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(6-9 mm.) and flat, their sheaths conspicuously clothing the 

 base of the culm ; spikes 6-12, the 2 or 3 upper ones con- 

 tiguous, the remainder entirely separate, very green, short- 

 oylindric, the lowest often compound, all truncate at top ; 

 perigyniuin ovate, 3-4 mm. long, rough on the short beak, 

 often obscurely nerved on the outer face, considerably longer 

 than the whitish sharp-pointed scale. — Rich woods, N. H. to 

 Ont., Mo., and Va. June, July. Fig. 401. 



48. C. cephaloldea Dewey. Lax, very green, 3-9 dm. 

 high; leaves broad (5-8 mm.) and thin, 

 shorter than the long soft culm ; head 1.8-3.8 

 cm. long, rather dense ; perigynimn narrowly 

 ovate, 3.5-4.5 mm. long, pale green, nerve- 

 less, with long rough beak, spreading. — 

 Rich woods and thickets, local, N. B. to 

 Pa., "Wise, and Ont. May-July. Fig. 402. 



49. C. alopecoidea Tuokerm. Stout but 

 rather soft, 4-9 dm. high ; culm rather sharp, 



402. C. cephaloidea. ^^}^^ an<i soft in texture ; leaves 4-8 mm. 401. c.spargamoidea. 



wide, about the length of the cubi), very 

 green ; h^ad 2-6 cm. long, straw-color or tawny, occasionally a little compound, 

 the spikes many and compactly or somewhat loosely disposed or the lowest 

 often separate and all mostly short-cylindric ; perigynium 3-4 

 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. broad, tapering into a rough beak, very 

 prominently stipitate, with a few brown nerves on the outer 

 face., ascending, about equaling or a little exceeding the scale ; 

 achene obovate, 1 mm. broad, style not thickened at base. — 



Open swales and low thickets. Me. to Ont. 



and 111. ; local. June, July. Fig. 403. 



50. C. grdvida Bailey. Low, the culm 

 thin and sharply angled, 2-5 dm. high ; leaves ^^g ^ alonecoidea 

 rather firm, shorter than the culm ; head 2-4 

 cm. long, greenish to pale brown, short-cylindric, the lowest 

 spikes rarely distinct ; spikes globular ; perigynium 3-4.6 mm. 

 long, 2-3 mm. broad, sessile, plump and somewhat polished at 

 maturity, prominently spreading; achene sub- 

 orbicular, 1.5-2 mm. broad, style bulbous- 

 thickened at base. — Ind. and Wise, to Neb., 

 and southw. Fig. 404. Var. laxif6lia 

 Bailey. Much larger, 6-12 dm. high ; leaves 

 broader and lax ; head large and dense, 



ovoid or thick-oylindric, scarcely interrupted. — Ky. to S. Dak. 



and Mo. 



t-^51. C. vulpinoidea Michx. Mostly rather 

 stiff, 0.3-1 ra. high ; culm very rough, at least 

 above; leaves 2-5 mm. broad, mostly flat and 

 longer than the culm; head 2-15 cm. long, 

 usually much interrupted or dense or somewhat 

 compound, varying from dull brown to almost 

 green at maturity, commonly provided with 

 many very setaceous short bracts ; spikes very 

 numerous, ascending and densely flowered ; peri- 

 gynium ovate or lance-ovate, mostly ascending, 

 1.7-3 cm. long ; scales mostly long-awned. — Low places, variable. 

 June-Aug. Fig. 405. — 



52. C. setacea Dewey. Resembling the last ; culms stiff, 

 0.4-1 m. high, much exceeding the rather broad (2-7 mm.) stiffish 

 leaves; head usually simple, 3.5-9 cm. long, of approximate or 

 remote spikes ; perigynia lanceolate to lance-ovate, tapering 



406. 0. setacea. gradually to the serrulate beak, usually dull brown or drab in 



404. C. g^ravida. 



0. vulpinoidea. 



