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C. miserabilis Mack. ———->Rootstocks stout, the culms 40-70 
' @me tall, slender, somewhat roughened in the upper parts, sharply angled; 
leaves mostly shorter than the culms, the lowermost /scale-like, deep 
purple, firm, roughened, the blades of the green leaves 5-5 mm. broad, 
roughened; staminate spikes solitary, short stalked, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 
5-5 mme thick, tapering sanewhat at both ends, ple; pistillate spikes 
3-4, crowded, often staminate towards the tips, shortly stalked or 
. sessile, 1-3 ome long, 4-5 mn. thick; lowermost bracts shorter than the 
inflorescence; scales firm, 2.5-3 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate or narrowly 
ovate, acute, dark purple but lighter along the midrib; perigynia 3 m. 
long, oval, dull, faintly 2-3 veined on one surface, narre@wed at the 
base, mimtely beaked, the beak subentire. 
Snow Peak, 5500 ft. divide between the St. Joe and 
Clearwater R8e, Leavy Liteon ss cork 
C- gymnoclada Holm. -—>Loesely tufted ami strongly stolonifer- 
/ OuB, the culms 50-50 om. tall, stiffish, slender, sharply angled, 
roughened in the upper parts,usually twice as long as the leaves; leaf = | 
blades flat, moderately rough, 2.5-4 mm. broad, the margins sanewhat 
revolute; staminate spikes usually solitary, short stalked, dark purple, 
5-12 mn. long; pistillate spikes crowded, mostly short stalked, often 
staminate towards the tip, cylindrical, 8-20 mm. long, 4-6 mn. thick, 
densely flowered; lowermost bracts usually shorter than the inflorescence; 
, scales ovate, 3.5-4 mm. long, deep reddish purple throughout but paler 
q@ towards the margins, mostly obtuse or sonetimes abruptly acuminate, the 
margins thin and hyaline; perigynia obovoid, flattened, 3 mn. long,’ 
straw-color or darker, faintly 2-3 veined on each surface, mimtely 
beaked, the beaks mimtely 2-toothed. 
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Near Priest R. Expt. Sta., Larsen. 
C. prionophylla Holm. ———> Tufted, with thick rootstocks, 
' the culms 60-100 om. tall, slender, very acute and slightly winged on 
the margins and very rough; leaves numerous, the lowermost soale like, 
firm, strongly reddish purple, 1-10 am. long, the blades of the green 
leaves flat, 4-6 mn. wide, nearly as lom as the culms, very rough and 
sharp; staminate spikes usually solitary, deep purple, shortly stalked, 
20-25 mm. long, 3.5-4 mm. thick; pistillate spikes crowded, 3-4, sub- 
sessile, erect, cylindrical, often staminate towards the apex, 1-2.5 om. 
long, 5-5 mm. wide; lowermost bract shorter than the inflorescence, the 
auricles at the base mrple; scales oblong-ovate, obtuse, 2.5 mm. long, 
firm, deep purple or nearly black except the green or pale midrib, or 
black throughout; perigynia 3 mm. long, oval or obovate, dull green or 
tinged with brown, practically veinless, flattened but rather plump, the 
angles blunt, narrowed toward the base, mimtely beaked at the apex, the 
beak not toothed. 
Osier Cr., Clearwater For., 4000 PS 6 peiplins and Hoole OTD, nee Th Norling, 
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