114 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
North America: Ont. to N. Ill, Iowa, S. Minn and 
Dak. and E. Neb. and Wyoming. 
Minn. valley: Forest district; low meadows and fields. 
HErRB.; Taylor 169, Janesville. 
Carex gravida Batu. var. laxifolia Bait. Typ. Car. 6 
(1889). 
Webb., Appx. Neb. 23; Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. ed. 6, 615. 
Minn. valley: Forest district; low, wet meadows and 
moist fields. 
HERB.: Tuylor 514, Mud lake, Waseca Co.; Taylor 
504, Minnesota Lake. 
Carex teretiuscula GoopEN. Trans. Linu. Soc. I, 163 
(1794). 
C. diandra ScHKR. Baier. Fl. 281 (1789). 
C. paniculata var. teretiuscula WAHL. Konigl. Acad. Handi. 
XXIV. 140 (1803). 
Vignea teretiuscula ReicH. Fl. Exc. 60 (1830). 
Carex teretiuscula var. major Kocu, Fl. Germ. 867 (1837). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. € ed. 614; Mac., Fl.Can. IT, 116; Britt., 
Fl. N. J. 276; Upham, Fl Minn. 153; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 140; Richt., Pl. 
Eur. 150; Trautv. Fl. Sib. 124; Led., Fl. Ross. [V. 76; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 
450; Hngl. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. II, 2, 124; Bail., Syn. Car. 136; Hart., Fl. 
Scand. I, 478. 
Middle and Northern Europe; Asia to Himalaya mts.; 
N. Zealand. 
North America: N.S., N. Br., Q., Ont., Man., Sas- 
katchewan, Brit. Col. to Vancouver; S. io N. Eng., N. J., Penn.; 
W. to Minn. and Dak. 
Minn. valley: Forest district, not infrequent; swamps 
and marshes. 
Hers.: Taylor 86, Lake Custin, Le Sueur Co.; Sand- 
berg 523, Goodhue Co. 
Carex teretiuscula GOODEN. var. ramosa Boort, IIL. 145 
(1858). 
C. paradoxa BoottT, Hook. Fl. II, 213 (1840). 
C. prairea DEw. Wood's Bot. 750 (1861). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 615; Mac., Fl. Can. IV, 116; Up- 
ham, Fl. Minn. 158; Bail., Syn. Car. 136. 
North America: N. Y. to Minn., Saskatchewan, Dak., 
Man., L. Athabasca, Rocky, mts., valley of the Columbia and 
Vancouver. 
Minn. valley: Reported from S. and S. E. districts; 
infrequent; wet places, swamps or marshes. 
