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32. Carex. 9. CYPERACEJE. 
PL end . pL 
17. Carex stellulata . Star carex. 
Spikelets mostly 4, rather remote ; fruit ovate, pointed, 
diverging horizontally ; apex 2-toothed ; margin ciliated, 
serrated ; glumes ovate, acute. 
Gramen cyperoides spicatum minimum spica divulsa aculeata, Raii Syn, 
424, spic. 12. 
Carex muricata, Hudson FI. Ang. 406. 
Carex echinata, Hoffm. Germ. 326. 
Carex stellulata, Goodenough L . T. 144. 
Carex Leersii, Willd. Prod. 95. 
Marshes ; perennial ; May and June. 
Root fibrous, tufted; culm 12 in. high, bluntly 3-sided; 
leaves deep green, upright; spikelets 3 or 4, distant, short, 
roundish, when ripe squarose, stellate ; bractece very long,, 
leaflike ; glume acute ; rib broad, green. 
/3. masculina . Upper spikelet male. 
18. Carex cur ta. Short carex. 
Spikelets mostly 6, close, cylindrical ; fruit upright, ovate, 
planoconvex, rather acute, apex undivided ; glumes ovate, 
acute, shorter than the fruit. 
Grainen cyperoides elegans spica composita molli, Raii Syn. 423, spic. 7. 
Carex ericoides, Hudson FI. Ang. A 08. 
Carex canescens, Lightfoot , 550. 
Carex cinerea, Pollich Pal. 880. 
Carex teaeila, E hr. Gram. 98. 
Carex curta, Goodenough L. T. 2, 145. 
Marshy places ; perennial; June. 
Root rather creeping; culm acutely 3-cornered, 18 in. 
high ; leaves slender, upright, pale green ; spikelets silvery 
white, ovate, upper ones opposite, lower rather remote; 
glumes skinny, tender, whitish green; bractece leaflike, slen- 
der, upper ovate, whitish, rib ending in an awn. 
19. Carex remota. Distant carex. 
Spikelets remote, solitary ; bractecs leaflike, much longer 
than the culm ; fruit ovate, acute, rather compressed, apex 
slightly 2-cut, edge blunt; culm lax. 
Gramen cyperoides angustifolium spicis parvis sessilibus in foliorum 
alis, Raii Syn. 424, spic. 11. 
Carex remota, Lin. S. P. 1383. 
Moist woods and shady ditch banks; perennial; May 
and June. 
Root in thick tufts ; culm slender, leafy, 2 feet high ; leaves 
pale green, slender ; spike very long, at length drooping ; 
spikelets solitary, small, ovate, whitish, 3 or 4 lower ones 
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