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38 varia. 39. subulata. 40. marginata. 41. vestita. 42. 

 tentacnlata. 43. miliaris. 44. lupulina. 45. fava, a6. 

 vligocarpa. 47.* Collinsii. Female spikes 3 or 4, subsess'le, 

 inclusely pedunculate, approximate, about 6-flo\vered; 

 fruit subulate, veniricose, nerved and rostrate, orifice ob- 

 lique, bicuspidate, cusps deflected; styles 2 or 3; scales 

 ovate, acuminate, about one-third the lenf^th of the flower. 

 Hab. In the most shady sphagnose swamps; New Jersey. 

 Obs. About 12 to 18 inches hig-f), smooth; culm very 

 slender, obtusely triquetrous and leafy; lowest spike part- 

 ly exserted; flowers distinct and spreading, smooth; cusps 

 rigid and hooked back so as to become tenaceous. 48. 

 folUculata. 49. piibescens. 



J\'tale spike soUtarij-, female ones lo7ig- pedvnctilate- 



50- plardaginea. S\. anceps. 52. graiiularis. 5o. conoi- 

 dea. 54. tetanica. 55. laxijiora. 56. hysteridna. 57. dis- 

 ians. 58. fiexuosa. 59. lU^italis. 



Male spike solitary, female ones pedunculate^ sheathes 



almost none. 



60. umbellata. 61. *aur€u. Female spikes 3, approxi- 

 -mate, filiform and erect, few-flowered, 2 of them pedun- 

 culate; fruit globose, obtuse, yellow and glaucous, orifice, 

 obsolete, entire; biactes foliact-ous. Hae. On the shores 

 of Lake Michigan. The whole plant partly glaucous; 

 ■culni very slender 4 to 6 inches high; lea\es very narrow; 

 bracte much longer than the spike; fruit smooth, bright 

 )'ello\,v; stigmas 3. 62. miliacea. 63. Pseuao-Cy penis. 

 " ' Male spikes several. 



54. recur'ca. fio. pellita. 66. lacnstris. 67. vesicaria. 68. 

 hullata. 



This vast genus, comprehending more than 200 species, 

 is almost exclusively indigenous to Europe and North 

 America, a few species have been collected in the southern 

 hemisphere, at the Cape of Good Hope, in India, China 

 a'.id Japan, there is also 1 at the Straits of Magellan. 



734. SCLERIA. Ga^rtner, (Wliip-grass.) 



Calix glume 2 to 6-valved, man.v-flowered. 

 Stigmas 1 to 3. JK'ut coloured, subg!obose. 



Leaves caricine; flowers paniculate, spiked or fascicu- 

 lated. 



Species. I. S. reticularis. 2' verticilluta. 3. interrupt a. 

 '•■. hirtella. 5. ciliata. 6. pancifora. 7 • trig lomerata. 



The remainder of this genus of about 30 species is ex- 

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