LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 125 
HERB.: Sheldon 1302, Lake Benton (typical); Sheldon 
402, Madison Lake, Blue Earth Co.; Ballard 46,Chaska; Ballard 
44, Chaska [var aristata (R. Br.)]; Ballard 6a, Goodhue Co.; 
Sandberg 550, Chisago Co. 
Carex filiformis Linn. Spec. 976 (1753). 
C. tomentosa Liagutr. FI). Scot. II, 552 (1777). 
C. splendida WiLLD. Prodr. 103 (1787). 
C. lasiocarpa GAuD. Agr. II, 125 (1811). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 597; Britt., Fl. N. J. 271; Mac., Fl. 
Can. II, 165; Webb., Fl. Neb. 98; Wats., Fl. Calif. II, 250 in var.; Coult., 
Fl. Colo. 381; Upham, Fl. Minn. 158; Richt., Pl. Eur. 167; Herd., Fl. Eur. 
Russ. 142; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 460; Wats., King Exp. 374; Bail., Syn. Car. 
74; Engl. Pax, Nat Pflanz. II, 2, 125; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 454. 
Middle Europe and Siberia. 
North America: Newf., N. S., N. Br., Ont., Man., 
Brit. Col. and Vancouver; S. to N. Eng., N. J., Penn.; W. to 
Ind,, Minn., Neb., Dak. and Mont. 
Minn. valley: Forest district and extending westward 
to Granite Falls; peat bogs and swamps. 
Hers.: Bailey 200, Vermilion lake; Sandberg 548, 
Chisago Co. 
Carex flliformis Linn. var. lanuginosa (MicuHx.) B. 8. P. 
Cat. N. Y. (1888). 
C. lanuginosa Micax. Fi. N. Am. I, 175 (1803). 
C. pellita Mout. Willd. Spec. IV (1805). 
C. filiformis var. latifolia Boncki. Linn. XLI, 309 (1875). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 597; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 165; Bail., 
Syn. Car. 74; Bail., Typ. Car 64; Coult., FI. Colo. 381; Wats., Fl. Calif. II, 
250; Britt., Fl. N. J. 271; Upham, Fl. Minn. 158; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 278; 
Wats., King Exp. 373; Webb., Appx. Neb. 23. 
North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to Saskatch- 
ewan, Athabasca and Mackenzie river region; Brit. Col. and 
Vancouver; S. to N. J. and Va.; W. to Minn. Mo., Colo., Tex. 
Mex. and Calif. 
Minn. valley: Forest district; N. W. districts; swamps 
and marshes. 
HERB.: Sheldon 250, Lake Washington, Le Sueur Co.; 
Ballard 34, Carver; Ballard 19a, Goodhue Co.; Kassube 269, 
Ramsey Co. 
Carex houghtonii Torr. Cyp. 418 (1836). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 597; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 164; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 158; Bail., Syn. Car. 74. 
North America: N. S., Q., Hudson Bay to Saskatch- 
ewan and N. W. T., lat. 54° N.; S. to Maine and N. Y.; W. to 
Wisc., Minn. and Iowa. 
