Carex Rigida Goodenough, p. 43

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[Cyperaceae]

[?] 3 Staminate and pistillate flowers
in separate spikes on the same culm. (Carex
proper)
* Perigynia without a beak; stigmas two

95 Carex rigida, Goodenough.

Syn. C. saxitilis, Am. authors, not of Lin. C. Bigelovii, Torr.
C. Washingtoniana Dewey. C. nigra Schw. (not of All.)

Sterile spike single, erect, short peduncled;
fertile spikes 2 to 4 cylindrical, erect, rather lovely
flowered, the lower peduncled, separated about
their length, lowest bract equaling the culm, with
rounded auricles; stigmas rarely three; perigynia
oval, rather pointed at each end, compressed, glabrous;
pistillate scale ovate-oblong, a little shorter
than the perigynium; culm about a foot
high, rigid scabrous above, but little exceeding
the leaves. Flowers in June.

About Lake Superior (Dr D. Houghton) -
Found on the mountains of New England,
and in the Arctic regions. A native also
of Europe.

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