Caricogruphy. a75 
en the keel; stigmas three ; pistillate spikes 2—4, generally 
three, erect short pedunculate, the two higher rather near, 
the third rather remote, and the fourth, when present, very 
distant, Lepr some longer | a ve sheaths ; fruit oes 
ds, altern ate, distan 
Willigmetown. 
This beautiful riage is allied to C. laxiflora. It is readi- 
ly distinguished from that species by its fruit and rou h pu- 
bescence. It is named i in honour of the Rev. E. Hitchcock 
and lady, to whom I a wa tinteA indebted for a 
which accompany this Cavicogaph y 
. Cy paniculat 
a Pursh, Raat Schw., Pers. no 
Wahl. no. 25., Rees Cyc. no. 61. ‘Nha. no. 23, 
; Schk. tab. D fig. 20. 
Spiculis androgynis iberse staminiferis, sepe dioicis, di- 
stigmaticis fuscis ovatis in paniculam digestis ; fructibus ovato- 
lanceolatis acuminatis Bot nervosis Peal Aa margine cili- 
ato-serratis. basi glabris,.squam ovata acuta acuminata pau- 
16 brevioribus, 
Culm 15—30 inches high, slender, _triquetrous scabrous 
above ; leaves linear, pointed, abou 
narrow, striate, shorter below, ints atta sheaths at bake 
base; spikelets staminiferous above, often dicecious, nume- 
rous, ‘ovate, tawny, arranged along several branches, and the 
whole ofa paniculate form ; stigmas two; fruit ov ate-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, bidentate, scarcely triquetrous, somewhat 
concave below, gibbous at the base, with a scabrous margin 
agin he ig ng dark brown in maturity ; pistillate scale ovate, 
minate, tawny, a little longer than the fruit. Colour af 
the plant light 
Flowers in RE in large tufts ang, the Bardens 
of ponds and about stagnant waters ; ; common. This species 
is. common in Europe, and the specimens. eae fron.the 
