46 32. Carex. 9. CYPERACEAE. 
PL end. ph. 
Carex juncifolia, Allioni FI. Fed. 2296. 
Carex incurva, Lightfoot FI. Scot. 544. 
Deep sands at mouths of rivers ; perennial ; July, August. 
Root long; culm 6 in. high ; leaves few; bractece shorter 
than the spikelets ; spikelets roundish, fewflowered ; glumes 
broad, blunt, brown ; fruit nnicronate, acute, angles 
smooth. 
Root, when fresh, sudorific, and, like that of many other 
species, may be used for sarsaparilla. 
6. Carex leretiuscula. Roundish carex • 
Spikelets panicled, contracted ; fruit ovate, apex two- 
toothed; angles ciliated, serrated; culm bluntly 3-sided, 
sides convex ; root creeping. 
Carex teretiuscula, Goodenough L, T. 2, 163. 
Bogs ; perennial ; May. 
Leaves erect, ridged ; sheaths leafless at the base, deeply 
striated; culm 18 in. high, roundish; spike ovate, oblong, 
decompound, contracted ; spikelets sessile, ovate ; glumes 
ferruginous, acute, with a white, scariose edge. 
7. Carex paniculata. Panicled carex . 
Spikelets panicled ; fruit ovate, angles margined above, 
margin ciiiate-serrate, apex two-toothed ; culm acutely 
3-sided, sides concave ; roots fibrous, matted. 
Gramen cyperoides palustre elatius, spica longiore laxa, Mail Syn. 422, 
spic. 1. 
Carex paniculata, Lin. S. P. 1383, 
Bogs and watery places; perennial; June. 
Leaves erect, Arm, light green; sheaths many, obtuse, 
leafless, imbricate, blackish brown, shining ; culm 3 feet 
high, upright; panicle loose, branches distant, lower 
branches naked at bottom, top drooping ; bractece ovate, 
margin scariose, keel ending in an awn ; glumes acute. 
composita. Panicle much branched above. 
y . simplex . Panicle simple ; lower spikelets distant. 
8. Carex divulsa . Interrupted Carex . 
Spike branchy at bottom ; spikelets ovate, upper spikelets 
male, close ; lower spikelets female, distant ; fruit rather 
upright, ovate, planoconvex, apex 2-toothed and margined, 
margin smooth. 
Gramen cyperoides spicatum minus, spica longa divulsa sen interrupta, 
JRaii Syn. 424, spic. 1 0. 
Carex divulsa, Goodenough L. T. 2, 160. 
Carex canescens, Huds. FI. Ang. 405. 
Carex loliaceu, Schreber Sjpicil. 64 ? 
