Scleria reticularis Michx.

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Northern INDIANA
Northern PORTER County
Scleria Reticularis Miehx.
var. ^ubescens Britt«
(S. Muhleriberii Steud*
—• se^a°Qa sensu Gore)
In bogs, DUNE PARK, on Lake
Michigan, 7 mi. E. of GARY,
Ind., SE of Chicago.
I Concerning this particular collection (#2629)
i the following was written by C. C. Deam, Flora
of Indiana, page 211. (I9k0)r
Scleria setacea Poir. (Scleria reticularis
var. pubescens Britt.) Map U15. There is a
| specimen in the herbarium of the University
| of Wisconsin collected by Unibach in 1908 near
; Dune Park, Porter County, which I am referring
| to this species. This specimen has the pubescent
achenes and the long filiform peduncles of the
| lateral spikelets but the lobes of the
I hypogynium are not acute or only scarcely so;
; Witmer Stone, in his "Flora of Southern New
j Jersey,” on page 281* says: "The width of the
| leaves and pubescence of the schenes are
i characters which are very variable." The size
j of the achenes of our plants is about the same
| as those of S. reticularis. While the achenes
I of typical ST reilcularis are glabrous, some-
| times an achene is found which has a trace of
j pubescence which is a character of S. setacea,.
I. M. Unibach	No. 2629
Dater September 8, 1908
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