318 Class XXI. Order III. 



tary, about six flowered, with a visible footstalk 5 

 stigmas three 5 fruit ovate, inflated, nerved, its beak 

 with a two parted mouth ; scale ovate, shorter than 

 the fruit. Willd, 



This species resembles the last in its turgid, inflated cap- 

 sules, but differs in the number and size of its spikes. Culm 

 acutely triangular. Floral leaves very large and long. Fertile 

 spike commonly single, shortly petioled, few flowered. Fruit 

 very large, swelling, beaked, divergent. June. Perennial. 



CAREX CRINITA. Willd. Chaffy Sedge. 



Barren spikes two ; fertile spikes four, distant, 

 pedunculate d, pendulous, cylindrical ; stigmas two ; 

 fruit round-oval, swelling, with a short beak entire 

 at the mouth, shorter than the oblong, awiied scale. 

 Willd. 



A tall, elegant grass, remarkable for its long, pendulous, 

 bristly spikes. Culm triangular, three feet high. Leaves and 

 bractes rough, very long. Fertile spikes cylindrical, nodding, 

 or pendulous, acquiring a bristly appearance from the bearded 

 awns of the scales. Wet ground near Fresh Pond. June. > 

 Perennial. 



249. SPARGANIUM. 

 SPARGANIUM RAMOSUM. 8m. Burr reed, 



Leaves triangular at the base, their sides con- 

 cave ; common flower stalk branched ; stigma lin- 

 ear. Sm. 



Readily distinguished from other Reeds and Flags, by the 

 round burrs or heads of flowers on its branches. The radical 

 leaves are three sided at base, erect, at length becoming sword 

 shaped, with rather obtuse points. Stem leaves concave, anrl 



