51G CVriCRACE.E. (SEDGli FAMILY.) 



7. E. simplex, Torr. Culms uurfjiially .^-sidcd, uiiUc-anj,'Ic(l ; spikes 

 sliort, ovate, acute ; sealos ovate-oblon<;, wliitisli, with Itrownisii siiles ; nut 

 oliuvate, flat on tiic inner faee, twice as lony as the conical-beaked conijiressed 

 acute tubercle; bristles ri>^'id. (E. tortilis, Scliult. Seirpus simplex, /lV/.) — 

 Miry places along streams, Florida to North Carolina. May - Sept. U — 

 Culms l°-li° liigli, very slender, twisted when dry. Si)ikes 2" -3" lony;, 

 angular, few-flowered. 



8. E. prolifera, Torr. (Cyp. p. 315, not of p. 442). Culms filiform, dif- 

 fuse or prostrate, comi)ressed ; spikes ovate-lanceolate, acute, proliferous or 

 rooting; scales whitish, thin, oval, obtuse; nut obovate, compressed-3-anjj;led ; 

 tubercle half as long as the nut, conical, 3-angled, free at tbe base ; bristles 

 stout. (E. vivipara, L/zii.) — Marshy banks of ponds and streams, Florida to 

 North Carolina. May -Sept. U — Culms 10' -20' long, tough and wiry. 

 Spikes 2" - 4" long, very rarely fruiting. 



-I- -1- Bristles 4-6, Joivjer than the smooth nut. 



9. E. intermedia, Torr. Culms bristle-form, diffuse, furrowed ; spikes 

 oblong-ovate, acute, 8 - 10-flowered ; scales ovate-lanceolate, rather acute, thin, 

 brown on the sides ; nut (yellowish) obovate, narrowed at the base, flat on the 

 inner face, beaked with the subulate tubercle ; bristles 6, stout, as long as the 

 nut and tubercle. — Wet places and in shallow streams, Georgia, and northward. 



— Culms h° loii;,'. Spikes 2" -3" long. Nut minutely striate. 



10. E. albida, Torr. Culms terete, spongy ; spikes pale, oval or oblong, 

 obtuse, many-flowered ; scales rigid, oval, obtuse, white or brownish ; nut broadly 

 obovate, whitish, flat on the inner face, smooth and shining ; tubercle minute, 

 free at the base ; bristles 6, reddish, longer than the nut. — Wet sandy places 

 along the coast, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. May -Sept. y. — 

 Rhizoma filiform, creeping. Culms 2'- 6' high. Spikes 2" -3" long. 



11. E. rostellata, Torr. Culms compressed, furrowed, wiry; spikes 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, 12 -20-flowered ; scales rigid, oval, obtuse, light brown ; 

 nut obovate, fiat on the inner faee, tapering into the conical-beaked tubercle ; 

 bristles 4-6, stout, twice as long as the nut. — South Carolina, and northward. 



— Culms 1°- U° high. Spikes 3" -4" long. 



■t- -i- ^- Bristles 2-6, not exceeding the nut, often wanting. 



12. E. melanocarpa, Torr. Culms compressed, funowed, tough and 

 wiry ; spikes ovate or ovate oblong, obtuse, many-flowered ; scales thin, ovate, 

 obtuse, white on the broad margins; style 2-3-eleft; nut black, obconical, 3- 

 angled or biconvex, truncate at the apex, and capped with the triangular 

 minutely pointed \vhite tulicrcle ; bristles 3, as long as the nut, sometimes want- 

 ing. — Pine-barren swamps, Florida, and northward. June - Sept. y. — Culms 

 1<^ - 1 ^° high. Spikes 4" - 5" long, 2" thick, occasionally proliferous. 



13. E. arenicola, Torr. Rhizoma long and creeping; culms slender, 

 slightly compressed, striate, tough and wiry ; spikes ovate, or at length oblong 

 or cylindrical, obtuse, many-flowered ; scales thin, oblong, obtuse, brown at the 

 summit, white on the margins ; nut (yellowish) obovate, compressed-3-angled. 



