Carex Sulivantii Boot, p. 90

141 Carex Sullivantii, Boot.

Sterile spike single, erect, cylindrical; fertile
spikes 3 to 5, cylindrical, erect, loosely-flowered,
the lowest often remote, tapering towards the base
and slightly compound, all on rough stalks;
perigynia, elliptical, pubescent, slightly stalked, a
little longer than the ovate obtuse hairy-fringed,
rough awned white scale; bracts sheathing,
not exceeding the culm;
culms longer than the hairy
leaves, 16 to 24 inches high. Woods

Plate X Fig. 9. a one of the fertile spikes; b
the perigynium and scale together

Near Columbus Ohio, Mr Wm S. Sullivant.