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probably the plant intesicledl by Pursh. Had I not found it 
growing upon the same root with the common C. sparganioi- 
des, I should have referred it to the same figure i in Schk. f 
is probably a form of this variety, which is called C. Nuttal- 
li, Schw. An. tab. 
116. C. remota. L. 
Pursh, Wahl. no. 51. Rees’ Cyc. no. 40. 
Pers. no. 68. cme — Torrey no. 42. 
chk. tab. E. fi 
Spiculis Bet ernerrs iene cn on numerosis ovate- 
oblongis subsessilibus, inferioribus distantibus, bractea longis- 
sima foliacea suffultis; fructibus distigmaticis ovatis acumi- 
natis bifidis con vexo-p aniusculis subbifidis, squama ovato- 
lanceolata paulo longioribus. 
Culm 12—20 inches high, leafy, slender, flexuous ; leaves 
linear, rather narrow, often surpassing the culm ; ai very 
long, linear, leafy, under the lower spikelets ; stigmas two ; 
spikelets ovate-oblong, numerous, nearly sessile, seatsatie 
below, approximate towards the summit, lower ones guise re- 
mote; fruit ovate, acuminate e, or oblong-ovate, bifid, some- 
ers in May—found in woods on the mou intains: of 
Penn. fie ioe ; in Arctic America—Dr. Richardson. 
The fig. in Schk. is very fine—on my European speci- 
mens the spikelets vary from five to twelve, 
117. C. media. R. none 
Schw. and Torrey no 
Spicis androgynis inferne isle iristigmaticis ternis 
subsessilibus approximatis ; ; fructibus ovatis rostratis glaber- 
rimis, squama ovata obtusiuscula longioribus. 
ound in Arctic America, by Dr. Ri chardson. Mon. See 
App. Frank. Nar. ed. 2. Though nearly allied to C. bicolor, 
it appears to be a distinct species. 
118. C. concolor. R. ee 
w. and Torrey no. 
Spica sth fs solitaria ;_ spicis ; ieee distignaaticis 
binis vel ternis erectis subsessilibus; fructibus ovalibus mu- 
cronatis integerrimis ee : bo seca — conco~ 
loribus obtusis; culmis laevibus ; bracteis au 
ound on Melville Island—said to resemble C. caespitesa, 
