Carex Tetanica Schkur, p. 57

109 Carex tetanica, Schkur.

Syn. C. conoidea, Gray (not of Schk.)

Sterile spike single, on an elevated stalk; fertile
spikes 1 to 3, usually two, oblong-cylindrical, loosely
flowered, remote; perigynia when young pointed
at each end, at maturity obovoid, scarcely inflated,
with a slightly bent point, longer than the
ovate pointed or awned scale; achenium ovoid-trique-
trous, indistinctly dotted under a lens; bracts shorter
than the culm. Culm 12 to 18 inches high
flowers in May. Moist woods &c.

Wisconsin, Illinois, Southern Indiana,
Ohio, and Michigan