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subventricosis costatis rostratis minuté pubescentibus,squa- 
ma ovata mucronata paulo longioribus. ieee 
Culm 6—8 inches high, slender, subdecumbent, 
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about equalling the culm ; fruit oval, or somewhat obovate, 
in maturity, distinctly ribbed; pistillate scale ovate, mu- 
cronate, yellowish-red on the edges, and green on the 
keel, a little shorter than the fruit; root creeping. 
Flowers in June and July—grows in rather open woods 
on Saddle Mountain, at an elevation of nearly 3000 feet 
above the sea ;—this is the only known locality—here it 1s 
abundant. 
This species is related to C. varia and C. marginata, 
but differs more from either than they do from each other ; 
and is with propriety considered by Mr. Schweinitz as a 
new species. 
29. C. flava. L. 
Pursh, Mx. Eaton, Ree’s Cyc. Pers. No.126- 
Schk. tab. H. fig. 36. 
C. flava? Wahl. No. 61. 
Spicis distinctis tristigmaticis; spica staminifera solita- 
ria subtriquetra ex eadem basi cum suprema fructifera et 
breve pedunculata ; spicis fructiferis ternis ovato-oblongis 
approximatis incluse pedunculatis ; fructibus ovatis dense 
imbricatis bidentatis costatis cum rostro curvato reflexis, 
squama ovato-lanceolata majoribus. 
Culm 12—20 inches high, rather obtusely triangular, 
scabrous above, leafy ; Icaves linear-lanceolate, flat, rather 
narrow, striate, longer than the culm, shorter below ; 
sheaths striate, stigmas three ; staminate spike single, 
short-peduncled, with a brownish-red, oblong-lanceolate 
scale; pistillate spikes 2—4, usually 3, ovate or short ob- 
long, cylindric, densely fruited, and short peduncled; 
Vou..1X.—No. 1. 
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