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— -^ Perigynia large (3"-C" long), and commo:ihj much injlatcd (rxrrpt Nos. 60 

 and 61 ), cvnspicuouslg nerved, tapering into a conical or long and subulate 2-cleJi 

 beak. 



■M- Sterile spike single: stjlcs peisistrnt, contorted: pn-igijnia smooth: spikes manj- 

 Jlowci-ed {except No. 66). 



60. C. COmosa, Boott. Fertile spikes 4, cylindiiciil, ai)])roximatc, on ex- 

 ^crtell luiddiiij,' peduncles (H'-2|' loni,') : perigynia (2" long) oblong, spreading 

 or rcflexcd, tapering into a long sulmlatc deeply a-cielt beak, with bristly, s]iread- 

 ing teeth, longer than the awncd scale. (C. furcata, Ell.) — Swamps, Georgia, 

 and northward. — Culms stout, 2° -3° high, rough-angled above. Leaves broadly 

 linear, and, like the bracts, exceeding tlie culm. 



61. C. hystricina, Muhl. Fertile spikes 3, oblong or cylindrical, on nod- 

 ding peduncles ; perigynia oblong-ovate, many-nerved, spreading, tajjcring into 

 a minutely 2-clcft beak, twice as long as the oblong awned scale ; nut ol)ovate, 

 smooth. — Swamps, Georgia, and northward. — Culms l°-l^r° high, rough 

 above, shorter than the leaves and bracts. Spikes 1'- H' long. 



62. C. tentaculata, Muhl. Sterile spike nearly sessile ; fertile spikes I - 

 3, sessile, ap])roxiniatc, or the lowest remote and sliort-peduneled, ovate or cylin- 

 drical-oblong ; perigynia ovate, spreading, few-nerved, the long subulate beak 

 cleft on the inner side, and minutely 2-toothed, twice as long as the lanceolate 

 awned scale; nut ovoid, roughish. — Meadows and low grounds, Florida, and 

 northward. — Culms 1° - 1.7° high. Leaves and bracts elongated. 



63. C. gigantea, Rudge. Fertile spikes 3 - 4, oblong or cylindrical; the 

 upper approximate and nearly sessile, the lowest distant and short-pedunclcd, 

 erect; perigynia (6"-7" long) widely spreading, strongly many-nerved, taper- 

 ing from an ovate and obtuse base into a long subulate rough 2-clcft beak, with 

 hispid teeth, twice as long as the oblong awn-pointed scale ; nut depres-^ed, 3- 

 angled. — Pine-barren ponds, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. — Culms 

 2° high, smoot!i, sliorter than the broad linear leaves and bracts. 



64. C. lupulina, Muhl. Fertile spikes 3-4, approximate, sessile, or the 

 lowest short-jjcdunclcd, erect, oblong, thick (I' in diameter) ; perigynia (6 '-7" 

 long) erect-spreading, tapering from the ovoid aculish base into a subulate smooth 

 or slightly roughened beak, with smootii and spreading teeth, twice as long as 

 the oblong awn-pointed scale ; nut rhombic-oblong. — Deep river-swamjjs, Flori- 

 da, and northward. — Culms and leaves as in the preceding. 



6.5. C. Halei, Carey. Sterile spike slender, long-peduncled ; fertile spikes 

 2 - 3, remote, ovoid or oblong (1' in diameter), erect, the lowest commonly on a 

 partly cxscrtcd peduncle, the others nearly sessile; jjcrigynia large (6" long), 

 tapering from a greatly inflated and rounded base into a smooth and slender 2- 

 cleft beak, with smooth and spreading teeth, more than twice as long as the ob- 

 long acuminate scale ; nut rhomboid. — Banks of the Apalaehicola River, Florida, 

 and westward. — Culms \° high, smooth and slender, as long as tlie narrow 

 smooth leaves. Spikes whitish, I'-H' long. 



66. C. SUbulata, Michx. Sterile spike small ; fertile spikes 3-4, remote, 

 few-flowered, the lowest on a partly exserted peduncle, erect ; perigynia 4-6, 



