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24 — Car ex rosea Sclik. Stellate sedge. 
“Nacht xv. 179 (1806) ;” Br. Illns. FI. i, 347., f. 835; Bailey in Gray’s 
Man., 6th ed., 616; Gray’s Man., 7th ed., 226; Arthur, FI. Iowa, 33; 
MacMillan, Metas. Minn. Val. 112. Bessey, Cont. FI. Ia., 124; Tracy 
FI. Mo. 94; Webber, FI. Neb., 98 ; Fink, Proc. Ia. Acad. Sci. iv, 105; 
Cratty, Iowa Sedges, 355; Shimek, la. Geol. Surv., xiv, 169; Bessey, 
Catl. FI. Neb., No. 930. 
Common, woods and thickets. Quite variable, sometimes with culms 
3 ft. long. Along roadsides south of Mt. Pleasant, in sheltered' places. 
June 15, 1908. 
25 — Car ex sparganioides Muhl. Burreed sedge. 
Willd. Sp. PI. iv, 237 (1805) ; Br. Ulus. FI., i, 348, f. 839 ; Gray’s Man., 
6th ed., 616 ; 7th ed., 226; Arthur, FI. Ia., 33; Hitchcock, PL Ames, 525; 
Tracy, FI. Mo., 525 • Bessey, Cont. FI. Ia., 124 ; Cratty, Ia. Sedges, 356 ; 
Shimek, la. Geol. Surv., xvi, 169. 
Quite rare, woods and thickets. June 14, 1908. 
26 — Carex cephaloidea Dewey. Thin-leaved sedge. 
“Rep. PI. Mass., 262 (1840) ;” Br. Illus. Flora, i, 348, f. 840; Gray’s 
Man., 6th ed., 617 ; 7th ed., 237 ; Cratty, Ia. Sedges, 356 ; Bessey, Cat. 
FI. Neb., No. 919. 
Infrequent, dry hills and meadows. June 15, 1908. 
27 — Carex cephaiovlior a Muhl. Oval-headed sedge. 
Willd., Sp. PI. iv, 220 (1805) ; Br. Illus. Flora, i, 349, 4. 841; Gray’s 
Man., 6th ed., 617; 7th ed., 226; Arthur, FI. Iowa, 33; Hitchcock, PI. 
Ames, 525; McMillan, Metas, Minn. Val., iii; Tracy, FI. Mo., 93; Bessey, 
Cont. FI. Iowa, 124; Fink, la. Acad. Sci., iv., 106; Cratty, Ia. Sedges, 
356; Shimek, Ia. Geol. Surv., xvi, 169. 
Very common, woods and meadows. June 14-19, 1908. 
28 — Carex Leavenioorthii Dewey. Leavenworth’s sedge. 
Am. Jour. Sci. 2d. Ser., ii, 246 (1846) ; Br. 111. Flora, i, 349; Gray’s 
Man., 6th ed., 617 ; 7th eel., 226; Cratty, Iowa Sedges, 357. 
C. cephaloidea var. augustifolia Boott, 111. Car. 123 (1862). 
Rare, woods and thickets, along Skunk river. Probably somewhat 
larger than Britton’s description calls for, but a very distinct species. 
June 17, 1908. 
