9. CYPERACE^E. 32. Carex. 51 
PL end.ph . 
very distant, the rest closer, rather naked ; bractece leaflike, 
spreading, amplexicaul; glumes acute, whitish, with a green 
rib ; fruit longer than the glumes. 
p. axillaris . Bractece as long as the spike. 
Carex axillaris, Lin. S. P. 1382. 
20. Carex axillaris. Axillary carex . 
Lower spikelets 3 or 4 together, distant; fruit ovate, 
acute, compressed, as long as the glume; apex deeply 
2-cut, margin ciliated, serrate ; lower bractece very long, 
leaflike; culm stiff*. 
Carex axillaris, Goodenough L, T. 2, 158. 
Bogs ; perennial ; May and June. 
Culm upright, 3 feet high; leaves light green, slender; 
lower spikelets 3 to 5, aggregated ; upper spikelet distant, 
solitary; bractece leafiike, slender, longer than the spike; 
glume ovate, acute, brownish with a green rib. 
c. Carices with spikes of different sexes. 
21. Carex rigida. Stiff carex. 
Female spikes 3, elliptical, cylindrical, blunt ; fruit sub- 
globose, apex not notched ; glume ovate, blunt ; bractece 
sessile, rounded at bottom, membranous, eared ; culm 
rough ; leaves broad, stiff*. 
Carex saxatilis, FI Dan. 159. 
Carex rigida, Goodenougn L. T. 2, 193. 
High mountains ; perennial ; May and June. 
Root creeping ; culm 5 in. high : leaves dark green, ra- 
ther glaucous, shorter than the culm; male spikes 1 or 2 
acute; female spikes 3; glumes black, blunt, half the length 
of the fruit. 
£. recurva. Beak of the fruit bent back. 
22. Carex pulla. Russet carex. 
Female spikes 2 or 3, distant, elliptical ; fruit elliptical, 
globose, beaked, apex 2-toothed : glume oblong, blunt, 
smaller than the fruit : bractece amplexicaul. 
Carex fusca, Schkuhr Carex , 64. 
Carex pulla, Goodenough L. T. 3, 78. 
Alpine pastures ; perennial ; July. 
£ 2 
