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.19 — Car ex Jamesii Schwein. James’ sedge. 
“Ann. Lye. N. Y. i, 67 (1824) ;” Br. Ulus. FI. i, 337, f. 807; Gray’s' 
Man. 6th ed., 613; 7th ed., 335; Cratty, la. Sedges, 350. 
C. steudellii Kunth, Enum. PI. ii, 480 (1837). 
Very rare. Grows in deuse tufts in thick damp woods where other 
vegetation was scarce, south of Mt. Pleasant. June 18, 1.908. 
20 — Carex conjunct a Booth Soft Fox sedge. 
(Boott) 111. Car., 122 (1862) • Br. Illus. FI. i, 342., f. 822 ; Gray’s Man., 
6th ed., 614; 7th ed., 228; Arthur, Cont. FI. Iowa, iii; Hitchcock, PI. 
Amies, 525 ; Tracy, FI. Mo., 93 ; Cratty, Iowa Sedges, 351. 
Frequent, open seepy woods and meadows. Quite typical. 
21 — Carex stipata Muhl. Awl-fruited sedge. 
Willd. Sp. PL iv, 253 (1805) ; Br. Illus. Flora, i, 343, f. 623; Gray’s 
Man. 6th ed., 614; 7th ed., 228; Arthur, FI. la., 33; MacMillan, Metas. 
Minn. VaL, 115; Tracy, FI. Mo., 94; Fink, Proe. Ia. Acad. Sci., iv, 105; 
Cratty, la. Sedges, 352; Shimek, la. Geol. Surv., xvi, 169; Bessey, Cont. 
Neb. Series iii, p. 23. 
Not common, open swales in meadows. June 16, 1908. 
22 — Carex vulpinoidea Michx. Fox sedge. 
FI. No. Ain., ii, 169 (1803) ; Br. Illus. FI., i, 345, f. 830; Gray’s Man., 
6th ed., 615; 7th ed., 227; Arthur, FI. Iowa, 33; Hitchcock, PI. Ames, 
525; MacMillan, Metas. Minn. Val., 113; Tracy, FI. Mo., 95; Bessey, 
Cont. FI. Iowa, 123 ; Fink, la. Acad. Sci., iv, 105; Cratty, Ia. Sedges, 354; 
Shimek, Ia. Geol. Surv., xvi, 169; Bessey, Cat. FI. Neb., No. 940. 
Abundant, low meadows and roadsides along ditches. Specimens col- 
lected quite large, ranging with the largest at the S. U. I. Herb. June 
14, 1908. 
23 — Carex xanthocarpa Bicknell. Yellow-fruited sedge. 
Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, xx, 22 (1896), PL vii; Br. Illus. FI. i, 545, f. 
831; Cratty, Ia. Sedges, 354. 
C. setacea var. ambigua (Barratt) Fernald Gray’s Man., 7th ed., 228. 
Quite frequent along roadsides, very conspicuously yellow. Only once 
before reported from state. June 14, 1908. 
