. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Carex canescens L. Sp. PI. 974. 1753. Carex canescens var. subloliacea Laestad. Nov. Act. Soc. Sci. Ups. 11: 282. 1839. C. canescens var. disjuncta Fernald, Proc. Am. Acad. 37: 488. 1902. Pale green and somewhat glaucous, culms slender, erect, roughish above, io'-2i° tall. Leaves flat, i"-2" wide, usually shorter than the culm; bracts very short or no
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Carex canescens L. Sp. PI. 974. 1753. Carex canescens var. subloliacea Laestad. Nov. Act. Soc. Sci. Ups. 11: 282. 1839. C. canescens var. disjuncta Fernald, Proc. Am. Acad. 37: 488. 1902. Pale green and somewhat glaucous, culms slender, erect, roughish above, io'-2i° tall. Leaves flat, i"-2" wide, usually shorter than the culm; bracts very short or none, or the lowest occasionally bristle-form and longer than its spike; spikes 4-9, gynaecandrous, short- oblong or subglobose, sessile, densely 10-many-flowered, ii"-6" long, i4"-24" in diameter, scattered or the up- per close together; perigynia oval or ovate-oval, silvery green or nearly white, faintly few-nerved, appressed- ascending, blunt-edged, from nearly 1" long to nearly il" long, i"-i" wide, rough or sometimes smoothish above, tipped with a minute entire or emarginate beak; scales hyaline, ovate, acute or obtuse, slightly shorter than the perigynia; stigmas 2. In swamps and bogs, Virginia and Ohio, north and north- westward to arctic circle, southward in western mountains. Also in Europe and Asia. Whitish sedge. May-July. 45. Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. Brownish Sedge. Fig. 912. Carex curta var. brunnescens Pers. Syn. 2: 539. 1807. C. brunnescens Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 3: 286. 1813. Carex canescens var. vulgaris Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 13 : 86. 1888. Carex brunnescens gracilior Britton; Brit. & Br. Ill, Fl. 1: 351. 1896. Rather dark green, not glaucous, culms slender, stiff, erect, roughish above, 8'-i8' tall. Leaves i"-ii" wide, shorter than the culm; lower bract usually present, bristle-form; spikes 4-8, gynaecandrous, subglobose or short-oblong, 4-10-flowered, 2"-6i" long, somewhat scattered, or a
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