Caricogropliy. " 251 



No. 158, C. Driimmondianay D. 



attemiata? R. Br. 

 Tab. Y. fig. 82. 



Spica unica cyllndracea superne denseqiie staminlfera, saspe sola 

 staminiferaj trlstigmatica ; fmctibus obovatis subtiiquetris infra pla 

 nis nervosis laevibus brevi-rostratis alternis et pauciflorls ore occluso, 

 squamatn ovatam obtusam subaequantibus. 



Culm about four incbes high, triquetrous, sub-scabrous, striate, 

 ^rect and stiff, leafy towards the base ; leaves flat, linear-lanceolate, 

 nerved, grassy, long as the culm, deep green; spike J — I inch long, 

 dark brown, densely flowered above, with a few alternate fruit at 

 the base, sometimes th& spikes are wholly starainate, with oblong 

 and obtuse scales w^hite and membranous on the edges; fruit obo- 

 vate, three sided, flat below, with a short beak, projecting a little 

 beyond the scale in maturity; pistillate scale ovate, obtuse or rather 

 obtuse, often white on the edge and dark brown on the back. 



Found at Fort Norman in British America, and on the Rocky 

 Mountains. — Dr. Richardson. 



The figure shows one wholly staminate spike, and one which is 

 pistillate below. 



Note. — Of the following species more full descriptions and figures 

 »re here given and taken from the plants themselves. 



C. podocarpa^ R. Br. 



Tab. Z. fig. 8;J. 



Vol. XI. p. 162 of this Journal. 



Spiels distinctis, staminifera solitaria ovata, pistilliferis tristigmati- 

 <^is binis obloncro-ovatis sub-laxiflorls pendulis bracteatis; fructibus 

 ^llipticis compressis brevissime rostratis Integris laevibus sub-pedi- 

 cellatis, squama ovata obtusa vel emarginata cristata paulo lon- 

 gioribus. 



Culm ten to sixteen inches high, triquetrous, smooth, slender, lax, 

 ^eafy towards the base, lower leaves sliorter; staminate spike single, 

 'ax, with oblong obtuse and dark brown scales ; stigmas three ; fruit 

 elliptic, compressed, scarcely rostrate, entire, smooth, slightly pedi- 

 <^ellate : scale oblon^^ obtuse or emarginate and cuspidate, the point 

 projecting beyond the fruit, while the scale is a little shorter than 

 the fruit. 



The^specimen from which the figure is taken was found near Fort 

 Vancouver. RHhsh Amprira. Mav. 1826. 



