98 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Carex gynandra Schwein. 



Occasional or frequent. Swamps and wet places. June. 



Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. (aquatic). 



Rare. Wet meadows or cold bogs : Lyme and Oxford 

 (Harger), Salisbury (M. L. Fernald). June. 



Carex torta Boott (twisted). 



Banks of rivers and swift flowing streams. Rare near the 

 coast: Lyme (Graves), Darien (Harger & Eames). Becom- 

 ing frequent northward and common in the northwestern part 

 of the state. May. 



Roots very long and tough, the plant forming dense tufts 

 or beds. The fruit ripens early and falls very quickly. 

 Carex striata Lam. (straight). 

 Sword Grass. Nigger-heads. 



Very common. Swales, wet meadows and about ponds, 

 often forming large tussocks. June. 



One of the best known and most plentiful of our sedges. 

 Largely cut as bedding for stock. 

 Carex striata Lam., var. curtissima Peck (very short). 



Rare. In swamps: Waterford (Graves), Lyme (Weather- 

 by). June. 

 Carex striata Lam., var. angustata (Boott) Bailey (narrow-). 

 Care.v stricta Lam., var. xerocarpa Britton. 



Wet meadows and in marshes. Rare in most districts : 

 Voluntown (Graves), South'ington (Andrews), Windsor and 

 Salisbury (Bissell). Locally plentiful in marshes along the 

 lower Housatonic River (Eames). June. 

 Carex stricta Lam., var. decora Bailey (elegant). 

 Carex Haydeni Dewey. 



Rare. Low meadows: Franklin and Waterford (Graves), 

 East Hartford (Weatherby), Glastonbury and Southington 

 (Bissell). June. 

 Carex aurea Nutt. (golden). 



Rare or local. Bloomfield, low field on outcrops of sand- 

 stone (Weatherby), Kent, moist calcareous rocks on the banks 

 of the Housatonic River (Eames & J. Pettibone), Kent, wet 

 upland pasture (Eames), Salisbury, moist meadows (Miss E. 

 L. Shaw). June — July. 



