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This and the following varieties constitute the species 

 C. stellulata L. of Gray's Man., 5th ed. 

 Common in swamps and wet meadows. 



Yar. cephalantha Bailey. Eesembles the last, but has stouter, 

 stiffer culms, l°-2° high ; spikes lf-2' long ; spikelets 5-8, 15-30 

 flowered, 3"-4" long, aggregated or approximate, sometimes 

 becoming yellowish with age; perigynia horizontally spreading 

 at maturity. 



Long Island. May, June. 



Yar. sequidistans Peck n. var. Stems 12-30' high, rough, stout, 

 or rarely slender; spikes li'-2-|' long; spikelets 4-6, 15-30 

 flowered, globular or oblong, 3"-6" apart ; perigynia horizontally 

 spreading, usually the lower ones deflexed. 



Wet places. Oneida and Essex counties. June. July. 



Yar. angustata Bailey. Stems 3-12' high, very slender, wiry, 

 erect, the setaceous or flat leaves less than -J" wide ; the 2-4 

 spikelete 2 // -3 // apart, 2-6 flowered, the terminal erect or oblique ; 

 perigynia lanceolate, nerved, tapering into a Jong, slender bifid 

 beak much longer than the scale. Easily recognized by its 

 spikelets. (C. stellulata var. angustata Carey). 



In swamps and wet meadows. Infrequent except in the north- 

 ern part of the State where it is common in swamps and wet places. 

 June, July. 



20. Car ex interior Bailey. 

 Stems 8' -20' high, erect, rough near the spike; leaves mostly 

 shorter than the culm, wide, sometimes involute when dry; 

 spikes '-Y'-G" in length, greenish brown; spikelets 2-4, contiguous, 

 or 2 // -3 // distant, the terminal one plainly staminate at the base, 

 4-10 flowered, a little divergent at maturity; bracts scale-like 

 or bristleform ; perigynia widely spreading, small, ovate, nerved 

 on the upper side, thick and spongy at the round or subcordate 

 base, f long, contracted into a slender rough- margined bifid 

 beak, longer than the ovate, acute or obtuse brown white- 

 margined scale. 



Swamps and wet places. Common in the central counties of 

 the State. June. 



Yar. capillacea Bailey. Slender, 6'-l6' high, stems and 

 leaves capillary ; " perigynia broader and more conspicuously 

 nerved on both sides." In our specimens the two lower spike- 

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