46 Caricography. 
No. 193. C. Steudelii, Kth. Tiab. Ff, fig. 113. 
-Spicis androgynis superne staminiferis paucifloris; fructibus 
1-4 subglobosis vel ellipsoideis tristigmaticis teretibus unico ros- 
tratis binervosis ore obliquis, cum squama ovata acuta et inferiore 
foliacea margine scabra; culmis vel pedunculis subradicalibus 
nunc brevibus nunc perlongis. 
Culm or subradical peduncles an inch to 6 or 8 inches long, tri- 
quetrous, scabrous on the edges, much shorter than the flat linear 
and radical leaves; staminate flowers several, with short and 
small ovate scale; stigmas three; fruit 1-4, globe-like or ellip- 
soidal, glabrous, tapering at both ends, and with a rostrum articu- 
lated to the body of the fruit; pistillate scales of very different 
lengths, ovate and acute, or long lanceolate and foliaceous ; light 
reen. Near maturity the articulated beak drops off, leaving the 
fruit obovate and very obtuse. Differs from C. Willdenovit, Schk. 
in its fruit; that being oblong, and this spheroidal. 
Found in New York; Ohio, Suliivant; Kentucky, Short ; 
also in Indiana. 
No. 194. C. Backii, Boott. Tab. Ff, fig. 114. 
eee androgynis superne staminiferis paucifloris; fructibus 
, tristigmaticis ovatis globosis conico-rostratis ore integris gla- 
bris binervosis maturo subpyriformibus ; squama inferiore longo- 
foliacea lanceolata, superiore fructum subzequante et acuta. 
Culm short, sometimes a few inches long, triquetrous, scabrous 
on edges, much shorter than the flat and subradieal leaves; spikes 
staminate above, with few and small staminate flowers; stigmas 
three ; fruit ovate and globose, with a conic beak articulated to 
the fruit, glabrous; pistillate scales of various length, the lower 
leaf-like and lanceolate, upper shorter, and highest about equal to 
the fruit and inclosing it; light green. 
Arctic America, Drummond and Richardson. In the speci- 
mens from the Cumberland House, the plant was little cespitose. 
Named by Dr. Boott in honor of Capt. Back, so distinguished in 
the Arctic expeditions, Differs from the last two in its fruit and 
spike. 
No. 195. C. Hoppneri, Boott. Tab. Ff, fig. 115. 
Spicis distinctis ; spica staminifera unica oblonga lineari, squa- 
mis oblongis obtusis instructa; pistilliferis binis distigmaticis 
brevi-ovatis sessilibus subdensifloris erectis; fructibus ellipsoideis 
