147 
C. stictocarpa. Dotted-fruited Sedge. Fig. 1461, 
Fertile spikes subovate. Fruit with minute brown spots. A variety 
of recurva. 1 ft. Perenn. June. Brown. (2) E. B. Sujpp. 2772. 
E. B. 2. 1295**. II. fyArn. 517. Bub. 3/6. Lind. 339. 
C. palxjdosa. River Sedge. Fig. 1462. 
Sheaths absent. Spikes cylindrical, obtuse, erect. Fruit oblong- 
ovate. Leaves broad, rough, strongly keeled. River-sides. 2-3 ft. 
Perenn. May. Dark brown. (§) E. B. 1. 807. E. B. 2. 1296. 
II. Am. 520. Bab. 380. Lind. 291. 
C. ripauia. Great River Sedge. Fig. 1463. 
Stem sharply triangular, rough. Sheaths absent. Spikes broadly 
cylindrical, acute, erect. River-sides and ditches. 2-3 ft. Perenn. 
May. Fertile greenish; barren brown. (%) E.B. 1, 579. E.B.2. 
1297. ll.fyArn. 521. Bab. 380. Lind. 291. 
C. lasvigata. Smooth-beaked Sedge. Fig. 1464. 
Sheaths elongated, shorter than the stalks. Spikes cylindrical; the 
fertile ones drooping. Beak of fruit very long. Boggy woods. 2-3 ft. 
Perenn. June. Fertile greenish ; barren brown. (|-) JS*. JB. 1.1387. 
E. B. 2. 1298. H. §-Arn. 513. Bab. 378. Lind. 291. 
C. vesicaria. Short-spiked Bladder Sedge. Fig. 1465. 
Sheaths none. Fertile spikes cylindrical, slightly drooping, on very 
short stalks. Marshes. 1-2 ft. Perenn. May and June. Brown. (4) 
E.B. 1. 779. E.B. 2.1299. H.fyArn. 520. Bab. 380. Lind. 291. 
C. ampullacea. Slender-beaked Bladder Sedge. Fig. 1466. 
Sheaths none. Fertile spikes cylindrical, erect, nearly sessile, long. 
Fruit inflated. Marshes. 1-2 ft. Perenn. June. Brown. (|) E.B. 
I. 780. E.B.2. 1300. H.fyArn.5‘20. Bab. 3S0. Lind. 292. 
C. hirta. Hairy Sedge. Fig. 1467. 
Hairy. Leaves flat. Sheaths nearly equal to the stalks. Fertile 
spikes short, cylindrical, remote. Scales awned. Moist places. 1-2 ft. 
Perenn. May and June. Brown. (|) E.B. 1. 685. E.B. 2. 1301, 
II. <$• Am. 519. Bab. 378. Lind. 292. 
C. filiformis. Slender-leaved Sedge. Fig. 1468. 
Smooth. Sheaths very short. Fertile spikes nearly sessile. Fruit 
hairy, ovate. Boggy meadows. 1-2 ft. (§) E.B. 1.904. E.B. 
2.1302. H. Am. 519. Bab. 379. Lind. 292. 
Order CVI. GRAMINEiE. 
Genus 1, Anthoxanthum. 
A. odoratum. Sweet Vernal-grass. Fig. 1469. 
Panicle spike-like, ovate-oblong. Flowers longer than their awns, 
upon short stalks. Pastures ; abundant. 1-1£ ft Perenn. May and 
June. Anthers purple, (4) E.B. 1.647. E.B, 2.114. H.fyArn. 
528. Bub. 390. Lind. 306. 
Genus 2. Nardus. 
N. stricta. Mat-grass. Fig. 1470. 
Spike slender, erect, the flowers all pointing one way. Leaves hard, 
setaceous. 8-10 in. Perenn. June. Puiplish. (4) E.B. 1.290. 
E. B. 2. 75. H. Am. 529. Bab. 393. Lind. 296. 
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