9% 
tice tenuiss. membranaceis albidis, superioribus transversim 
rugulosis; spica plerumque composita lobata obtusa v. cy- 
lindracea laxiusenla basi interdum interrupta 2—4!/, poll. 
longa 3—6 lin. lata, v. abbreviata condensata oblonga; 
spieis secundariis cylindraceis basi interdum iterum com- 
positis, ad pollicem longis; spieulis numerosis dense ag- 
gregatis oblongo-ovatis multi- ac densifloris,; bracteis seta- 
ceis, inferioribus plerumque elongatis quam spicae secun- 
dariae multo longioribus; syuamis ovatis oblongisve acu- 
tatis e nervo dorsali viridi m. m. Zonge cuspidutis, lateri- 
bus stranıineo-luteseentibus v. pallidis; utrieulis minutis 
sguamam (cuspidem) fere aequantibus urefe imbricatis tur- 
dius divergentibus subeoriaceis v. late ovatis scnsim acu- 
minato-rostratis v. suborbieulatis abrupte brevius rostrafis 
compressis plano—convexis marginatis enercis v. dorso 
tenuiter 3— 4- nercutis, minutissime punctatis stramineo- 
pallidis, maturis aurantiacis, /'/, Zn. longis, rostro minute 
bidentato inargine acute seryato; caryopsi laxe inclusa 
utrieulo multo angustiore late ovali eompressa plano-con- 
vexiuscula dast ealde attenuata, dense punetulata ferrugi- 
nca styli basi subbulbosa coronata. 
C. vulpinoidea Michx. Fl. 2. 169. — Boott, 124. 
t. 404 — 408. — Sartwell Car. exs. no. 16. — C. multi- 
Aora Mühlb., 222. — Schk. f. 144. — Kunth, 387 et 
Herb. — C. Mühlenbergii Ejd. 381 et Herb., non Schk. — 
C. setacea Dew. (v. exempl.) — C. seabrior Sartw. 1 e. 
no. 72. — Drummond. coll. n. 410. — Herb. Union. itin. 
1832, 1835, 1837. -- Variat spica subsimpliei bracteisque 
abbreviatis. 
America boreal. 
