Bim Ce Cusickii Mack. —-—-+»Densely caespitose, the culms pliant, i 
' ‘sharply angled, commonly 80-100 om. tall, 2-2.5 mme in diemeter, : 
roughened in the upper parts, much longer than the leaves; leaf-blades 
commonly 5-5 mm. broad, flat, soft, somewhat roughened towards the tips, i 
the sheaths brownish dotted and with broad hyaline margins; spikes | 
numerous, subglobose or ovoid, crowded into an irregular ragged cluster 
5-4 ome long, the lowermost spikes seanewhat oved fran the 10-12 ; 
mms long, all greenish, becaning 1 own, the bracts » weak 
and little developed; scales 5-4 mm. long, ovate, acute or acuminate 4 
their midveins green, becoming brown, the margins thin and hyaline or 
brown towards the center; perigynia becoming brown, 5-4 mm. long, narrowly 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, rounded at the bese and gathered to a short 
stalk, acuminate to a stout beak about as long as the body, one face flat, 
nearly veinless, the other rounded with 3-4 weak veins; (C. teretiuseuvla 
“var, ampla Bailey, C. diandra var, ample Piper) 
bi dite dstiscaee: 
qi Upper Priest R., 3000 ft., 7371; similar in appearance to 
C. stipata but more slender with ler flowers and looser clusters. 
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C. vulpinoidea Michx. Tufted, with well developed rootstocks and 
stout roots, the culms 50-80 om. tall, slender, sharply angled, roughened 
above; leaf=-blades 2-4 mm. wide, long-tapering, shorter than the culms, 
roughened, the o thinner portion of the sheaths clearl: thered 
into numerous cross wrinkles, at least in the lower leaves; spikes numerous, 
subglobose, crowded into an irregular ragged oblong cluster 3-6 om. 
long, 8-12 mm. wide; bracts acicular, inconspicuous; scales ovate, 2.5-3 
mme long, at least sane prolonged into an awn, their midveins green, 
becaning brown, their margins hyaline or brown towards the center; 
perigynia 2.5-3 mn. long, broadly ovate, the body nearly ciroular, strozmly 
flattened, abruptly narrowed to a beak about 1 mm. long, the margins very 
minutely serrulate, one face flat, veinless, the other rounded, with 
5-5 weak veins. 
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