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Carex hystricina MuHL. Willd. Spec. IV (1805). 
C. cooleyi DEW. Sill. Journ. XLVIII, 144 (1845). 
C. georgiana Dew. 1. c. VI, 245 (1848). 
C. thurberi Dew. Mex. Bound. 232 (1859). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 596; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 173; Chap., 
Fl. S. St. 543; Webb., Fl. Neb. 98; Britt., Fl. N. J. 270; Coult., Fl. Colo. 
382; Bail., Syn. Car. 69. 
North America: Newf., N. S., N. Br. to Man., Sas- 
katchewan and N. of lat. 52° in prairie region; S. to N. Eng., 
N. J., Ga.; W. to Minn., Dak., Neb., Ind. Terr. and N. Mex. 
Minn. valley: Forest district and westward to Chip- 
pewa valley at least; wet meadows and margins of lakes. 
HERB.: Sheldon 342, Smith’s Mill, Blue Harth Co.; 
Ballard 7, Chaska; Ballard 338, Jordan, Scott Co.; Taylor 75, 
Elysian; MacM. and Sheld. 62, Brainerd; Ballard 4a, Zumbrota; 
Herrick 336, Minneapolis; Kassube 270, Minneapolis; Sandberg 
551, Center City; Wickersheim 135, Ash lake, Lincoln Co. 
Carex schweinitzii DEwrEy, Sill. Journ. IX, 68 (1825). 
Wats. and Coult. Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 595; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 178; Britt., 
Fl. N. J. 270. 
North America: W. N. Eng. and Ont. to Minn. and 
Mich. 
Minn. valley: Forest district; swamps and borders of 
lakes. 
HeRB.: Ballard 38, Chaska. 
Carex lurida WauL. K. Acad. Handl. XXIV, 153 (1808). 
C. tentaculata MunL. Willd. Spec. IV, 266 (1805). 
C. rostrata WILLD. Spec. IV, 282 (1805). 
C. gigantea Kuntu, Enum. II, 503 (1837). 
C. purshit OLN. Exsicc. I, 30 (1871). 
C. beyrichiana BorcKkyi. Linn. XLI, 239 (1876). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 595; Bail., Typ. Car. 10: Mac., Fl. 
Can. II, 173; Coult., Fl. Colo. 382; Britt., Fl. N. J. 270; Upham, Fl. Mion. 
158; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 389: Cov., Fl. Ark. 231. 
North America: N.S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to N. Eng., N. 
J., Va. and Fla.; W. to Minn., Ill., Mo. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: Reported from forest district; infre- 
quent; wet meadows and bogs. 
Carex retrorsa ScHwEiIn. An. Tab. (1823). 
C. reversa SpRENG. Syst. Veg. III, 827 (1826). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 595; Bail., Typ. Car. 71: Bail., Syn. 
Car. 68; Upham, Fl. Minn. 158. 
North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to Man., Sas- 
katchewan, Brit. Col. and Rocky mts.; S. to N. Eng., Penn., 
Mich. and Minn. 
