270. Caricography. 
This species is not the C. stricta, Lam., the C. hes roe 
Rees’ Cyc. no. 100, which is nee the variety 8 of 
acuta. 
70. C. crinita. 
Muh., Pursh, saat Pers. no. 192, Ell. no. 20. 
Rees’ Cyc. no. 141. Schw. 
- Schk. tab. Eee atm va and Ttt fig. 164. 
Be pal C. paleacea, Wahl. Spicis fructiferis sub- 
quaternis Feugo-eylindracels s flagelliformibus densifloris =a 
maticis recurvis cum o longo reclinato ; 
pe ae lomgeyve serrata terminatis, fructu eo quam triplo longl- 
ori 
yrimele ra, Schw. Analyt. Tab. Spicis 
weenie. 9 ; Squamis fructu subduplo itor 
Culm 15—30 inches high, acutely triquetrous, subscabrous 
above: leaves linear-lanceolate, scabrous on the edge, stri- 
ate, shorter than the culm with striate sheaths ; bracts leafy, 
surpassing the culm, without sheaths, somewhat embracin ng 
the stem; staminate spike single, sometimes two, long; lax, 
often with a few 98 scattered above, or haat or alon the 
cronate ; stigmas two, saat three ; pst spikes two to 
indric, often larger in 
and attenuated at the base, pedunculate, nodding, 
sometimes: suberect, often’ staminate A ec rather dense ‘ 
flowered.; fruit ovate, subtriquetrous, subinflated, short-ros- 
trate, glabrous, entire at the orifice; pistillate scale linear: 
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