66 Curicography. 
cases in practical mechanics, in which a construction simi- 
lar to this might be adopted with advantage ? 
Thus, if Iam not mistaken, (and I have taken much 
pains to attain the truth on the subject,) we find in this 
mere fungus, which, to the passing traveller appears to be 
a disgusting mass of half decayed vegetable matter, such 
evidence of contrivance and design, as is calculated to lead 
the thoughts irresistibly to a Great First Cause. How 
Art. X!l.—Caricography ; (continued ;) by Proressor C. 
Dewry, Williams College. 
Communicated to the Lyceum of Natural History of the Berkshire Medi- 
L ; cal Institution.] _ 
Muh. 
ion, Persoon No. 74, 
(144, 
C. microsperma. Wahl. No. 30, and Rees’ 
Cyc. No. 54.” 
Spicis alternis approximatis bracteatis sessilibus; spi- 
culis superne masculis ovato-oblongis obtusis bracteatis 
conglomeratis, | ee es _ovatis acuminatis compressis 
ovato-cuspidata paulo. minoribus. 
Culm erect, 16—24 inches high, scabrous above, 
rather obtusely triangular, nearly round and leafy 
towards the base; leaves narrow, linear, channelled, 
shorter than the culm, sheathed towards the base ; sheaths 
transversely rugose opposite the leaf; spike decompound, 
often more than two inches long; spikelets many, Clus- 
tered into several larger spikelets, growing yellow ; bracts 
long, leafy, scabrous and filiform under the spikes, and 
short, setaceous under the spikelets; stigmas two; fruit 
ovate, acuminate, bifid, scabrous on the margin, rather 
