3 06 Monograph of North American Carices. 



Obs. In Schkuhr's figure, the bractese at the base of the 

 spikelets are altogether omitted. 



20. CxRExfloridana.* 



C. spiculis (3 — 4), aggregatis, confertis, bracteatis ; fructibus 

 subtriquetro-compressis, longe-acuminatis, suberectis, ob- 

 solete raarginatis, antrorsum undique ciliato- pilosis. 



Culm cespitose, triquetrous, subfiliform, about six inches high, shorter than 

 the leaves, scabrous, deeply striate. Leaves very long-, rigid, canalicu- 

 late, mostly recurved, scabrous on the margin. Spikelets aggregated 

 into an ovate head, the lowest one sometimes a little remote, and furnish- 

 ed with a long rigid bractea, all androgynous, but the uppermost one 

 consisting mostly of sterile florets. Glumes lanceolate or ovate, 

 obtuse or mucronate, whitish, with a green keel. Fruit obscurely tri- 

 angular, almost rostrate, hairy towards the summit. Stigmas always 

 two. 



Hab. Iii the sands of East Florida. Communicated by 

 Capt. Le Conte of the U. S. A rmy. 



Obs. This appears to be a very distinct species, but is evi- 

 dently allied to C. Muhlenbergii and C . sparganioides. 



21. Carex multiflora, Muhlenberg. 



C. spica oblonga, decomposita, bracteata, interrupta ; spicu - 

 lis conglomeratis, ovato-oblongis, obtusis ; fructibus ovatis, 

 acuminatis, compressis, confertis, bifidis, trinervosis, mar- 

 gine ciliato-serrulatis, divergentibus, gluma ovato-cuspi- 

 data paulo minoribus. 



C. multiflora, Willd. sp. pi. iv. p. 243. Schk. car. Lll. f. 

 144. (pl.jun.) Pursh ft. i. p. 36. Muhl. gram. p. 222. 

 Dewey car. 1. c. ix. p. 60. Elliott sk. ii. p. 530. 



C. microsperma, Wahl. act. Holm. 1803. No. 30. Rees's 

 Cyclop. No. 54. 



C. bracteosa, Schw. anal. tab. car. 1. c. 



Culm about two feet high, leafy at the base, where it is obtusely triangular 

 and scabrous above. Leaves broad-linear, canaliculate, longer than the 

 culm, narrowing very gradually : sheaths truncate, and striped trans- 



