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inde acutz. Squamæ oblongæ, acutæ, nigræ, nervo dórfali viridis. 
capfulà pauló breviores. Ad omnem fpicam foemineam braétea 
foliacea, feffilis, bafi fæpè auriculata, inferior culmo pauló longior, 
fuperiores aut æquantes aut breviores. Cap/ulæ Íub-octofariàm 
imbricatz, ovate, acutiufcule, compreífe, apice indivifoj claufo, 
arétim imbricate. Filamenta tria, antheris linearibus flavis. Stylus 
ftigmatibus duobus. 
Whatever were the other variety of C. acuta, mentioned in the 
feveral writings of Linnæus, we are quite fure that this was one, for 
it is now in Dr. Smith’s herbarium, fo: named by Linnaeus himfelf. 
Unfortunately the other is not preferved : however I can fcarcely 
have a doubt but it was C. //riéla, that being the only one which 
I know of, which bears any refemblance to Michelius’s figure, t. 32. 
f. 12.. I would not however wifh to appear to be pofitive upon 
this head, as there is not that exact refemblance in the figure, 
which, after the commendation beftowed upon it by Linneus, 
we have a right to expect.. 
The flendernefs of the habit of this plant in all its parts, its. 
filiform fpikes, pendulous when in flower, its having the piftillum 
with two ftyles, and the capfules of a compreffed form or flattifh, 
and undivided at the fummit, keep it evidently diftinét from all 
others. I have never feen it lefs than three or four inches 
high (and that only in dry ftarved land), and therefore ftate it 
as fuch. 3 | 
Mr. Curtis, Dr. Stokes, and Mr. Woodward, all (hewed: good judgment 
in long ago fufpeéting this to be the C. acuta of Linnæus. I derive my 
information only from feeing the plant fince in the Linnean herba- 
rium. Ido not therefore take any merit to myfelf, as being wifer than 
thofe refpectable gentlemen, but only deem myfelf more fortunate 
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