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hirsttta, Willdenow. Hair-sheathed Carex. 



"Wet meadows. Schenectady, northeast of College buildings; and along the 

 brow of the Rotterdam hills. Littlefalls, flats of the Mohawk above the vil- 

 lage, south side of the river. Penn-Yan, Yates county, SartvJell. 



Frequent. June. 



buxbaumii, Wahlenberg. Honorary to Buxbaum. 



Swamps. Junius, Sartwell. Banks of the Genesee river, Greece, Bradley. 

 At the head of the swamp in "West-Bergen, Genesee county. Rare. June. 



gracillima, Scluceinitz. Slender Carex. 



Meadows, copses, woods. Common. June, July. 



Formosa, Dewey. Handsome Carex. 



Moist banks and woodlands. Site of old Fort Bull, Rome. Vasey. Penn- 

 Yan, Sartwell. Infrequent. June. 



davisii, Torrey. Dedicated to E. Davis. 



Shaded banks. Utica, Gray Gram. 4" Cyp. Along the Mohawk banks op- 

 posite "Whitesboro, under three butternut trees; below, on wooded hillsides 

 bordering a Cephalanthus swamp. Oriskany, Vasey. Frequent. June. 



umbellata, Schkuhr. Umbellate Carex. 



Rocks; sandy hills and plains. Over the river and above Utica. Oriskany, 

 Dewey: F. Boolt. "Western part of the State, Gray Gram. § Cyp. Abundant 

 on the dry plains of Rome. Tufts on the sides of Bald rock, north of Third 

 lake, north Herkimer county. Penn-Yan, Sartwell. Abundant. 



var. vicina, Dewey. Near-headed Umbellate Carex. 



The form with one or two heads of fruit close beneath the sterile spike, is 

 found on the barren ridges bordering the open sphagnum swamps beyond 

 Rome, Frequently. June. 



emmonsii, Dewey. Dedicated to E. Emmons. 



Dry banks. Oriskany, Oneida county; Mount Hope, Rochester; Dewey. 

 Abundant in a few localities, Yates county, Sartwell. Webster, Monroe 

 county. L. Holzer. Infrequent. 



var. elliptica, Boott. Long-fruited Carex. 



Spicis congestis ; perigyniis longioribus (iyV — y 8 Q- lin. longis, r 6 ^- latis) 

 hirsutis squamam subduplo superantibus ; achenio elliptico triquetro (iyV 

 lin. longo, ± lin. lato), basi styli decidua. Tab. cclxxxvii. New-York, 

 Knieskern . 



The var. has a longer body to the perigynium and a longer achenium, and 

 the pubescence is softer and longer, and the proportionate length of the 

 perigynium to the squamae gives a peculiar aspect to the spike. It has not 

 been noticed by authors: F. Boott, 



Penn-Yan; Rochester; Dewey. Infrequent. July. 



Pennsylvania, Lamarck. Pennsylvania-)! Carex. 



Shady banks and deep thickets. Sides of the Mohawk valley, from Sche- 

 nectady to Littlefalls. Sandy ridges opposite "Whitesboro, north side of the 

 Mohawk. Common on the plains of Rome. 



Radical peduncles of fertile spikes, in addition to the usual one below the 

 sterile, appear frequently in specimens from the pine woods of Schenectady 

 county; and from sand-ridges among the sphagnum swales west of Rome, 

 between the Oswego county read and "Wood creek. Abundant. May. 



nov^e-anglije, Schweinitz. New-England Carex. 



Mountain streams. From Mount Marcy, N.Y., Dewey. Adirondac river, 

 Essex county, Knieskern, Torrey Fl. N.Y. Lake Sanford, Knieskern. 



Rare. July. 



varia, Muhl. Variable-sized Carex. 



Dry rocks and banks, both open and shaded. Common. May. 



