38 _ Caricography. 
iety of C. anceps, and the reference of this figure should ua- 
questionably be to this species. Schkubr was probably led 
to consider this variety of C. anceps as belonging to C. plan- 
taginea, from the striking resemblance of the leaves of the 
two plants, while in every other respect they are different. 
This difference is sufficiently obvious to those who are fa- 
miliar with both. Mr. Elliott observes that this species has 
been to him “ obscure ;” a fact which others have found too 
true. Ii is hoped that ‘this attempt to remove the principal 
causes of obscurity in ascertaining this plant, will be an ade- 
quate reason for the length of these remarks. 
55. C. Oederi. Ehrhart. 
Mx., Pers. no. 125. Rees’ Cyc. no. 417. 
‘ Schk. tab. F fig. 26 
C. flava 8 Oecderi. Pursh, and Agardh. 
B flavescens. Wahlenb. 
r C. wr epularis. Schw. Aualyt. ch oe 
ternis aggregatis subsessilibus bracteatis evi oblobete ae. 
prema androgyna nunc. superne sinister nunc inferne vel 
uttinque; fructibus subobovatis subinflatis nervosis rostro 
subulato yesthitento bidentatis, squama ovata paulo longi- 
oribus. 
Culm 4—10 inches high, obtnsely triangular, leafy ; leaves 
ph nie aginst rather smooth, somewhat turned in at the 
edges ; bracts long, leafy, Surpassing the culm, with very 
short sheaths; ‘staminate’ spike single, oblong, rather small, 
sometimes pedunculate, with an ovate-oblong tawny scale ; 
pistillate spikes 3--5, often four, clustered, oblong, round, 
short, nearly sessile; lowest often remote; highest often 
androgynous with staminate flowers sometimes above and 
sometimes below, or both; the other spikes sometimes hav- 
ing a few staminate flowers above ; stigmas three; fruit rath- 
er obovate, nerved or costate, sub-triangular, diverving or 
sub-reflexed with a nearly straight two-toothed beak ; pistil- 
late sea'e ovate, acutish, tawny, a little shorter than the fruit. 
Colour of the whole plant yellowish. 
owers in May—grows in wet situations. Abundan 
all its varieties at Niagara Falls near Table Rock, with ¢. 
Byriformts, C. scirpotdes, C. stipata, &c Thongh 1 found 
©. Ao with C. alba upon Goat Island, I did not see 
eri on the Americanside. Penn. Schw. 
