Mariscus. CLX. CYPERACEiE. 567 



* * Sj)lkclets irre^ularlij inserted all around the rachis. 



9. C. ScinvEiMTzii. Toir. Sr/u-inilz's Sedge. 



St. 8 — 12' high, triquetrous, rough on the angles; Ivs. shorter than the 

 stem, about a line wide ; umbel simple, erect, 4 — O-raj'ed, rays elongated, une- 

 qual ; sheathe truncate, entire ; invul.'i — 5-leavcd, longer than the leaves, sca- 

 brous on the margin; spiblch () — 7, alternate, approximate, (5 — 8-tl(»wered, with 

 a small, setaceous bract at the base ol" each ; scuks membranaceous on the 

 margin ; sta. 3 ; sty. 3-clelt, scarcely longer than the smooth achenia. — Shore 

 of L. Ontario, Sartiocll, of Lake Erie, Sullivant ! to Ark. 



10. C. ERUTHRORUizos. Muhl. Red-root Sedge. 



St. 2 — 3t high, obtusely triquetrous, longer than the leaves ; umbel com- 

 pound ; ram 5 — 9, 3 — 4' long, each with 3 — \ sessile spikes; skeatlis entire; 

 s^pikclcts very numerous, 6" long, crowded and spreading in the spikes, a little 

 liattened, about l3-flowered; outer glumes mucronate, closely imbricated, chest- 

 nut-brown, veinless and shining, the inner ones entirely free from the rachis ; 

 sta. 3 ; ach. smooth and shining, much .shorter than the glume. — Wet grounds. 

 Penn. and Southern States. 



* * * Spikelcts more or less aggregated in terminal masses. 



11. C. FiLicuLMis. Vahl. (C. mariscoides. Ell.) 



St. slender, almost fililorm, tuberous at base, 8 — 12' long, leafy only at base ; 

 Ivs. mostly radical, carinate ; umbel simple and sessile, or with 1 or 2 rays ; spike- 

 lcts linear-lanceolate, 3 — 8-flowered, flattened when old, collected into globose 

 heads ; ghnius remote, loose, ovate, yellowish. — Dry, rocky hills, N. Eng. ! to 

 Flor., W. tolll.! Aug. 



12. C. Grayii. Torr. 



St. 8 — 12' high, filiform, obtusely triangular, erect, tuberous at base ; Ivs. 

 radical, channeled, about i" wide; uvibel 4 — 6-rayed, capillary, erect, spread- 

 ing ; sheaths truncate ; hds. loose, of 6 — 8 spikelets ; spikclets linear, compressed, 

 8 — 7-flowered ; scales ovate, veined, obtuse, imbricated, interior ones lanceolate • 

 sta. 3 ; 5/?/. 3-cleft ; ach. obovate-triquetrous, f the length of the scale, gray, dot- 

 ted. — Sandy fields, Mass., Oakes, L. I., Kneiskern, N. J., Torrey. Sept." {Dr. 

 Sartwell comm.) 



13. C. DENTATUs. Torr. 



St. about If high, leafy at base, triquetrous ; Ivs. a little shorter than the 

 stem, strongly keeled ; ^cmbel compound, 6 — 10-rayed; invol. of 3 unequal leaves, 

 one of them "longer than the umbel ; spikclets S'^on each peduncle, 3 — 7" long, 

 ovate, flat, 8-flowered ; glumes acute, spreading at the points, giving the spike- 

 lets a serrated appearance ; sty. 3-cleft ; ach. triangular. — 'Zj. Swamps, N. Eng. ! 

 and Middle States. 



14. C. INFLEXUS. Muhl. 



St. setaceous, leafy at base, 2 — 3' high ; Ivs. equaling the stem ; umbel 

 2 — 3-rayed, or conglomerate and simple ; ijivol. of 3 long leaves ; spikclets ob- 

 long, 8— 12-flowered, 10 — 20 together, densely crowded into the ovoid heads ; 

 glumes yellowish, veined, squarrose-uncinate at tip- sta. 1. — Banks of streams. 

 Free States ! and British Provinces. Aug., Sept. 



15. C. AcuMiNATcs. Torr. & Hook. 



St. 5 — 10' (3 — 4' Torr.) high, slender, obtusely triquetrous; Ivs. erect, 

 radical, as long as the stem ; umbel 1 — 6 (1 — 2 Torr.)-vayed ; invol. 3 — 4-leaved^ 

 very long; rays unequal,''each with a globose head of 15-— 40 spikelets; spike- 

 lets 3 — 11", oblong-linear, obtuse, 15 — 25-flowered ; /5. very regularly imbri- 

 cated in 2 rows; glumes acute, with the point recurved ; sta'. 1 ; ach. dull-gray- 

 ish. — III. Mead! Mo. Drmnmond. 



3. MARISCUS. Vahl. 

 Celtic mar, a marsh ; alluding to the place where some species grow. 



Spikelets subterete, clustered in heads, rarely with but I or 2 fer- 

 tile flowers ; glumes imbricated somewhat in 2 rows, the lower ones 

 short and empty ; rachis margined with the adnate, persistent, in- 



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