260 Caricography. 
near-lanceolate, shorter than the culm, abbreviated below, 
generally pubescent, sheathing; sheaths striate, pubescent ; 
spikes three, from half an inch to an inch in Jength, oblong, 
rather slender, somewhat thrée-sided,—highest spike stami- 
nate below,—lower ones entirely pistillate, nearly sessile, 
supported by linear-lanceolate, pubescent bracts ; staminate 
scale ovate, acute; fruit ovate, generally obtuse, costate, pu- 
bescent, rather close 5 pistillate seale ovate, mucronate, pu- 
bescent, carinate, green, varying from about half the length 
to the length of the fruit. Colour of the plant a dull green. 
Flowers in May. Grows on the borders of woods, on hills 
and im wet upland meadows. West base of Mt. Holyoke— 
common in ia é seth county. 
8. costata. C tala. 
Blas its frait mere strongly iene and its outer sheaths 
goiiplisii-beeiwen: Its leaves more numerous and larger. 
The difference seems not sufficient to constitute it a distinet 
species. The fruit of C. virescens differs considerably in the 
distineiness of the nerves or ribs. On examining specimens 
Pennsylvania, I can find no essential difference from | the 
real-C. virescens. BothC, 
in the “ Analytical Table of Carices,” to those s species which | 
have more than four spikes and two stigmas, neither of which 
is. correct. 
44. C. hirsuta. Willd. 
Moh., Pursh, Eaton, Pers. no. 95, & Ell. 
Schk. tab. Www. fig. 172. 
Spicis tristigmaticis acer brevi-oblongis alternis erectis, 
suprema brevi-pedunculata et infra stamenifera, ceteris sub- 
sessilibus foliaceo-bracteatis, omnibus approximatis densiflo- 
ris; fructibus esha age tla nervosis obtusis ore integris 
glabris, a ovate acuminate glabre subequalibus. 
Culm 1218 inches high, triangular, scabrous above, glab- 
rous below, dark brown at base, leafy ; leaves linear-lanceo- 
ae ae as the culm, sheathing, and, like the sheaths, re- 
é ai nt and striate; spikes three, sometimes four, 
ahout half an inch long, rather close-fruited, oblong, approxi- 
mate - a spike staminate below—lower ones wholly pis- 
ae, ‘early sessile, with long linenpiceelate subpubes- 
