40 Caricography. 
. C. flexuosa Schk. 
ea Porsh, Eaton, Schw., Ell. 
Pers. no 166. 
Schk. tab. Ddd and Azaa, fig. 124. 
C. tenuis. Bains secund. Muh. and’ Rees’ Cyc. 
no. 
— De ‘ili se Mx. 
Spies distinctis; spica staminifera solitaria filiformi; spicis 
tructiferis tristigmaticis quaternis filiformibus flexuosis cernuis 
sparsifloris longé et exserté pedunculatis; fructibus oblongo- 
anceolatis subtriquetris alternis glabris rostratis bifidis, squa~ 
ma ovato-lanceolata vix duplo longioribus. 
Culm 1—2 feet high, triquetrous, scabrous above, ayy 
leaves linear, long as the culm, shorter below, scabrous on t 
edges, with striate sheaths; bracts linear, leafy, surpassing ihe 
culm, the lower ones with very long sheaths; staminate spike 
‘ingle, very slender, long, with rarely a few fruit, staminate 
scale oblong, obtuse, white on the margin; pistillate spikes 
four, filiform, nodding. loose-flowered, from one to two inches 
long, rather remote, alternate, lower ones very long, exsertly 
dunculate ; rachis flexuous; stigmas three ; fruit t oblong- 
‘anceolate, alternate, isbrous: subtriquetrous, nerved, ros- 
trate and. frewwibecreh 3 pistillate scale ovate lanceolate, 
whitish on the margin iad green on the keel, a little more 
than half the length of the fruit. Colour of the plant light 
and dark green. 
Flowers in May and June—grows in moist woods and 
meadows—common. Penn., Muh. 
There can be little doubt that C. debilis, Mx. is this plant, 
as he notices its resemblance to C. syloatica, Huds., to which 
this plant is certainly closely related. The specimens I have 
seen have many more fruit than Muh. mentions, though not 
many more than are given on the figure of this species in 
the C. Forsteri, Wahl. no. 81, is a very different plant from 
©. debilis, Mx. 
58. C. sylvatiea. Huds. 
Pers. no. act Rees’ Cyc. no. 148. 
chk. tab. ‘01. 
Cc. oa carat heh. secundum Wahl. n 
Spicis dis ica staminifera solitaria pale brevi 
podetaglon: pues aa ctiferis tristigmaticis subquaternis fili- 
