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saimiedtulls from three nerves or ribs, acetal inte Peters 
bifid, rough-pubescent ; pistillate scale ovate, acuminate, 
tawny, often green, whitish on the margin‘and keel, about 
the length of the fruit, lower ones sometimes slightly mucro- 
nate. 
Flowers in April and May—grows in dry weods and along 
hedges in vallies and hills—common over the country. 
_ . pedicellata. (Mihi) 
C. varia, Wahl. no. 107. Rees’ Cyc. no. 85. 
Spicis fructiferis ovato-oblongi brevi-pedunculatis erectis ; 
bractea inferiore foliac 
Pistillate spikes BVate-ablong, loose-flowered, short but 
distinctly pedunculate, abont six to eight-flowered ; bract un- 
der the lowest spike lanceolate, long, leafy, often nearly 
equalling the culm. 
This variety bears considerable resemblance to C. longi- 
__folia, Host. ~ Grows with the other—very common 
The striking resemblance between C. varia and c. piluli- 
fera, L. Schk. tab. I fig. 39, has often been noticed; but on 
comparing specimens of the Jatter with the former, they ap- 
pear to possess very distinct characters. 
Our plant, as its name implies, is a variable species. ‘Its 
varieties differ much in height, size, situation and length of 
the spikes, rigidity or laxness and length of the leaves. Ge- 
nerally, it is readily ree: _ This species greatly resem- 
hles the following. 
106. C. marginata. Muh. 
Muh. Pursh, Eaton, Pers. no. 101. Ell. no. 28, 
hw. an 
Schk. tab. Lil fig. 143. 
C. Pennsylvanica, Lam. Rees’ Cye. ines 3 
Spica staminifera solitaria erecta mw: 
spicis fructiferis tristigmaticis binis ovatis su 
approximatis paucifloris ; fructibus ps = aR brevi-ros- 
