218. Carex Raeana Boott. Rae's Sedge

Fig. 1085

C. Raeana Boott; Richards, Arct. Exp. 2: 344. 1857. C. vesicaria var. Raeana Fernald, Rhodora 3: 50. 1901. C. miliaris var. Raeana Kuken. Pflanzenreich 4: 20: 719. 1909.

Culms slender, 1°-3° high, very rough below inflorescence, reddened and filamentose at base, the plant stoloniferous. Leaves 1" wide, flat, shorter than or exceeding culm, little if at all nodulose; lower bracts narrow, exceeding culm; staminate spikes usually 2, slender-stalked; pistillate spikes 1-3, narrowly cylindric, 7"-24" long, 2 1/2" wide, short-peduncled, loosely flowered at base; perigynia somewhat inflated, oblong-ovoid, yellowish-green, strongly several-nerved, 21/2"-3" long, abruptly contracted into a slender bidentate beak; scales lanceolate, sharply acuminate, narrower and somewhat shorter than perigynia; stigmas 3.

On lake and river shores, Maine to Quebec, west to Athabasca. Local. Intergrades with the next. Summer.

219. Carex Monile Tuckerm. Necklace Sedge

Fig. 1086

Carex monile Tuckerm. Enum. Meth. 20. 1843.

C. monile var. monstrosa Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 40.

1889. C. vesicaria vars. monile and jejuna Fernald, Rhodora 3:

53- 1901.

Glabrous, culm slender, erect, 1 1/2°-3° tall, not spongy at base, generally acutely angled and very rough above. Leaves elongated, 1 1/2-3" wide, sometimes exceeding the culm, little nodulose; bracts similar, often overtopping the culm; staminate spikes 1-4, usually 2 or 3, slender-stalked, commonly subtended by short bracts; pistillate spikes 1-3, erect-spreading, cylindric, 1'-3' long, about 3i" in diameter, many-flowered with perigynia in several rows, rather loose at maturity, the upper sessile, the lower more or less slender-stalked and remote; perigynia yellowish-green, ascending, globose-ovoid, inflated, 2 1/2"-4' long, rather strongly 8-10-nerved, abruptly contracted into a slender 2-toothed beak; scales lanceolate, acuminate or awned, shorter than perigynia; stigmas 3.

In marshes and wet meadows. Newfoundland to Saskatchewan, south to New Jersey and Missouri. Also in Japan. Intergrades with the next. June-Aug.

220. Carex Vesicaria L. Inflated Sedge

Fig. 1087

Carex vesicaria L. Sp. PI. 979. 1753. Carex Vaseyi Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. (II.) 29: 347. 1860.

Glabrous, culm slender, erect, 1°-3° tall, not spongy at base, generally acutely angled and very rough above. Leaves elongated, 1 1/2" - 3" wide, about equalling the culm, little nodulose; bracts similar, about equalling the culm; staminate spikes 2-4, slender-stalked, commonly subtended by short bracts; pistillate spikes 1-3, usually 2, erect, sile or short-peduncled, oblong-cylindric, 1'-2 1/2' long, 4 1/2"-7 1/2" thick, closely many-flowered, the perigynia in several rows; perigynia yellowisli-green, ascending, ovoid, inflated, 3 "-4" long, rather strongly 8-10-nerved, contracted into a slender 2-toothed beak; scales ovate, acute or acuminate, narrower and shorter than perigynia; stigmas 3.

Quebec to British Columbia, south to Pennsylvania and Ohio. Also in Europe, Asia and north Africa. June-Aug.