RRS TSR CNR 
mained 58 
sists, the culms stout, 50-150 om. tall, ehaopiy angled, ae 
‘Ce comosa 
scabrous on the angles; leaves coarse, usRaLLy exceeding the 
ne TR 
culms, 7-12 mm. wide, aoabritie on the margins, some at least 
roughened by transverse septa, the sheaths remaining entire; 
staminate .spikes 1-4, 3-7 cm. long, 5-7 TM ¢ ses the ) Seales 
ee 
5-5 om, long, 12-14 mm. wide, the lowermost usually nae 
scales ovate at the base, hyaline or greenish, sooniunze into 
a@ rough awa. 35.5-4 mm. long; perigynia lanceolate, pigia: 5-7 
| mm. long, greenish, narrowed at the base, many ribbed, reflexed ae 
at maturity making the spike bristly, acuminate into a smooth 
beak which terminates in two sharp pronglike spreading teeth 
1,.5-2 mm. long; achenes SPAeR EM OP; stigmas 3, 
rad” 
“ To be expected in heme ground in association with Thuja a 
plicata. 4 
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