Annual Report of the State Botanist 1892 - MykoWeb

Report of the State Botanist, 51
Carex torta Boott.
Three quite distinct forms of tiiis species grow along Fish
,> creek, near Taberg. In one the fertile spikes are long, loosely
f
flowered at the base, and distant, and the lowest bract is long
and leaf-like, much surpassing the spike and neai'ly equaling the
culm in length. In the second the spikes are approximate with
the bracts ver}^ slender and shorter than the spikes. In the third
form the fertile spikes are shorter, about one inch long, more
compactly flowered, approximate and erect or merely spreading.
All are more or less staminate at the apex and the scale equals or
exceeds the perigynium. The bracts are shorter than the spikes.
This form approaches Carex stricta in appearance and is so well
marked that I would caU it var. staininata.
Carex Hitchcockiana Dew.
Slopes of Mt. Defiance. This is a few-flowered form having
one to three perigynia in a spike, with the scales barely equaling,
or shorter than the perigynia.
Carex Pennsylvanica Lam.
This is a very variable species, and some of the forms seem to
be worthy of special designation, as forms if not varieties.
Form hracteata. Bract of the lowest spike green, elongated,
generally exceeding its spike. Oak woods. Yoorheesville.
Yorva. paleacea. Scale large, ovate-lanceolate, longer than the
perigynium. Sandy soil. Karner.
Variety distans. Fertile spikes four to eight lines apart. Sandy
soil. Lerayville.
Variety angustifolia. Leaves very narrow, one-half to two-
thirds of a line wide, mostly longer than the culm. Long Island.
This appears to be a good variety. By its narrow leaves it
approaches Carex varia Muhl., but the character of the spikes
and of the perigynia require its reference to G. Pennsylvanica.
Form hracteata makes an approach toward C communis.
Carex cephaloidea Dew.
"Woods near Adams. June. Eare in the eastern part of the
State.