigmas 2. Eastern Oregon to Alaska, Labrador andthe Rocky 

 Mountains. 



e. stramintformis Bailey Mem. Torr. Bot. Club i, 24. Stems 6 inches 

 to 2 feet high, obtusely angle"!, nearly smooth : leaves flat, 1-2 lines wide, 

 shorter than the stem: heads variegated, pale green and chestnut, 6-12 

 lines long, 6-10 lines thick, oblong, trianijular-ovoid or subspherioal, of 

 3-8 crowded ellipsoidal spikes : scales chestnut-color, pale in the middle, 

 with narrow hyaline margins ovate, acute : perigynia broadly ovate or 

 roundish, abruptly attenuate to a sharp minutely Didentate beak, broadly 

 wing-margined to the base, the wings finely serrate, longer and broader 

 than the scales. In dry soil on the high mountains, -Washington to Calif. 



C. feta Bailey Bull. Torr. Bot. Club xx, 417. Stems slender, 1-3 feet 

 high : leaves 2 lines wide, shorter than the stem : heads ovoid or oblong, of 

 4-12 crowded or contiguous, spikes, naked or the lowest with a setaceous 

 bract with a dilated base: perigynia pale fulvous, lanceolate, attenuate, 

 rather sharply bidentate, winged, nearly 2 lines long, broader than the 

 membranons fulvous lanceolate acuminate scales. In swales, Washingtop 

 to California. 



C. leporina L. Sp. 973. Stems slender, erect, roughish above, 12-18 

 inches high : leaves about 1 line wide, flat, shorter than the stems : bracts 



