116 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY, 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6ed. 614; Mac., Fl. Can. II. 120; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 98; Coult., Fl. Colo. 391; Upham, Suppl. Minn. 49; Herd., Fl. Eur. 
Russ. 138; Richt., Pl. Eur. 148; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 277; Bail., Syn. 
Car. 133. 
Europe (region of the Caucasus mts. and the Carpa- 
thians). 
North America: Colo. to N. Mex.; E. to Neb., Iowa; 
N. to Minn., Saskatchewan and Rocky mts. in Peace river 
valley region. 
Minn. valley: Reported from S. and N. W. districts; 
wet prairies. 
Carex chordorhiza Enru. Linn. f. Suppl. 414 (1781). 
C. funiformis CLAIRV. Man, 287 (1811). 
Vignea chordorhiza RetcH. FI. Exc. 56 (1830). 
Carex fulvicoma Dew. Sill. Journ. X XIX, 249 (1836). 
as CU. chordorhiza var. genuina TRautv. Act. Hort. Petr. V, 123 
1877). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6ed. 614; Mac., Fl]. Can. II, 120; Upham, 
Fl. Mino. 154; Herd. Fl. Eur. Russ. 138; Richt., Pl. Eur. 148: Trauty. Fl. 
Sib. 123; Led., Fl. Ross. IV, 271; Engl. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. II, 2, 123; Bail., 
Syn. Car. 133; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 477. 
Europe and Russian Empire. 
North America: Anticosti, N. Br., Q., Ont. to Man., 
Saskatchewan, Brit. Col., lat. 54° N. and Hudson Bay; S. to 
Vt. and W. to Minn. and Iowa. 
Minn. valley: Forest district; rare; bogs and springs. 
HERB.: Sandberg 580, Red Wing. 
Carex polytrichuides MuHL. Willd. Spec. II, 4 (1802). 
C. leptalea Want. K. Acad. Handl. XXIV, 139 (1803). 
CU. microstachya Micux. Fl. N. Am. II, 169 (1803). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 612; Britt., Fl. N. J. 276; Bail., 
Typ. Car. 61, 64; Bail., Syn. Car. 131; Chap., Fl. S. St. 536; Coult., Fl. Colo. 
378; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 111; Upham, Fl. Minn. 153; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 276. 
North America: Newf., N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont., Man. 
to Selkirk mts. and Brit. Col. to Vancouver; N. to Hudson Bay; 
S. to Minn., Col.; E. to N. Eng., N. J. and Fla. 
Minn. valley: N. HE. districts and N. edge; rare; low 
grounds and marshes. 
HERB.: Juni 18, Little Marais; Bailey 316, Vermilion 
lake; Batley 29, Vermilion lake. 
Carex pubescens MuHL. Willd. Spec. IV, 28 (1805). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 613; Bail., Typ. Car. 61; Mac., Fl. 
Can. II, 161; Britt., Fl. N. J. 276; Upham, Fl. Minn. 157; Coult., Fl. Colo. 
377; Bail., Syn. Car. 127. 
North America: Newf., N. Br., Ont. to N. Eng., N. J., 
Ky., and W. to Minn., Dak. and Mo. 
