117 C. retrocurya Dew.Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2300 Spikes 2 - 4, on long, filiform, recurved peduncles, bractcate, subdense-flowered, short and thick, oblong; perig. ovate, triqu. nerved, obtusish, equaling the ovate, cuspidate glume; st. 6 - 12' high, prostrate; lvs. radical and wide. - Glaucous. Open woods, rare. Has been considered C. digitalis, Willd., but is different.

118 C. conoidea Schk. nec Muhl. (B. t. 81.)Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2301 Spikes 2 - 3, oblong, or ovate-oblong, remote, erect, rather dense-flowered, bracteate; perig. oblong-conic, obtusish, glabrous, nerved, subdiverging, entire at the mouth, a little longer than the ovate-subulate glume; st. 8 - 12' high; lvs. towards the base, shorter than the stem. - Bright green. Moist, upland meadows, common.

119 C. grisea Ward. (B. t. 85.)Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2302 Spike oblong, slender; Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2303 spikes 2 to 4 oblong, lax-flowered, few-flowered, erect, remote; perig. ovate, or oblong-ovate, obtusish, glabrous, ventricous, nerved, subtriquetrous, entire at the mouth, a little longer than the ovate, scabro-mucronate glume; st. 10 - 18" high, triquetrous, leafy. - Bright, to pale green. Woods, hedges and meadows, common, N. and Mid. States. (C. laxiflora Schk. et Muhl. nec Lam.)

120 C. juncea Willd.Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2304 Spike short-cylindric, with oblong, obtuse glumes; Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2305 spikes 2, rarely 3, filiform, loose and alternate-flowered, pedunculate, long-seta-ceous-bracted; perig. lanceolate, slender, subtriquetrous, longer than the ovate. obtuse, white-edged glume; culm If or more, slender, longer than the radical, bristle-form leaves; aspect light green, rush-like. - Roan Mts., N. Car. (C. miser Buckley).

121 C. digitalis Willd. (B. t. 92.)Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2306 Spikes about 3, loosely 4 - 10-flowered, oblong, distant, lax and recurved, leafy-bracted; perig. ovate, triquetrous, alternate, nerved, glabrous, short and obtuse, entire at the orifice, longer than the lance-ovate glume; st. 4 - 12', shorter than the long, linear, decumbent leaves. - Pale green. (C. Caroliniana Buckley.)

β. Van Vleckh Dew. Smaller; perig. more remote and smaller. - Open, moist woods, common. Has been mistaken for C. oliocarpa, Schk. & Muhl.

122 C. ebumea Boott. (t. 184).Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2307 Spikes 2 - 3, erect, 3 - 6-flowered, ovate, with white, leafless sheaths, and the upper higher than the Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2308 spike; perig. ovate-globous, rostrate, or slightly obovate, glabrous and brown in maturity, twice longer than the white, ovate, hyaline glume; cm. 4 - 10', erect, with subradical and bristle-form-leaves. - Pale green, common, limestone grounds. S. W. Vt. to Kan. and southward.

123 C. Washingtoniana Dew.Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2309 Spike erect, slender, with oblong, obtuse, dark brown glumes; Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2310 spikes 2 to 4, rarely 6, upper short, sessile, near, lower much longer, loose-cylindric, subremote, stalked, loose-flowered, all brown; perig. ovoid, tapering above, compressed-triquetrous, orifice entire, about equaling or often shorter than the ovate-lanceolate, dark-brown, white-edged glume; culm If or more, triquetrous, smooth, longer than the fat, smooth lvs.; light green. - White Mts. N. H., the most common Carex there, forming a turf with the mosses and lichens on the borders of ponds. (C. rigida, β. Carey; but differs in its fruit, glume, loose spikes, lvs. etc. )

124 C. granulans Muhl. (B. t. 84.)Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2311 Spikes 2 - 4. cyliudrie, oblong, dense-flowered, suberect; perig. roundish-ovate, nerved, very short-beaked and recurved, entire at the oritice, nearly twice as long as the ovate-acuminate glume: st. 8 - 16 , erect or subdecumbent, smooth, leafy. - Glaucous green except the mature, yellow-spikes. Moist soils in meadows and hedges, along brooks, abundant.

β. recta. Perig. ovate, slightly inflated, short-acute, straight-beaked or acuminate: in some the lower spikes are also long-peduncled. - S. Ill. (Vasey) and La. (Hale).

125 C. panicea L.Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2312 Spikes 2 - 3, loose-flowered, remotish. lowest long-pedune,;-late; perig. subglobous, obtuse, entire at the mouth, a little greater than the ovate, subacute glume; st. a loot high, triquetrous, leafy at the base; lvs. shorter than the stem. - Light green. Near Boston (Pickering).

126 C. livida Vahl. . Spite oblong; spikes 2 - 3. oblong-eylindric, subloose-

Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2313Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2314 flowered; perig. ovate-oblong, subtriquetrous, subinliated, obtuse or acutish, entire at the orifice; longer than the obtuse, oblong glume; st. 6 - 16' high, erect, triquetrous, striate, with leaves about its own length. - Glaucous green. Sphagnous swamp, near Utica. N. Y. (Gray) cedar swamp, N. J., and more northern regions. (C. Grayana, Ed. 1.)

127 C tetanica Sehk., fig. 207.Order CLV Cyperaceae The Sedges Part 22 2315 Spikes 2 - 3, oblong, loose-flowered, remote; perig. obovate, recurved at the apex, entire at the orifice, with an ovate glume, ob-tusish at the upper and mucronate at the lower part of the spike; st. 6 - 10' high, triquetrous, longer than the flat and linear-lanceolate leaves. - Light green. Upland meadows, rare. Its recurved short beak or cramped neck (whence its name) distinguishes it from C. Woodii.

128 C. Woodii Dew. . Spikes 1 to 3, erect, cylindric, loose-flowered, the lowest