Carex Comosa Boot, p. 102

[152] 153 Carex comosa, Boot

Syn. C. furcata Ell. (not of La Peyrouse)

Sterile spike solitary; fertile spikes 3 to 5 large,
the lowest sometimes remote, cylindrical, densely flowered,
on long drooping stalks; perigynia tapering from a
stalked ovoid-triangular base, into a long deeply 2-forked
beak, the teeth spreading; scales lanceolate, with
a long bristle-shaped awn, shorter than the perigynium;
culm, rough, three angled, 2 to 3 feet high,
Flowers in May. Swamps.

Plate X fig 15 a a fertile spike; b
the perigynium; c the scale; d achenium;
e section of the same; f section of the culm.

Wisconsin, Ohio, and Michigan. Extends
east to N. England and south to S. Carolina.