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CYPERACEAE. 



Vol. I. 



113. Carex Meadii Dewey. Mead's Sedge. Fig. 980. 



1 Carex Meadii Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. 43 : 90. 1842. 

 Carex tetanica var. Meadii Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad. 22 : 



118. 1886. 

 Carex tetanica var. Carteri Porter, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1887 : 



76. 1887. 

 Carex tetanica var. Canbyi Porter, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1887 : 



76. 1887. 



Similar to the following species, glabrous, culm 

 stouter, strongly phyllopodic, not purplish-tinged, very 

 rough above, 8'-i8' tall. Rootstocks elongated, deep- 

 seated, slender; leaves flat, those of the fertile culm 

 usually 6-10, iV'si" wide; bracts short, not overtop- 

 ping the spikes; staminate spike long-stalked; pistillate 

 spikes 1-3, sometimes staminate at the summit, rarely 

 compound at the base, oblong-cylindric, densely 8-30- 

 flowered, ¥-i¥ long, about 3" in diameter, erect, 

 stalked, or the upper one sessile, the lower often very 

 long-stalked; perigynia obovoid, obtusely triangular, 

 prominently many-nerved, green, i\" long, about 1" in 

 diameter, tipped with a minute slightly bent beak ; scales 

 ovate, green with reddish-brown or purple-brown mar- 

 gins, obtuse to cuspidate, and from much shorter than 

 to exceeding perigynia; stigmas 3. 

 In swamps and wet meadows, New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Georgia, Michigan, Assiniboia, 

 Nebraska and Arkansas. May-July. 



114. Carex tetanica Schk. Wood's Sedge 



C. tetanica Schk. Riedgr. Nachtr. 68. figs. 100, 207. 1806, 

 Carex tetanica var. Woodii Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1 : 53. 

 1889. 



Light green and glabrous, or sheaths slightly puberu- 

 lent, culms slender, more or less strongly phyllopodic, 

 not strongly purplish-tinged at b.ase, erect, rough above, 

 6'-2° tall. Rootstocks elongated, deep-seated, white, 

 slender; leaves flat, those of the fertile culm usually 

 3-5, l"-il" wide, shorter than the culm; bracts narrow, 

 elongated, usually shorter than the spikes, sheathing; 

 staminate spike long-stalked ; pistillate spikes 1 to 3, 

 erect, distant, narrowed at the base, compactly 6-20- 

 flowered or attenuate at base, linear, 1' long or less, the 

 lower filiform-stalked and often drooping; perigynia 

 oblong-obovoid, green, prominently many-nerved, about 

 ii" long and 1 ' thick, obtusely triangular, abruptly 

 minutely beaked or beakless, the orifice entire; scales 

 ovate, obtuse or mucronate, usually shorter than the 

 perigynia; stigmas 3. 



In meadows and wet woods, Massachusetts to Manitoba, 

 south to District of Columbia and Missouri. June-July. 



Fig. 981. 



115. Carex colorata Mackenzie. Purplish- 

 tinged Sedge. Fig. 982. 



Carex colorata Mackenzie, Bull. Torr. Club 37 : 232. 1910. 



Light green and glabrous, culms slender, aphyllo- 

 podic and strongly purplish-tinged at base, strongly 

 stoloniferous, erect, roughened above, i°-2° tall. 

 Leaves 'flat, those of the fertile culm usually 2-4, 

 ii"-2" wide, shorter than the culm; bracts narrow, 

 elongated, usually not exceeding the spikes, sheathing; 

 staminate spike more or less peduncled ; pistillate spikes 

 2-3, erect, distant, rather loosely 6-15-flowered, linear, 

 7"-i8" long, 2" thick, on slender much-exserted 

 peduncles ; perigynia narrowly obovoid, obtusely trian- 

 gular, lightly many-nerved, if "-2" long, I" wide, 

 tapering at both ends, the beak 4" long, slightly curv- 

 ing, the orifice oblique ; scales ovate, obtuse to cuspi- 

 date, shorter than the perigynia; stigmas 3. 



Woodlands, New York and Ontario to Michigan and 

 Manitoba. May- June. 



