No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 99 



Carex pauciflora Lightf. (few-flowered). 



Rare. Norfolk, sphagnum swamp (J. W. Robbins, 1827; 

 Bissell) . June. 



Carex leptalea Wahlenb. (delicate). 

 Carcx polytrichoidcs Muhl. 



Frequent. Wet mossy woods and grassy swamps. May — 

 June. 



Carex polygama Schk. (polygamous). 



Carex fusca Gray's Manual ed. 6, not All. 



Local. Wet meadows and open swamps : New London 

 and Franklin (Graves), Bolton, East Hartford and Bloom- 

 field (Weatherby), East Windsor and Southington (Bissell), 

 Plainville (J. N. Bishop), Hamden (A. L. Winton), Milford 

 (Fames). May. 



Carex triceps Michx. (three-headed), var, hirsuta (Willd.) 

 Bailey (hairy). 

 Carex triceps Britton in part, not Michx. 



Fields and roadsides in sandy soil, either dry or moist : 

 Old Lyme (Graves), Salisbury (Bissell). Frequent in central 

 and southwestern Connecticut. June. 

 Carex virescens Muhl. (greenish). 



Carcx virescens Muhl., var. costata Dewey. 

 Carcx costcllata Britton. 



Frequent. Dry woods and clearings, often in leaf-mold. 

 July. 

 Carex virescens Muhl., var. Svs^anii Fernald. 

 Carex virescens of American authors. 



Common. Dry woods and open grassy places. July. 

 Carex formosa Dewey (handsome). 



Rare. Meadows and wooded hillsides in rich moist soil : 

 Salisbury (J. R, Churchill). Late May — June. 



Carex Davisii Schwein. & Torr. 



Rare. Alluvial soil, along river banks or borders of low 

 thickets: Windsor (A. W. Driggs), East Hartford (Weather- 

 by), Lyme and Chester (R. W. Woodward & Graves). June. 

 Carex gracillima Schwein. (very delicate). 



Frequent. Moist woods, thickets and meadows. June. 



