MONOECIA TRIAJVDRIA. 



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26. Varia. 



C. spicis foemineis 

 subternis, subapproxi- 

 matis, sessilibus, sub- 

 globosis; fructibus sub- 

 globoso-triquetris, ros- 

 tratis, bidenlatis, pube- 

 scent! bus, squama ob 



Fertile spikes gene- 

 rally three, approxi- 

 mate, sessile, nearly 

 globose; fruit trique- 

 trous, somewhat glo- 



longa brevioribus, 



mo erecto. 



bose, 

 toothed. 



beaked. 



two- 

 pubescent, 



cul- I shorter than the ob 



long scale; stem erect. ^ 



ii 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 259. Pursh, 1. p. 40. Nutt. 2. p. 205. 



Stem slender, six to eight inches high, scabrous along the angles. Leaves 

 generally longer than the stem, narrow, subulate, scabrous along the mar- 

 gins. Floicers in three or four small spikes, the upper sterile, the lower 

 fertile, sometimes approximate, sometimes distinct. Sterile spike oblong 

 lanceolate, the scales lanceolate, with ferruginous sides. Fertile spikes com- 

 pact, the scales ovate lanceolate, acute, rather shorter than the mature fruit, 

 tinged with brown. Corolla globose^ pubescent, with a short acuminate 

 point. 



Grows in shaded rich soils. 

 Flowers April — May. 



27. Dasycarpa. Muhl. 



C. spica mascula | Sterile spike small, 

 parva, foemineis 



sub 



fertile generally three, 

 ternis, subapproxima- I approximate; fruit o- 

 tis; fructibus ovato tri- vate, somewhat trique- 

 quetris, villoso hispidis, trous, villous and his 



sc[uama acuminata Ion- pid, longer than the 



gioribus. 



E. 



acuminate scale. 



Muhl Gram. p. 236. ' ' 



Stem twelve to eighteen inches high, triquetrous, glabrous. Leaves 

 "^ry narrow^ lanceolate, linear, glabrous, all excepting the bracteas shorter 

 tnanthe stem. - - - . . - 



tile spik 



Sterile spike very small, terminal, scales lanceolate. Fer- 



«^e spikes generally three, near together, the upper sessile, the lower on 



Short peduncles. Bracteas resembling the leaves, longer than the stem, em* 



^cmg the base of the peduncle. Scale ovate acuminate. Corolla obtusely 



