276 Curivog raph; Ye 
north of Europe agree exactly with ours, even in size, though 
ours is generally said to bea smaller plant. ‘The characters 
which distinguish this species from C. teretiuscula, Gooden. 
were mentioned Vo]. VIJ. p. 266 of this Journal. 
8. decomposita. C.decomposita, Muh. Gram. no. 58. In 
this variety the panicle has a lighter or a green colour, the 
seales are white with a green keel, and the fruit is without 
nerves and entire. In every important shen risetea it agrees 
with C, paniculata. 
77. C. rosea. Schk. 
uh., Pursh, ose te no. 6&1. 
Schw., EIl., Mon. n 
Schk. tab. Zzz fg. 79. 
Belen androgynis superne staminiferis digtigistiGs sub- 
rnis alternis subremotis sessilibus, infima longo-bractea- 
ta; Tectibas oblongo-lanceolatis superne convexis margine 
seabris bidentatis perdivergentibus, squama ovata obtusa 
subduplo longioribus. 
ulm 8—16 inches high, three or five angled, Mae A slightly 
scabrous above; leaves linear lanceolate, lon the culm, 
shorter below, ong on the edge, with striate s Gath; spike- 
lets three to six, five to twelve fowered, staminate above, al- 
ternate sessile, twohighest 
near, the lowest and often the two lower with along, scabrous, 
seteckons ee ; stigmas two; fruit oblong-lanceolate, or overs 
ener 2 or horizontal, often reflexed ; pistillate eile ovate, 
obtuse, white, green on the keel, about half the length of the 
fruit. Colour of the plant varying from light to deep green. 
Flowers in May—common in moist woods and oe: ; 
in the open fields has a rather stiff culm; in the woods is 
orig ender and tall, and often prostrated by the ——- of 
B. radiata. C. stellulata. a. radiata, Wahl. 
Spiculis distantibus subtrifioris cum ’bracteolis setaceis ; 
fructibus on da culmis spathameis flaccidis, setaceis, fo- 
liis angustissimis 
This rane i credited to our coe by Wahl. ah is 
often found t woods, four to six inches high, s i 
with very narrow leaves, spikelets about three, distant 
