Carex Lupulina Muhlenberg, p. 109

160 Carex lupulina, Muhlenberg

Sterile spike solitary, erect, slender, sub-sessile bracteate;
fertile spikes 2 to 4 oblong-ovoid, erect, short-stalked,
approximate; perigynia tapering from an ovoid much-
inflated base into a long conical slightly serrulate
2-toothed beak, much longer than the lanceolate
awned scale. Culm 1 to 3 feet high; flowers
in May. Marshes and wet grounds.

Plate X fig 17. a, a spike one half the
natural size; b perigynium & stigmas of the
natural size; c the scale; d achenium and
style; e section of the same.

Wisconsin, Illinois, Southern Indiana,
Ohio and Michigan. Extends from
Florida to the Arctic regions.