58 

 polystachium. 



angusiifoli. 

 um. 



virgmicum. 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eriophorum. 



2. E. culmis foliosis teretibus, foliis planis, spicis pedun- 



cdatis, seminibus ovatis. Roth, neue Itytr. 1. p. 94. 



IFilld. sp. pi. 1. p. 312. 

 Icon. Host. gram. 1. t. 37. Evgl. lot. 563. 

 In bog- meadows: conamon. l/.May. v. v. 



3. E. culmis foliosis teretibus, foliis canaliculato-triquetris, 



spicis pedunculatis, seminibus ovatis. Roth, neue 

 heytr. 1 . p. Q4. IFilld. sp.pl. 1 . p. 3 13. 



Icon, Engl. hot. 564. 



In mountain meadows, frequent. 1/ . May. v. v. 



4. E. culmo tereti folioso, foliis planis, spicis congestis 



subsessilibus involucre brevioribus. Vahl. enum. pi. 2. 



p . 390. Willd. sp. pi. 1 . /), 3 13. 

 Icon. Pltik. aim. t.2gg.J.4. 

 Common in bog-meadows, from Canada to Georgia. 



■}/ . April, May. v. v. 



61. VAGINARIA. Pers.ench.l.p.70. 



Richardi. J. V. culmo aphyllo vaginato, spica ovata subsolitaria, 



squamis lanceolato-spathulatis. Pers. L c. 

 fuirena scirpoidea. Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p. 38. 

 Icon. Mich. l. c. t. 7. 

 In overflowed fields : Georgia to Florida. 1/ . v.s. 



62. FUIRENA. Gen. pi. go. 



squarrosa. I.T. umbellis simplicibus, spiculis ovatis, culmo glabro, 

 foliis ciliatis, vaginis pilosis. Fahl. enum. pi. 2. p. 385. 

 Mich.fi. amer. I. p. 37. 

 In bog-meadows : Mew Jersey, Carolina, &c. l/.July. 

 V. V. A very handsome little grass. 



63. MARISCUS. Vahl. enum. pi. 2. p. 372. 



ovularis. 1. M. spicis ovali-subrotundis, involucris polyphyllis. Fahl. 



enum. pi. 2. p. 374. 

 Schcenus umbellatus. Jacq. collect. I. p. 113. 

 Kyllingia ovularis. Mich.fi, amer. 1. p. 2Q. 

 Icon. Pluk. aim. t. g\.f. 4. Jacq. ic. rar. 1. /. 10 ? 

 In sandy wet places : Georgia and Carolina. 1/ . v. s. 



retrofractus. 2. M. spicis retrorsum subimbricatis, spiculis subulatis re- 

 trofractis, involucro triphyllo. Vahl. enum. pi. 2, 

 p. 375. 



