198 Da. GoopEnouGnh’s Obfervations 
fame fpecies. I am quite of a different opinion.—In the firft place, 
C. firita has the root-leaves which embrace the bafe of the culm, 
with the membranous part of the vagina, fplit into threads after 
the manner of open net-work: then the root-leaves and the brac- 
teæ are fhorter than the culm at the time of flowering. Add to 
this, the braéteæ, particularly the lowermoft, have either no 
auricles, or oblong ones, which are prefently fo elongated as 
to difappear, i. e. to lofe all form of auricles, The female {pikes 
are acute, owing to their having male flowers at the fummit. 
The fcales are all acute—their capfules are fet in eight rows, and 
two male fpikes for the moft part terminate the culm. 
On the contrary, C. c@/pitefa has the root-leaves, which em- 
brace the bafe of the culm, with the membranous part always en- 
tire.—The root-leaves equal the culm in point of length at the time 
of flowering, the bra&ez are longer—The braétex always have 
little round auricles on each fide of the bafe, which do not change 
their fhape: the female {pikes are obtufe, and have no male flowers 
at their fummit. The fcales (though fometimes they may be fome- 
what acute) are in general bluntifh, not unfrequently very much 
fo—The capfules are generally fet in fix, very rarely in eight rows, 
and it is feldom found with more than one male fpike; befides, it 
is every way a much {maller, weaker, and fofter plant. I fpeak here 
of the general appearance of thefe two fpecies. 
I have little doubt but Log// meant this plant, though he {peaks 
of it /picá pendulá ; I fuppofe he means with an inclining ftalk. He 
does not fay, fpicis pendulis—that would have been decifive againft 
me; but fpicé pendulé, i. e. as I interpret him, with that part of 
the culm which bears the fpikes, inclining: not that I ever 
fcarcely obferved it even fo, for it is in general remarkably upright 
in its ftature. Met pupebir Loefel drew his figure from a dried 
fpecimen. 
