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37. C, ecastanea, Wahl. 
Spicis staminiferis et fructiferis distinctis ; ; spicis stam- 
iniferis solitaria ;  spicis fructiferis tristigmaticis crassius= 
culis brevibus subdensifloris, pedunculis longe exsertis 
retrocurvis, bracteis laxe vepuantibus foliolatis distanti- 
bus, squamis brevibus; fructibus oblongis attenuatis paten- 
ti-divergentibus ore unilobo ; foliis hirsutis. Wahl. No. 90. 
This species, which appears to be very distinct, is cred- 
ited by Wahl. to N. America. Bei 
ies I have seen, | have 
ahl., in the hope that the 
some fortanate: botanist and 
= C. vibes’ . 
Muh., Pursh, Eaton, Pers: No. 151. 
Schk. tab. Eee fig. 126. 
Wr by its proper name. 
Spicis distinctis ‘spica staminifere solitariy triquetra 
subsessili ; spicis fructiferis tristigmaticis ternis oblongis 
sublaxifloris erectis bracteatis, infima pedunculata ; fructi- 
bus ovata-triquetris rostratis ore sub-integro pubescentibus, 
squama ovato-oblonga mucronata carinata paulo majori- 
bus ; foliis culmoque pubescentibus. 
Culm 10—20 inches high, rather slender, rather procum- 
bent ; sets linear-lanceolate, rather flat, striate, shorter 
than the culm; staminate spike single, about sessile, with 
a whith, oblong, rather obtuse scale green on the keel; 
stigmas 3 ; atigras spikes 3, oblong, erect, loose- flower- 
ed, rather near, two upper nearly or quite sessile, the low- 
‘est pedasieiitater + oan leafy, nearly equal to the culm 
above, with scarcely any sheaths; fruit ovate or oval, 3- 
sided, acuminated into a shortish beak with the orifice very 
shortly 2-toothed, covered with pubescence ; pistillate 
scale ovate-oblong, mucronate, whitish, green on the keel, 
and scarcely long as the fruit ; plant of rather a deep green, 
and culm, leaves, sheaths, bracts and fruit pubescent. 
Flowers in } IS beta in moist meadows, and along 
the borders of woo 
Vor. IX.—No. 1. 10 
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