CYPERACBAB (SEDGB FAMILY) 



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0. festucacea. 



865. C. Bebbii. 



leaves stiff, erect, shorter than the culms, 2-4 mm. wide, the 

 sheath with a thin barely nerved or nerveless pale hand 

 f.'ctendiiig down from the membranous auricle ; inflorescence 

 cylindrio, rarely ovoid, of 5-10 distinct or rarely approxi- 

 mate subglobose or broadly ovoid-conic yellow-brown or green- 

 brown ascending spikes (7-12 mm. long); perigynia broad- 

 ovate to suborbicular, strongly l-lb-nerved on the outer, 

 nerveless or faintly nerved on the inner face ; achenes sub- 

 orbicular. (0. straminea, var. Tuckerm.) — Dry or rocky 

 soil, Me. to Man. and Pa. June-Aug. Pig. 363. 



Var. brdvior (Dewey) Fernald. Lower, 

 rarely more than 0.6 m. high, and more 

 slender; spikes 3-6,. approximate or subap- 

 proximate. (C. straminea, var. Dewey.) — 

 Commoner, reaching B. C, Ark., etc. May- 

 July. Pig. 364. 



18. C. B6bbii Olney. Culms rather slen- 

 der, 2-6 dm. high, smooth except at tip ; 

 leaves mostly shorter, ascending but not stiff, 

 1.7-4.5 mm. wide ; inflorescence short, com- 

 pact, ovoid to ellipsoid, brown, 1-2 cm. long, of 3-12 globose or ellipsoid 



ascending spikes (6-8 mm. long); perigynia narrowly ovate, 

 3-3.5 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. broad, mostly dull broion, and 

 loosely aaoending, fai ntly feiv-nerved or nerveless; scales oblong, 

 bluntly acuminate. (C. tribuloides, var. Bailey.) 

 — Low grounds, Nld. to w. Mass., N. Y., 111., 

 Col., B. C., and north w. June-Aug. Fig. 365. 



19. C. foenea Willd. Culms slender and 

 lax, smooth except at tip, 3-9 dm. high ; leaves 



soft and loose, pale green or glaucous, mostly shorter, 2-4 mm. 

 broad ; inflorescence linear-cylindric or moniliform, erect or 

 flexuous, of 4-9 globose or ovoid clavate-based appressed- 

 ascending whitish-green or silvery-brown spikes (6-10 mm. 



long) ; perigynia ovate, 3^ 

 mm. long, 1.8-2.2 mm. broad, 

 appressed-ascending, finally a 

 little spreading. — Dry woods 

 and banks. Me. to B. C. and 

 Md. July. Pig. 366. Var. 

 PEEPLEXA Bailey. Coarser, and often taller ; 

 Wlil " inflorescence heavier, mostly nodding, the 6-15 



spikes larger (1-1.7 cm. long), the terminal 

 86T. 0. foenea, v. perplexa. g^es often crowded ; perigynia 



3.5-4.4 mm. long. — Com- 

 moner, Nfd. to Man. and Va. June-Aug. Pig. 367. 



20. C. LEPOEiNA L. Culms stiff and ascending, 2-8 dm. 

 high; leaves mostly short and firm, 1.5-4 mm. 

 broad ; inflorescence from subglobose to cylindric, 

 of 3-6 obovoid or ellipsoid approximate or sub- 

 approximate brown or ferruginous ascending 

 spifces (0.8-1.4 cm. long); perigynia S.6-i.bznni. 

 long, 1.8-2.3 mm. broad, ascending. — Dry hill- 

 sides, rooky banks, etc., local, Nfd. to Mass. and 

 N. Y. ; and occasional on ballast southw. June- 

 Aug. (Nat. from Eu.) Pig. 368. 



21. C. xerdntica Bailey. Culms stiff, sca- 

 brous above, 3-6 dm. high; leaves short, mostly near the base, 

 2-3 mm. broad ; inflorescence linear-cylindric, of 3-6 distinct 

 ascending ellipsoidal brownish-white spikes (8-13 mm. long) ; 

 i9. C. xerantica. perigynia oppressed, 4-4.8 mm. long, 2-2.3 mm. broad, the innet 



foenea. 



868. C. lepoi-ina. 



