ues eee, oy Ser 
m = we ee : 
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38 varia. 39. subulata. 40. marginata. 41. vestita. 42. 
tentaculata. 43. miliaris. 44. lupulina. 45. flava. 46. 
oligocarpa. 47.* Collinsit. Female spikes 3 or 4, subsessile, 
inclusely pedunculate, approximate, about about 6-flowered; : 
fruit subulate, ventricose, nerved and rostr Das gn ob- 
lique, bicuspidate, cusps deflected; styles ¢ 3; scales 
ovate, acuminate, about one-third the length of 
Has. In the most shady sph e swamps; New 
Oss. About 12 to 18 in rh, smooth; culm y 
‘slender, obtusely triquetr eafy; lowest spike part- 
ly exserted; flowers distin ‘spreading, smooth; cusps 
“rigid and hooked back so as to become suis 48. 
folliculata. 49. pubescens. 
——Male spike solitary, female ones long Par tal 
50. pluntaginea. 51. anceps. 52. granularis. 53,.conoi- 
dea. 54. tetunica. 55. laxiflora. 56. hystericina, 57. dis. 
[ tans. 58. flexuosa. 59. digitalis. ae 
Sicaidameer 7 a aie, a ee: 
~ . enlate; fruit glohose, obtiase, yellow ue 
~ obsolete, entire; bractes fol 
of Lake Michi The e plant 
culm very slender 4to6 inches high; lea 
bracte much longer than the spike; fruit smooth, | 
yellows stigmas 3. 62. miliucea. 63. Prete operas 
—Male spikes several. re 
64. recursa. 65. pellita.” 66. lacustris. 67. vesicaria. 68. 
builuta. aes 
This vast genus, comprehending more than Soduibies 
is almost exclusively indigenous to Europe and North 
America, a few spggies have been collected in the southern 
Be re at of 
= Leaves caricine; fowers paniculate, spiked fascicu- 
tated. 
