Ca ricography, 249 



No, 153. C. lanceata^ D. 



Tab. X, fig. 77. 



Spiels distinctls, starainifera solitaria vel ternis cylindracea erecta, 



pistilliferis subbinis tristigmatids cylindraceis erectis sub-approxima- 



tis pedunculatis sub-laxifloris bracteatis ; fructibus ovatls obtusis pla- 



no-convexis vix rostratis laevibus, squama lato-ovata lanceolata bre- 

 vioribus. 



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Culm about a foot high, erect, leafy, triquetrous, sub-scabrous ; 

 upper leaves long as the culm, lower ones shorter, and all sheathing 

 towards the base; bracts leafy; stigmas three; staminate spikes 

 , erect, cylindric, with obtuse and oblong brown scales ; pistil- 

 late spikes about two, cylindric, rather loose-flowered, not very re- 

 mote, pedunculate, with short sheaths ; fruit ovate, obtuse, scarcely 

 rostrate, orifice entire, flat below and convex above, smooth; pis- 

 tillate scale broad ovate, long-lanceolate, surpassing the fruit, dark 

 brown, green on the keel ; color of plant light green. 



Found at Cumberland River by Dr. Richardson. The fruit and 

 scale remove it far from C. Gray ana, w^iich it much resembles in 

 several particulars. 



No. 154. C. fulvicomay D. 



Tab. Y. fiff. 78. 



Spiculis androgynis distigmaticis superne staminiferis conferto-ag- 

 gregatis subquinis parvis ; fructibus ovatis obtusis compressis laevi-- 

 bus, squama lato-ovata obtusa pauIo longioribus. 



Culm four inches high, erect, large, smooth, striate ; leaves radi- 

 cal, flat, grassy, striate, surpassing the culm ; spike compound, ob- 

 ^ong, stigmas two ; spikelets several, staminate above, sessile, closely 

 set together, with lower scale broad-ovate and lanceolate like a 

 bract ; fruit ovate, obtuse, compressed, smooth ; scale broad-ovate. 



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tawny 



and a little shorter 



than the fi-uit. Whole plant is yellowish, short, thick, singul 



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large in proportion to the height of the plant. 



parts very 



America 



No. 155. C. nigricans, Meyer 



Tab, Y. fig. 79. 



ob- 



longis obtusis ; fructibus densis sub-divergeotibus ovatis sub-trique 

 tris acutis rostratis, squamam oblongara obtusam ^quantibus. 



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