REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 



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Wet meadows Not common. June. Oneida county. 



The drooping of the lower spikes depends on the splitting of 

 the long sheaths whic'n, for a time at least, include their short 

 peduncles. This species is conspicuously marked by its short, 

 thick, mostly erect spikes and large turgid perigynia. 



Staminate spike club-shaped, long-peduncled ; fertile spikes 

 2-4, subapproximate or mostly remote, erect ; bracts shorter than 

 the culm; perigynia oblong, ovate or obovate, bsakless except 



in 60. 



Upper spikes appproximate or nearly so 1 



Upper spikes not approximate 2 



1 Perigynia oblong, lightly nerved or nerveless livida. 



1 Perigynia with impressed nerves conoidea. 



2 Sheaths dilated vaginata. 



2 Sheaths not dilated 2 



Leaves and bracts 1" wide, shorter than the culm tetanica. 



Leaves and bracts wide, nearly equaling the culm . . . Crawei. 



69. Carex Crawei Dew. 



Stoloniferous; stems 6-12' high, slender, erect or diffuse, 

 smooth ; leaves short, sometimes equaling the culm, I'-i-J" wide, 

 smooth, rough-margined; staminate spike clavate J'-l' in length 

 on a stiff, erect stalk 1-2' long, sometimes with 1 or more short 

 additional ones at or near its base, and sometimes with a few fer- 

 tile flowers at the apex; pistillate spikes 2-4, cylindrical, densely 

 flowered, 6"-9" long, distant or remote, sometimes the lowest sub- 

 radical on a short exserted stalk ; bracts leafy, sheathing, about 

 equaling the culm; perigynia ovate, lightly nerved, slightly 

 turgid, roughish, tapering to a small entire point, longer than 

 the ovate, cuspidate scale. 



Limestone soil. Eare. June, July. Genesee, Herkimer and 

 Jefferson counties. 



Distinguished by its low stature, creeping root-stock, and 

 densely flowered distant dull brown nearly sessile spikes. 



60. Carex livida Willi. 

 Stems 6-18' high, slender, erect, smooth ; leaves mostly shorter 

 than the culm, \*-V wide, flat or involute, stiff, rough margined ; 

 staminate spike cylindrical, acute, \'-V in length, on a stiff stalk 

 long; pistillate spikes 1-2, contiguous, rarely a third sub- 



