Order 155.— CYPERACK&L jq\ 



107 C. lupulina Muhl. (B. 1. 149.) S Spike erect, slender, subsessile ; 2 spites 

 2 — 1, ovate-oblong, large, (20" by 9") and thick, or oblong-cylindric, short-pedun- 

 culate, erect, densely flowered, approximate, the lowest sometimes long-peduncu- 

 late and distant; perig. ovate-conic, ventricous, long, conic-rostrate, bieuspidate,' 

 nerved, glabrous, about thrice longer than the ovate-lanceolate, acuminate glume; st 

 1 — 3f, triquetrous, leafy ; Ivs. and bracts long, flat, wide, striate, scabrous on the- 

 edge. — Bright green. Well named from its bop-liko spikes. Marshes and about 

 ponds, common. (G. lurida Wahl.) 



108 C. lupuliformis Sartwell. (B. t. 150.) $ Terminal spiko long cylindric, 

 pedunculate, sometimes 1 or 2 short sessile ones below it ; 2 spikes 3 to 5, large 

 (2 to 3 ), cylindric, (9 ' thick) near, subsessile, the lowest more or less remote on 

 a long, exsert peduncle, all leafy bracted and subloose-flowered ; perig. globous- 

 ovate, inflated, long and large, terete, scabrous-rostrate, 2-horned, more than twico 

 longer than the ovate, cuspidate glume; culm 2 to Sf, erect, large, stiff, surpassed 

 by the leafy bracts as well as by tho lanceolate, rough, bright, green leaves. — 

 Borders of marshes, common. (0. lupulina, 0. polystachya Torr.) 



109 C. tentactilata Muhl. 2 Spikes 2 — 4, oblong, cylindric, (24" by G or If") 

 braeteate, upper ono sessile, the rest nearly sessile, densely flowered ; perig. ovate, 

 inflated, long-rostrate, bidentate, nerved, diverging, glabrous, twice longer than the 

 ovate and small scabro-mucronate glume; st. 1- — 2f, often large, triquetrous; lvs. 

 linear-lauceolate, longer than tho stem. — In clusters in wet or marshy places ; 

 common. 



110 C. stenolepis Torr. $ Spiko short and small, rarely wanting ; 2 spikes 

 3 to 5, cylindric, obtuse, oblong or rarely short, highest sometimes androgynous, 

 upper aggregated on the zigzag stem, lowest long-pedunculate, all very dense- 

 flowered, erect and stiff, with long and leafy bracts ; perig. oblong-obovate, infla- 

 ted, tapering below, abruptly obtuse, long-beaked, bifurcate, a littlo longer tlian 

 the ovate linear, awned glume; culm 1 to 2f, erect, strong, smooth, striate, with 

 flat, rather wide, rough-edged, bright green leaves. — Va. to 111., in marshes, rare, 

 late-flowering. 



111 C. plantaginea Lnm. nee Muhl. (B. t. 88.) $ Spike erect, large, sub- 

 clavate, with oblong and acute glumes ; 2 spikes 3 to 5, oblong, erect, remote, 

 sparse-flowered, 2 upper nearly inelosed-pedunculate, tho lower ones exsertly- 

 pedunculate, with subulate bracts ; perig. oblong, triquetrous-elliptic or cuneiform, 

 tapering at either end, recurved at the apex, and entire at tho orifice, longer than 

 the ovate-cuspidate glume ; st. 8 — 18' high, erect, triquetrous, with dark brown 

 sheaths ; lvs. radical, broad, (9 to 10"), ensiform, strongly 3-nerved. — Bright green. 

 Hedges and open woods, common, and ono of the first appearing species in tho 

 spring. (C. lati folia Wahl.) 



112 C. Careyana Torr. (B. t. 89.) $ Spike erect, oblong, with oblong and 

 obtuse glumes ; 2 spikes 2 or 3, ovate, loose and few-flowered, distant, upper sub- 

 sessile, all leafy braeteate; perig. ovate, triquetrous, subinflated, nerved, acuminata, 

 tapering at tho base, smooth and glabrous, entire at the orifice, twice longer than 

 the ovate, mueronate glume ; st. 1 — 2f, erect, smooth, leafy towards the base ; lvs. 

 linear-lanceolate, 6" wide. — Pale green. Woods, Auburn, N. Y., (Carey) and 

 Ohio (Sullivant). Closely related to C. plantaginea. 



113 C. lasifiora Lam. nee. Schk. (B. t. S7.) 2 Spikes 2 — 4, subfiliform, erect, 

 attenuate, sparse-flowered, remote with a 2-edged peduncle, leafy braeteate, upper 

 one subsessile ; perig. oval-triquetrous, tapering at both ends, short-rostrate, atten- 

 uate, glabrous, striate, ezcurved at the apex, a little longer than the oblong-mucron- 

 ate or ovate-acute glume; st. 6 — 12', acutely triquetrous ; lvs. radical, of medium 



, (3 to 4') width. — Glaucous or light green. Woods and hedges, common. Va- 

 riable. (C. anceps Willd, Am. auet.) 



(3. patulifolia Dew. (C. anceps. Schk., fig. 195.) Lvs. radical, broad, many- 

 veined, narrower at tho base ; sheaths with long and leafy bracts ; perig. 

 longer-rostrate. 

 y. akgustifolia Dew. (Schk. fig. 128.) St. a foot high ; lvs. narrow, striate, 

 long ; perig. short-rostrate and much recurved. 



114 C. platyphylla Carey. (Boot. t. 90.) S Spike with oblong, acute glumes ; 

 2 spikes 2 or 3, oblong, slender, few (3 to 6)-flowered, erect, not compact ; perig. 



ovate, triquetrous, acute, short-beaked, bubrecurved, entire at the orifice, longer 



