272 Caricography. 
This species inhabits the Alps, the mountains of England. 
&c. and was discoveredin our country onthe Rocky mountains 
by Dr. E. James. This species is very different from C. ni- 
gra, Willd. no. 115, Pers., and also from C. ustulata, Wahl. 
no. 92. 
72. C. Washingioniane. (mihi.) 
- ‘Am. Journ. Vol. X. tab. D fig. 14. 
Spicis distinctis; spica staminifera solitaria erecta; spicis 
fructiferis tristigmaticis oblongis cylindraceis subsessilibus 
subremotis erectis subsparsifloris ; fructibus ovalibus utrin- 
que acutis compressis brevi-rostratis ore integro glabris. 
Squamz ovato-oblonge acutiuscule subaquantibus. 
Culm about a foot high, triquetrous, subscabrous above ; 
leaves linear, striate, about as longas the culm, shorter 
low ; bracts leafy, linear, lower ones equalling the culm 
with scarcely any sheaths ; staminate spike single, erect, 
short pedunculate ‘with an oblopg and obtuse black scale, 
white on the keel and edge : stigmas three ; pistillate spikes 
two to four, oblong, cylindric, erect, about sessile, rather 
loose flowered, nearly aninch long, and separated from each 
r rather acute at both ends, 
the ‘orifice; pistillate scale ovate-oblong, subacute, about 
eens oe fruit, nearly black, with a white edge and white 
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