70 Cartcography. 
= > 34. C. pellita. “Muh. 
all “Muh. Ph. Eaton, Pers. No. 1 
Schk. tab. Nun fig. 149 and 180: 
C. striata. Mx. ~ 
* Spicis staminiferis et fructiferis distinotis; spicis stami- 
niferis binis oblongis inferiore sessili et bracteata ; spicis 
fructiferis tristigmaticis binis vel ternis cylindraceis erectis ; ; 
fructibus ovatis breve rostratis bicuspidatis eS nes 
pilosis, squama ovato-lanceolata aristata subzequalibus. 
24 inch es high, triangular and scabrous 
ow, lea 
; leaves a 
sir ieee ‘striate pre 
obtuse scale and dark hethetbe on the pode and light colour- 
ed on the keel ; stigmas three ; pistillate spikes 2—3, ob- 
long, mc orm erect, rhea or aa ae highest oe ses- 
4; the lowes sometines lo culate ; bra ts long, 
a, ; ae the caiie, with 
ate, crags partially Sorided: little 
, dense cent, acuminated imto a short 
Soaidite beak ; Vistillate. scale lanceolate or ovate-lan- 
ceolate, awned, dark coloured on the edge and light co- 
loured on the keel, nerved and glabrous, sometimes longer 
or shorter than the fruit; plant, except the spikes, gla- 
brous and green. 
Flowers in May—grows on the wet alluvial of the Hud- 
son opposite Troy—ina ie, upland meadow just east 
of Poughkeepsie—rather 
There can be little doubt 1 that this species is the C. - 
ata, Mx., or that C. lanuginosa Mx. is the C. filiformé 
Goodn., which has been so often mistaken for C. Sillsta. 
C, filiformis however has involute leaves, and a different 
scale, and is altogether a more rigid plant in its appearance, 
C. pelt cannot be mistaken for C. trichocarpa, as the 
of the latter is more remote and much inflated. at Sha 
es as well as of a different shape : 
There are two varieties of C. pellita, both of which ¢ are 
red by Schk., and Muh. has remarked some other va- 
rieties in the spikes. I have rarely seen a specimen with 
