. 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. Genus 18. SEDGE FAMILY. 407 140. Carex flaccosperma Dewey. Thin-fruited Sedge. Fig. 1007. Carex laxiflora var. (?/ mutica Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3: 414. 1836. Not C. mutica R. Br. 1823. Carex flaccosperma Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. (II.) 2 : 245. 1846. Similar to Carex grisea and C. glaucodea; slightly glaucous, rather deep green, culms erect, 6'-2° high. Leaves thi
. 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. Genus 18. SEDGE FAMILY. 407 140. Carex flaccosperma Dewey. Thin-fruited Sedge. Fig. 1007. Carex laxiflora var. (?/ mutica Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3: 414. 1836. Not C. mutica R. Br. 1823. Carex flaccosperma Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. (II.) 2 : 245. 1846. Similar to Carex grisea and C. glaucodea; slightly glaucous, rather deep green, culms erect, 6'-2° high. Leaves thin and flat, the basal ones 3"-o" wide, usu- ally shorter than the culm, the bracts leafy, much overtopping the spikes; staminate spike sessile or nearly so; pistillate spikes 2-4, 6"-is" long, 2"-3" thick, densely io-40-flowered, widely separate, oblong, erect, the lower slender-stalked; perigynia oblong, 3-angled, striate-nerved, subacute, 2i"-3" long; scales broadly ovate, green, with slightly scarious margins, acute, cuspidate or the upper obtuse, 2-3 times shorter than the perigynia; stigmas 3. Southern Missouri to Texas, east to North Carolina and Florida. June-July. 141. Carex gracillima Schwein. Graceful Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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