Genus 18. 



SEDGE FAMILY. 



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134. Carex Hitchcockiana Dewey, 

 cock's Sedge. Fig. 1001. 



Hitch- 



Carex Hitchcockiana Dewey, Am. Journ. 

 1826. 



Sci. 10: 274. 



Culms slender, erect, somewhat rough, 8'-2i° tall. 

 Leaves ii"— 3I" wide, the upper and the similar 

 bracts much overtopping the spikes ; sheaths rough- 

 pubescent; staminate spike stalked or nearly sessile; 

 pistillate spikes 2-4, loosely 1-6-flowered, erect, 

 rather distant, stalked or the upper sessile; perigynia 

 obovoid, obtusely 3-angled, finely many-striate, as- 

 cending, 2i"-2i" long, 1" thick, tipped with a short 

 stout oblique entire beak; scales ovate, rough-awned, 

 scarious-margined, longer or shorter than the peri- 

 gynia; stigmas 3. 



In woods and thickets, Vermont and Ontario to Mich- 

 igan, south to West Virginia, Kentucky and western Mis- 

 souri. May-July. 



135. Carex katahdinensis Fernald. Mt. Katah- 

 din Sedge. Fig. 1002. 



Carex katahdinensis Fernald, Rhodora 3: 171. 1901. 



Glabrous, culms short, 2V tall or less, roughened 

 above. Leaves l"-ii" wide, much exceeding the culm ; 

 lower bracts similar to the culm-leaves, much exceeding 

 spikes, their sheaths 1' long or less; staminate spike 

 nearly sessile; pistillate spikes 3-4, closely approximate, 

 erect, narrowly oblong, 3i"-7" long, 2"-2i" thick, rather 

 closely 6-15-flowered, slightly exsert-peduncled; peri- 

 gynia oval, suborbicular in cross-section, rounded to 

 each end, finely many-striate, essentially beakless, it" 

 long, slightly more than i" thick, the orifice entire; 

 scales ovate, scarious-margined, more or less strongly 

 cuspidate, as wide as but shorter than perigynia; 

 stigmas 3. 



Depot Pond, Mt. Katahdin, Maine ; Lake St. John, Quebec. 

 June-July. Possibly only a form of Carex conoidea Schk. 



136. Carex conoidea Schk. Field Sedge. Fig. 1003. 



Carex conoidea Schk.; Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 280. 1805. 



Glabrous, culms slender, rough, erect, 6'-3o' tall. 

 Leaves I "-2" wide, shorter than or but little exceeding 

 the culm ; lower bracts similar to the culm-leaves, some- 

 times but slightly overtopping the spike, their sheaths 1' 

 long or less ; staminate spike usually long-stalked ; 

 pistillate spikes 1-3, distant, erect, oblong or oblong- 

 cylindric, ii"-i2", usually 4"-8", long, 2J" thick, rather 

 closely 8-25-flowered, the upper slightly exsert-peduncled, 

 the lower strongly so; perigynia oval, suborbicular in 

 cross-section, rounded to each end, finely many-striate, 

 beakless, ij" long, slightly more than I" thick, the 

 orifice entire; scales ovate, scarious-margined, acumi- 

 nate to rough-awned, the lower often longer than the 

 perigynia, the upper shorter than or equalling them; 

 stigmas 3. 



In meadows, Nova Scotia to Ontario, south to Rhode 

 Island, New Jersey, .Ohio and Iowa, and in the mountains 

 to North Carolina. May-June. 



