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’ point, brown, white and sub-ciliate on the edge and green 
| on the keel and about two thirds as long as the fruit ; the 
. whole plant rough, very glabrous, and its colour a deep 
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een. 
Flowers in May—grows in wet situations at the foot of 
hills, and in tufts along brooks 
This plant is abundant in Bedkabire Co., and was con-— 
sdbted an undescribed species before it wae sent onsy Mr. 
yn 
| be a variety of C. pellita, Muh.—but it is 860 re 
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| that species in a great — characters that can be 
. — no doubt that it is made a new species with the utmost 
propriety. The Sait of its fruit is a very peculiar 
character. 
31. C. retrorsa. Schw. 
Spicis distinctis, tristigmaticis ; spicis staminiferis sub- 
ternis, suprema longa pedunculata tenue, ceteris brevibus 
parvis sepe basi fructiferis sessilibus ; spicis fructiferis 
subquinis oblongis cylindraceis approximatis subfascicula- 
tis cum bracteis foliaceis incluse pedunculatis, infima 
. sepe perremota longe et incluse pedunculata; fructibus 
ovatis inflatis rostratis sree nervosis reflexis, squama 
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staminate spikes about 3, rarely one, the highest long, slen- 
der and pedunculate, the others short, sessile, and often 
. pistillate at the base ; staminate scale oblong, rather ob- 
1 __ tuse, brownish ; stigmas 3; pistillate spikes Aine, often 
iz co ghee the apex into a kind of pee: — closely 
- ovate, Foflated, will a ; ne acuminate, be it 
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furcate | eak, gl wards ; pis- 
tillate scale hance oli, brown wit i es extelid 
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