532 



MONOECIA TRIANDRIA 



Scales ovate, rather acute, nearly as long 



ceous, nearly two inches long. 



as the corolla. Fruit when mature diverging. 



Nearlv allied to C. Retroflexa, perhaps only a variety. 



Grows in shaded woods, Pursh. In the upper district 



Flowers 



tf t fS^picis pluribuSf 

 Jloribus superioribus 

 Joemineis* 



I 



ttt 



Spikes nume- 



rous^ the upper flowers^ 

 fertile* 



12. Leporina. 



C. 



spiculis 



tribus 1 Spikes three, nearly 



subrotundo - ellipticis, round, elliptjc 



consestis; nate, clustered; 



ailernis, 



fructibus ellipticis,com 



pressis, 



alter 

 fruit 



acuminatis 



elliptic, compressed 



9 



acuminate 



9 



with 



the 



mouth entire. 



ore mtegris. 



■ Sp. pi. 4. p. 229. Mich. 2. p. 170. ; Pursh, 1. p. 36. Nutt. 2. p- 204. 



Spiked androgynous, alternate, distinct, sessile, turgid and obtusely ovate, 

 without bracteas, green, sometimes tinged with yellow. Capsules compacuv 

 imbricate, convex on one side, flat on the other, acuminate. M«cn. 



This species I have not seen. 



Grows from Canada to Carolina. Mich. 



Flowers 



I 



13. SCIRPOIDES. 



C. spiculis subqua- 1 Spikes generally 4, 



•„ ^ .\Jx,\. o..r.r«v;mnfp. elliptic; 



ternis, approximatis, approximate 



ellipticis; fructibus o 



approxiuidic, «-".r- / 

 fruit ovate, 2-toothed, 



vatis, bidentatis, com- | compressed, ciliate ser 



rate along the margin, 



pressis, 



margine ciliato 

 serratis, erectis; squa- 

 mis ellipticis obtusis. 



erect; 

 obtuse. 



scales 



elliptic 



J 



Sp. pi. 4- p. 23r. Pursh, l.p. 37. Nutt. 2. p* 204 



