m 



52 



TRIANDJRIA MONOGYNIA. CyperUS. 



fiUcinus. 



Jlavescens. 



castaneus. 

 Hydra. 



tiller osus. 

 lenu'ijionis. 



11, 



udoraliis. 



13. 



14 



!! II II Umhella radih elon^alis: spicutis alternis. 

 C. spiciilis !incan-lanc»"olat;s remotitisculis laxe imbrl- 



catis, involucre triphyllo uinbella longiore foliisque 



laxis. VhhI. enum. pi. 3. p. 332. 

 In swamps of Virginia and North Carolina, l/.July. 



V. V. 



12, C. spiculis lineari-ianceolatis confertis, involucro tri- 

 phyllo umbella irifida longiore. Fahl. enum. pi. 2, 

 p. 335, JVilld. sp. pi. I. p. 279. 



Icon. Ft. grceca, t. 47. 

 /3 C, pusillus, spiculis brevioribus castaneis. 



Common in low grounds. % . June, July. v. v. 



C, spicis corymbosis, spiculis lineari-ianceolatis distan- 

 tibus, fbliis recurvatis, tuberibus oblongo-subrotundis. 

 Vahl enum. pi. 2. p. 344. Mich. ft. amer. 1 . p. 17. 



In cultivated fields and barren woods : Virginia £0 Flo- 

 rida. 1/. July. V. V. 



C. spiculis lineari-ianceolatis convexiusculis, involucro 

 triphyllo umbella quinqueradiata longiore. Vahl. 

 enum. pi. 2. p. 340. 



Icon, Rottl. gram, t.y.f. I. Nut-grass. 



On the banks of Delaware and other rivers: Pensylvania 

 to Carolina, l/ . June, July. v. v. The roots are 

 very sweet, and eaten by children, 



15. C. spicis corymbosis, spicuiis linearibus convexiusculis, 



involucro umbella longiore, culmo folioso, Vahl. 



enum. pi. 2. p. 347. 

 Icon. Rotth. gram. t. 14./. 1. 

 In wet fields in Carolina and Georgia. 1/ . July, v. v. 



16. C. spicis corymbosis, spiculis ovalibus, involucro lon- 



gissimo. Vahl. enum. pi. I.p. 353. Mich.Jl. amer. 1. 

 p. 28. 

 In wet meadows and woods : Pensylvania to Carolina. 

 "2/, July, Aug, V. V. 



17. C. spicis corymbosis, spiculis subulatis remotis distichis, 



valvulis suhdistantibus, umbellis patentissimis involu- 



cellum subaequantibus. Vahl. enum. pi. 2. p. 356. 



IVilld. sp. pi. l.p.lSX. 

 Icon. Sloan, hist. jam. 1 . t. 74. f.l.et i. 8. /. 1 . 

 On the banlis of rivers : Pensylvania to Florida, rare. 



11 . Aug. V. V. 

 IS. C, spicis oblongis laxis, spiculis subulatis patentibus re- 



