152 Caricography, 
92. = eee R. Brown: 
and Torrey, no. 60. : 
Spica astotire: solitaria sites erecta ; spicie 
fructiferis tristigmaticis binis subsessilibus approximatis in- 
cluse pedunculatis ; fructibus ovatis obtusis pubescentibus 
cum squama ovata acuta ; calmo scaberrimo. 
Culm half a foot high. atiapiata channelled and very sea- 
brous towards the base, purplish brown sheaths above 
the middle, aie a in very short leaves, and with a 
dense tuft of rigid, smooth inively about the root; staminate 
spike single, os with: ovate rather obtuse: scales 
hite border ; pistillate spikes two, on short 
peduncles, initlned in the sheaths of large oblong braets5 
stigmas three ; fruit ovate, pubescent, with ovate and acute 
seales of a brown colour. Mon 
Found in Arctic America, by Dr. Richekbos ae Ap- 
pendix to Frank. Nar. 2nd. ed. 
— C. concinnay Be st 
ispido-pubeseentibus, squama obovata subduplo longioribus- 
Culm four inches h, filiform, triquetrous, smooth ; 
leaves vidradieak, rigid, smooth, spreading ; staminate spike 
oblong, very nearly sessile, with broad ovate — scales ; ; 
pistillate spikes three, subsessile, 3-4 flowered, n 
and 
"Found i in Arotie Americ, by Dr. Richardson See: Ap- 
——— to Sees Nar-e 
a > 4, C. ‘Pili Schk. 
eS te “Sehk. tab. Ce: fig. 47, ce. 
wes Soli vlad Boneyyaniete 
-€. frigida, ANion. secund. Wabi. now 83, 
——_____ f. “Pers. no. 158. 
Spicis oblongis subquaternis tristigmaticis, terminali 
drogyna inferne staminifera, inferioribus exserte ecleasieaiia 
cernuis ; fructibus oblongis mucronatis apice hifidis squama 
oblonga longioribus, 
