544 CYPERACEuE. (SEDGE FAMILY.) 



subulate, smooth, reflexed, the rigid teeth reflexed and appressed to the slender 

 beak, 4 times as long as the awn-pointed Bcale. — Deep swamps, Favctteville, 

 North Carolina (Curtis), and northward. — Culms smooth, filiform, l°-l£° 

 high, longer than the linear leaves. 



■w <■» Sterile spike single: style deciduous, straight or nearly so: fertile spikes Jlw- 



floW( It (/. 



G7. C. follieulata, L. Fertile spikes 3-4, ovoid, remote, 8- 10-flo\vered, 

 on erect peduncles, sterile at the summit ; perigynia (6" long) horizontal, lance- 

 olate, tapering into a smooth beak, with erect hispid teeth, one third longer than 

 the lanceolate rough-pointed seale. — Wet margins of streams, Florida, and 

 northward. — Culms smooth, 2° high, commonly exceeding the linear' and tlat 

 leaves. 



C8. C. turgescens, Torr. Fertile spikes 2, near or remote, on short in- 

 cluded peduncles, ovoid, 8-12-flowered; perigynia erect-spreading (4 7 long), 

 lance-ovate, strongly nerved, tapering into a smooth 2-clcft beak, with hispid erect 

 teeth, twice as long as the ovate obtuse scale. — Pine-barren swamps, Florida to 

 North Carolina. — Culms smooth, 2° -3° high, longer than the narrow rigid 

 and channelled leaves. 



69. C. Elliottii, Schw. & Torr. Fertile spikes mostly 3, approximate and 

 nearly sessile, or the lowest remote and long-peduncled, globose, 8- 16-fiowered, 

 sterile at the apex ; perigynia small (3" long), oblong-ovate, compressed, spread- 

 ing, few-nerved, tapering into a short smooth beak, with erect hispid teeth, twice 

 as long as the ovate obtuse scale. (C. Castanea, Ell.) — Boggy margins of pine- 

 barren streams, Florida to North Carolina. — Culms l°-2° high, rough above, 

 longer than the narrowly linear leaves. 



70. C. intumesceilS, Rudge. Fertile spikes 2-4, approximate, the up- 

 per sessile, the lower peduncled, globose, 10- 15 flowered ; perigynia large (6" 

 long), spreading, tapering from a rounded and greatly inflated base into a short 

 and smooth 2-cleft beak with hispid teeth, twice us long as the ovate acuminate 

 scale. (C. follieulata, Ell.) — Shady swamps, Florida, and northward. — Culms 

 1°- l£° high, rough above, shorter than the broadly linear deep-green leaves and 

 bracts. 



++*++-<. Sterile spikes 2 or more : fertile spikes many-flowered. 



=■■ Perigynia pubescent. 



71. C. trichocarpa, Muhl. Sterile spikes about three, linear, long-pcdnn- 

 clcd ; fertile spikes 2, cylindrical, on short and mostly included peduncles; peri- 

 gynia thin, rough-hairy, tapering from a rounded ovate base into a rather Blender 

 rough beak, with long and spiny teeth, longer than the oblong acute awnlesa 

 scale. — Deep marshes, (ieorgia, and northward. — Culms 2°-8° high, rough 

 above. Leaves linear, elongated. 



72. C. striata, Michx Sterile spikes 2-4, long-peduncled; fertile spikes 

 1-4 (mostly 2), remote, Bessile, or the lowest long-peduncled, oblong or cj lin- 

 drical; perigynia thick, ovate, pubescent above the middle, contracted into a 



Short and whili.-di 2-clefi or cmaiginale beak, longer than the oblong acute scale. 



