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According to Schw. a Torrey, the plant in he Herba- 
ium a Mvb: 3 is the C. dasycarpa figured hy Elliot 
87. C. capillaris. Lin. 
Pers. no. 173. Wahl. no. 91. 
Rees’ Cyc. no. op 
Schk. tab. O. fig. 
Schw. and “Cage no. 85. 
Spica staminifera solitaria pedunculata parva ; spicis fruc- 
tiferis tristigmaticis subternis longo-exserte pedunculatis cer- 
nuis oblongis sparsifioris, subpaucifloris ; fruetibus ellipticis 
rostratis utrinque acuminatis ore obliquis, squama ovata vel 
oblonga obtusa decidua vix duplo longioribus. 
Culm one to eight inches high, slender, capillary, leafy 
towande, the base ; leaves linear-lanceolate, often long as the 
culm ; pistillate spikes two or three, oblong, loose flowered, 
on very slender, long, and recurved peduncles often surpass: 
ing the staminate spike and sheathed ; sti i 
elliptic, rostrate, attenuated at either extremity, glubrous, 
k brown in maturity, with an oblique orifice and the beak 
often somewhat excurved ; pistillate scale Zh or oblong, 
sometimes rather honnit: obtuse, white o and 
membrant ap half as long as ae 
This species, common in Europe, was found by Dr. Rich- 
ardson, in the woods of Arctic America. I have enly Euro- 
pean specimens of this plant. As it inhabits alpine districts, 
it may, perhaps, be found on the mountains of the northern 
States. 
88. C. ustulata. Wahl. 
. Pers. no. 178. Wishly nov.82, ‘3 
Rees’ Cyc. no. 127. ilnas eee sips 7 
_ Sehw. and ‘Torrey, no. 
€. atrofusea, Sehk. mag 3 fig. 
Spica staminifera oblonga rOCUrVANte: sabes ace fine 
tiferis tristigmaticis binis ovalibus exserte 
tibus; fructibus ovatis rostratis acuminatis utringue planius- 
culis atris ore bidentatis, squama ovata subdup 
iful species, found on the Alps, has been: Stud 
also in Labrador, whence it was sent to Mr. Schweinitz. —_ 
the European plant, the u r pistillate spike is near the 
pr nage about aac below and larger ; scales 
alike on all the spikes, very dark coloured like the fruit ; 
