FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 663 



C. Hitcikockiana Dewey. 



In the central and northern counties, growing in woods and thick- 

 ets in moist soils. Not abundant in any of its reported stations. 

 Flowers from May until August. 

 Noble (Van Gorder) ; Putnam (MacDougal). 



C. tetanica Schk. Wood's Sedge. 



This northern and eastern form has obtained a place in our flora 

 in the northwestern counties. 



Added to the flora by Rev. E. J. Hill. 

 Flowers in June and July. 

 Lake (Hill). 



C. laxiflora Lam. Loose-flowered Sedge. 



Throughout the State in open woods and borders of fields. Com- 

 mon in all of its stations. 



Elowers from May until August. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham) ; Floyd (Clapp) ; Noble (Van Gorder) ; 

 Vigo (Blatchley) ; Steuben (Bradner). 



C. laxiflora blanda (Dewey) Boot. 



Reported only from the extreme southern and northern counties, 

 but doubtless occurring throughout the State. The form grows in 

 meadows and thickets in dry or moist soils. 



Flowers from May through July. 



Gibson and Lake. 



C. laxiflora patulifolia (Dewey) Carey. 



Sparingly found in various counties of the State, associated with 

 the two forms just preceding, from which it is probably not distin- 

 guished in many cases. 



Flowers from May through July. 



Jefferson; Putnam (MacDougal). 



C. styloflexa Buckley. Bent Sedge. 



(C laxiflora styloflexa Boott.) 

 Reported only from the southern counties and probably not ex 

 tending far northward in the State. 

 Flowers in May and June. 

 Jefferson. 



C. digitalis Willd. 



In woods and thickets in the central and northern counties of the 

 State. Frequently met, but nowhere abundant. 

 Flowers in June and July. 

 Tippecanoe (Cunningham). 

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