No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 93 



Carex straminea Willd. (straw-colored). 

 Carex tenera Dewey. 



Rare. Woods and fields in wet sandy soil : Griswold 

 (Graves), Thompson, West Hartford and Salisbury (Bissell), 

 Ellington and East Hartford (Weatherby), Norfolk (Weath- 

 erby & Bissell). June. 



Carex hormathodes Fernald (necklace-like). 

 Carex tenera of Britton's Manual, not Dewey. 

 Carex straminea Willd., var. aperta W. Boott. 



In and about marshes. .Rare inland: Killingly (Bissell). 

 Frequent along the coast. June. 



The var. invisa (W. Boott) Fernald (unseen), Carex 

 straminea Willd., var. invisa W. Boott, occurs on the coast 

 and is frequent in Fairfield County (Fames). 

 Carex hormathodes Fernald, var. Richii Fernald. 



Rare or occasional. Wet ground throughout. June. 



Carex Bicknellii Britton. 



Rare or local. In meadows or on shaded ledges, in either 

 dry or moist ground: Sprague and Colchester (Graves), 

 Thompson and Franklin (R. W. Woodward), East Hartford 

 (Weatherby), Glastonbury and Southington (Bissell), Orange 

 (Harger). June — July. 



Carex silicea Olney (flinty). 



Frequent on dunes and sandy beaches along the coast. July. 



Carex alata Torr. (winged). 



Carex straminea Willd., var. alata Bailey. 



Rare. In wet ground: Hartford (A. W. Driggs), South- 

 ington (Bissell). June. 

 Carex festucacea Schk. (fescue-like), var. brevier (Dewey) 

 Fernald (shorter). 

 Carex festucacea Britton in part. 

 Carex straminea Willd., var. brevior Dewey. 

 Frequent or common. Dry sandy fields. June. 



Carex Bebbii Olney. 



Rare. Salisbury, marshy border of ponds and sloughs 

 (Mrs. C. S. Phelps & A. E. Blewitt). June. 



