284 Cariwegraphy. 
painted on the fig. in Schk. Jtmay be found in eur country 
with C, dieica. 
84. C. fena. Muh. 
Muh. Gram. no. 14. Schw. -Ell. no. 15. 
Schw. and Torrey no. 35 
Spica composita ; spiculis androgynis distigmaticis inferne 
staminiferis ovatis superne aggregatis; fructibus ovatis acu- 
minatis scabro-marginatis bidentatis, squamam oblongam lan- 
ceolatam subequantibus. | 
Culm 1—2 feet high, obtusely triquetrous, scabrous above, 
large; leaves linear-lanceolate, nearly flat, carinate, sca- 
brous on the edge, nearly as long as the culm, with long 
sheaths; bracts long, setaceous, leafy, at the base of the 
spike ; spikelets staminate below, ovate, numerous, eight to 
ten (Elliott), about four (Muh.), aggregated above and sub- 
approximate below, sometimes in clusters; stigmas two; 
been found north of Penn. - 
Note. Figures of the following species of Carex accom- 
pany this aes and are contained in this volume. 
able D fig. 13. C. umbellata, 
B. vicina.* Vol. X. p.31. 
. “ 14, C, Washingtoniana. Vol. X. p. 272. 
" “ 15. C. Xanthophysa.. Vol. Vil. p. 274. 
c hE 6 «616. C. aguatilis. Vol. X. p. 267s 
= “ 17. C. Hitchcockiana. Vol. X. p. 274 
0) oR ™ .18,.C. siccatas.: Vols Mega 220s 
= “19. C. multiflora. 
: 8. microsperma.* Vol. IX. p. 61. 
= “ 20, C. oligocarpa, 
B. Van Vieckii. Vol. X. p. 281. 
eG 4 21. C. Michauzii. Vol. X. p. 273. 
=  Q2and 23. C. Floridana. Vol. X. p. 45. 
* The name of this variety was omitted in the descriptions 
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