LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 121 
Carex arctata Boort, Hook. FI. II, 227 (1840). 
C. sylvatica DEW. Sill. Journ. X, 40 (1826), not Huds. 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 603; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 161; Up- 
ham, Fl. Minn. 157; Britt., Fl. N. J. 2738; Coult., Fl. Colo. 380. 
North America: N. Br., Q., Ont. to N. Eng. and N. J.; 
W. to Penn., Minn., Colo. and Mont. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; woods and dry thickets. 
HeErs.: Sheldon 163, Madison lake; Taylor 906, Glen- 
wood; Bailey 211, Vermilion lake; Bailey 556, Mud lake. 
Carex castanea WauL. K. Acad. Handl. XXIV, 155 (1803). 
C. flexilis Rupe, Linn. Trans. VII, 98 (1804). 
C. blepharophora GRAY, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. III, 237 (1836). 
Wats. and Cquilt , Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 608; Bail., Typ. Car. 60; Mac., Fl. 
Can. II, 162, 386; Upham, Fl. Minn. 158. 
North America: Newf., L. Nipigon to Minn.; S. to 
Conn. and Mich 
Minn. valley: N. H. edge; banks of streams; infre- 
quent. 
Heres.: Bailey 557, Long lake; Sandberg 619, Vermil- 
ion lake; Juni 28, Knife river. 
Carex longirostris Torr. Schwein. An. Tab. (1823). 
C. sprengelii DEw. Spreng. Syst. ITI, 827 (1826). 
C. longirostris var. minor BoorT, Phil. Acad. 78 (1863). 
C. longirostris var. microcystis BoEoKL. Linn. XLI, 241 (1875). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 603; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 162; Bail., 
Typ. Car. 70; Webb., Fl. Neb. 98; Coult., Fl. Colo. 380; Britt., Fl. N. J. 
272; Upham, Fl. Minn. 159; Bail., Syn. Car. 102. 
North America: N. Br., Q., Ont., Man. to Brit. Col. 
and Rocky mts.; S. to N. Eng., N. J., Penn.; W. to Neb., 
Minn. and Dak. 
Minn. valley: Forest district; rocky soil and shaded 
places. 
HERB.: Sheldon 117, Madison lake; Ballard 126, Chaska; 
Sheldon 1632, Taylor’s Falls; Kassube 271, Minneapolis; Sand- 
berg 553, Center City. 
Carex limosa Linn. Spec. 977 (1753). 
C. elegans W1LLD. Prodr. 34 (178°). 
C. laca DEw. Sill. Journ. XXVI, 376 (1834). 
C. limosa var. praires Dew. Sill. Journ. XXIX, 71 (1837). 
C. irrigua Torr. Club Cat. N. J. (1885). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 602; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 150; Britt., 
FI. N. J. 272; Upham, Fl. Minn. 156; Richt., Pl. Eur. 161, Herd, Fl. Eur. 
Russ. 142; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 130; Led., Fl. Ross. IV, 307; Hook., Fl. Gt. 
Brit. 456; Eng]. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. II, 2, 125; Bail., Syn. Car. 94: Hart., 
Scand. Fl. I, 456; Rothr., Fl. Alask. 457. 
N. and mid. Europe; N. and W. Asia. 
