Note: that in some heads the lower spikes show no gls (perhaps aborted) as that at first glance of ls seem to be at base of head making for confusion in use of lacs. However there always are spikes at base of tops in 6-21. 7-3-38 Carex East glense or wood - ish to Kalmia. Collected thinking it probably C. roea all the 4-5 spikes closes together, making infl. of about 2 cm. But perigynia not turning at base (cf with C. roea), Having G' Lady one arrives at C. Mullenbergii. But plant not pale (low edem) perigynia same green as C. roea and (see BvBl 352.) jagged part of if - sheath is definitely regular. Hence acc. to B&B cannot belong to Mullenbergianae but must belong to Multiflorae none of which seems to fit. Perigynia 3.5 x 2+ mm, the thin margins curving inward, definitely veined on both faces; rough on upper margins; bidentate beak .5 mm. Bracts bristlelike. Scales thin, white, the green mid - nerve prolonged into awn (lower ones longer than perigynia but others mostly as long as or shorter than perigynia and always much narrower. Culm to 23 in high, sleender, sharply Aulus, emarginate near top. Lvs flat 4 mm wide, on lower third - quarter of culm but the long blades reaching well up toward the top of culm. 934 7-3-85 Pyrola Same as 6-19-38.