ae sesh percents Pe aa eaererety 
sdehigseicise 253 
eee grassy, ee culm f, e ‘SO tit ae We. PD, Be Like 
the preceding species, it varies much in the number of its 
fruit. The whole plant has a light green colour. 
42. C. petra et Muh, 
Muh., Pursh, Eaton, ser no. SI. 
tab. ‘Ges. fig. 1 
Spicis subquinis istigioaiins trigonis Rithanibie longe pe- 
dunculatis, superne stamen niferis; fructibus obovatis triquetris, 
apice recurvatis, vulgo glabris, squama oblonga vel obovata 
pice gore longioribus. 
es high, triangular, scabrous above, rather 
picetieabent toctdint- brown at the base; leaves chiefly radi- 
cal, stiff, rather flat, carinate, longer chant e culm, striate ; 
spi ikes mostly androgynous, triangular, short, on rather lon 
exserted peduncles, the lowest sometimes wholly ees 
and the highest sometimes having the staminate flowers 
distinct spike just above the pistillate ; stigmas 3; ste 
scale pita mucronate, reddish-brown ; fruit obavate; chad 
sided, somewhat recurved at the apex ; pistillate scale oblong 
or solvers: mucronate, tuddishbrown; green on the keel, and 
a little shorter than the fruit. Colour of the plant light green.* 
Flowers in April. Grows in open woods—common. 
This singular and beautiful species delights in the warm 
i sunny sides of hills and open me and is the first of the 
ow its flowers in the spring. Its fruit may often 
be found of full size early in May. 
43. -C. virescens. Muh. 
Muh., Pursh, Eaton, Pers. no. 93. 
Schk. “tab. mm. 
Spicis ternis tristigmaticis oblongis erectis ‘alternis, Seprems 
pedunculata inferne stamenifera, ceteris ee subsessili- 
bus bracteatis ; fructibus ovatis obtusis costatis pubescentibus, 
fe ovata ” pubescente mucronata ielagiot bas vel sube- 
Culm 15— 24 inches high, rather slender, triangflar, leafy, 
scabrous above, often reddish-brown at the base; leaves di- 
* Prof. Mesiey would be happy to exchange Carices, on most oa 
terms, with any Botanist for C. ovata, Rudge, credited to Canada, C 
rasert, credited to N. Carolina, C. scirpoidea Mx. C. subulata, Mx. 
amd C. miliaris, Mx. : 
