228 CYPERACE.E. lEleocharis. 



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158, C, amplifoHa (Boott); spica mascula 1 longissima pedunculata foemineis 4-5 

 cylindricis longissimis remotis foliaceo-bracteatis evaginatis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis 

 (immaturis) ovato-lanceolatis rostratis oblique bidentatis squama lanceolata aristata mul- 

 tum brevioribus. (Tab. CCXXVI.) 



Hab. Marshy places. Columbia River, Douglas, 



Radix lignosus, crassus. Culmus bipedalis, acute triqueter scaber, basi reliquiis setiforraibus vaginis 

 rudimentisque foliorum vaginantibus gladiatis rubro-puqjureis striatis tectus, pars spicas gerens pedalis. Folia 

 S-7 lin. lata, culmum superantia : inferiora breviora, superne margine scabra, apice triquetra acuminata, 

 striato-nervosa. Bractea superior setacea, nigro-auriculata, brevissima; reliquae foliaceae pedunculos cir- 

 cumvolventes ; inferiores 5-7 lin. latse, culmum superantesj ligula ferruglnea obtusa. Spica mascula 3-3J 

 poll, louga, \\ lin. lata, ebracteata, e spica fceminea superior! intervallo sesquipollicari remota : squamis lan- 

 ceoktis, ferrugineis, nerve viridi infra apicem obtusam membranaceo-albam evanescente. Spices fceminece 

 4-5 erectse, inter se intervallis poUicaribus et 3-6-poUicaribus remotse: superior sessilis, IJ poll, longa: re- 

 liquae pedunculatae ; duae inferiores 3-4 poll, longae, basi laxiflorge, longius pedunculatse : cranes \\ lin. latas, 

 fenuginese, cum mascula concolores, squamis angustis, nervo viridij inferioribus longe hispido-aristatis, mar- 

 ginibus incurvis. Pedunculi triquetri, scabri ; inferior 3-poUicaris. Perigynium (floriferura) 1 lin. longum, f 

 lin. latum, squamS. terties brevius. Stig. 3, longissima. Acltenium immaturum. 



Tab. CCXXVI. Fig, 1, Female Flower; /. 2, Young Perigynium : — magnified, 



2, ELYNA. Schrad. 



1. E, spicata, Schrad. — Torr, Cyp. p, 385. — Kobresia scirpina. Willd, — Schkuhr^ Car. 

 2, 1. Hich, App, ed, 2. p, 34. — Scirpus Bellardi. Wahl Carex. AIL 



Hab. Barren grounds, between lat. 64° and the Arctic Sea. Br Richardson, Shady places on the 

 Rocky Mountains. Drummond. Greenland. Hornemann. 



2. F. caricina, MerL et Koch, — Kobresia caricina, Willd, — Carex hybrida. Schk, Car. 

 Rrr.f, 16L — Schcenus monoicus, Sm, Engl. Bat t. 1410. — ^3. spica bracteis squamisque 

 latioribus, stylo magis exserto, foliis angustioribus, 



Hab. Dry banks of the Rocky Mountains, «. /3. Rocky Mountains ; with Carex Backii, Drummond. 



3. ELEOCHARIS. Rr. 



1. E.palustris. Br — Rich. App. p. 2. Torrey, Cyp. p. 299.— Scirpus. L E. Bot. L 



131. — ;5- minor ; spica ovata. — y. degmerata; bi-triuncialis, spica minima 3-5-flora. 



Hab. Throughout Canada to Bear Lake, and from Hudson's Bay to the Pacific Ocean ; varying much 

 in size from 4 or 6 inches to more than two feet.— iS. and y. Saskatchawan. Drummond. Lake Huron. 

 Dr Todd. 



2. E, muUicaulis, Sm. — Hook. Br. FL ed. 4. p, 27. Scirpus multicaul. E. Bot L 1 187. 



S. palustris /3. X. 



Hab. Saskatchawan and Red Rivers. Douglas, Columbia River. N. W. Coast. Tolmi€. — I can see 

 no difference between this and the European plant of the same name. 



