96 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [BuU. 



Carex Deweyana Schwein. 



Rare. Woodland hillsides in rich, rather dry soil : Water- 

 town (Harger), Colebrook (J. W. Robbins), Winchester 

 (Weatherby & Bissell), Southington, Torrington, Canaan and 

 SaHsbury (Bissell), Danbury and Ridgefield (Eames), Corn- 

 wall (E. E. Brewster). June. 

 Carex trisperrna Dewey (three-seeded). 



Occasional. Cool bogs and sphagnum swamps. June — 

 July. 

 Carex tenella Schk. (delicate). 



Rare. Cool mossy woods: Waterford (Graves), Stafford 

 (Weatherby & Bissell), Manchester (Weatherby), Norfolk 

 (J. W. Robbins, 1828; Bissell), Barkhamsted and Cornwall 

 ( Bissell) . June — July. 

 Carex rosea Schk. (rose-like). 



Frequent. Rich woods and thickets or sometimes in open 

 ground. June. 

 Carex rosea Schk., var. radiata Dewey (radiate). 



Frequent. Woods, copses and meadows in either dry or 

 moist ground. June. 

 Carex rosea Schk., var. minor Boott (smaller). 



Rare. Woods or in open ground, more often in dry soil: 

 Norwich (W. A. Setchell), East Hartford (A. W. Driggs), 

 Farmington (Andrews), Southington (Andrews, Bissell), 

 Plainville and Wolcott (Bissell). June. 

 Carex retroflexa Muhl. (bent backward). 

 Carex rosea Schk., var. retroMexa Torr. 



Woods, copses and open ground, mostly in dry soil. Raref;; 

 in northern and eastern districts: Ledyard (Graves), Norwich 

 (W. A. Setchell), Scotland and Middlefield (Weatherby), 

 Windsor (Bissell, A. W. Driggs), Southington (Andrews & j 

 Bissell), Oxford (Harger). Becoming frequent in the south- 

 western part of the state (Fames). June. 

 Carex Muhlenbergii Schk. 



Frequent. Dry sterile soil. June — July. 

 The var. enervis Boott (nerveless), var. xalapensis Brit- 

 ton, is rare inland: Franklin (R. W. Woodward), Killingly 

 and Plainville (Bissell), Southington (Andrews), Oxford 

 (Harger). Becoming occasional or frequent near the coast. 



