94 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBull. 



Carex foenea Willd. (hay-like). 



Occasional. Dry rocky woods. June — July. 

 The var. perplex a Bailey (confused) occurs at East Lyme 

 (Graves), and at Southington (Andrews). 



Carex aenea Fernald (brassy). 



Rare. Salisbury, dry exposed ledges on Mt. Riga (Weath- 

 erby & Bissell). June. 



Carex stellulata Good, (star-shaped). 



. Care.v cchinata Murr., var. microstachys Boeckl. 

 Carex sterilis of American authors, not Willd. 



Frequent. Wet meadows and swamps. Late May — June. 

 Carex stellulata Good., var. ormantha Fernald (having a neck- 

 lace-shaped inflorescence). 



Rare. Wet places, growing with the typical form. June. 

 Carex stellulata Good., var. excelsior (Bailey) Fernald (taller). 

 Carex sterilis Willd., var. excelsior Bailey. 



Occasional. Bogs and wet meadows. June. 

 Carex stellulata Good., var. cephalantha (Bailey) Fernald 

 (having its flowers in a head). 

 Carex sterilis Willd., var. cephalantha Bailey. 

 Carex echinata Murr., var. cephalantha Bailey. 

 Occasional. Borders of swamps. June. 

 Carex stellulata Good., var. angustata Carey (narrow). 

 Carex echinata Murr., var. angustata Bailey. 



Rare or local. Bogs and swamps : Ledyard and Waterford 

 (Graves), East Hartford (A. W. Driggs & Bissell), Oxford 

 (Harger), Huntington (Fames). June. 



Carex sterilis Willd. (sterile). 



Carex echinata Murr., var. conferta Bailey. 

 Carex atlantica Bailey. 



Swampy places. Rare over most of the state : New Lon- 

 don (Graves), Woodstock (R. W. Woodward & Weatherby), 

 East Windsor and Southington (Bissell). Frequent near the 

 coast in the vicinity of Bridgeport (Fames). June. 



Carex scirpoides Schk. (like Scirpus, the Bulrush). 

 Carex interior Bailey. 



Open swamps and peat bogs. Rare in eastern and central 

 districts: Thompson (R. W. Woodward & Weatherby), 



