l^orlh Aintman CyperaceLe. 353 



Scifpus ooafctatu?, EUadt ! sfc 1. p. S3. 



S. castaneus;, MuliL! s;ram. p. 38, (in part). 



<^uhti about a fc(i>t high, smootlt, a little thicker than a bri.stle " gene- 

 tally bending." Ell. Leaves chiefly seated on the lower part of the 

 culm, smooth, the ofifite of the sheaths bearded with long hairs. Umhel 

 consisting of from 1-5 to 20 spikes; the rays short and crowded, none of 

 ihem more than half an inch in length. Involucre of many short seta- 

 ceous leaves; one of the leavc-s somewhat longer tlian the imibel. 

 Spikes 3 lines long, some 'Of them sessile, or on very short peduncles. 

 Scales pfettj'' distinctly 4-ranked, ferruginous, Vv-ith a narrow green keel, 

 slightly fringed towards tlie summit. Stamens uniformly 2, of a bluish 

 r-olour when ripe^ Sf;/lc 3-parted ; ihe divisions glandularlj^ pubcs- 

 ■cent. Nut uueqnally triangular, the back broadest, the front rather ob- 

 tusely angular ; the summit \ery obtuse and cro\\iied with a minute 

 ilark point, whirl! is the persistei'.t base of tlie style: the sides appearing 

 papillose under a higii magnifier. 



Hab. ^ ery thy sandy soil?*, Sotith Carolina, Elliott! ; 

 near Savannah, Georgia, Dr. Baldwin! 



Obs. Nearly related to the two preceding species, but 

 readily distinguished by its taller and firmer culm, smooth 

 leaves, and dei^se umbels. It ]?as a strong resemblance also 

 lo L sCf'iirilis, y. (lb E., a native of the peninsula of India. 



7» IrSOl.EPIS STEXOPHYLLA. 



Culms filiform, cespitose, angular and sulcate ; leaves seta- 

 ceous; involucre ra iny-leaved, 4 of the leaves very long ; spikes 

 ia a terminal capitate cluster; scales strongly cai'inale; the keel 

 prominent and scabrous ; the summit prody.c«d into a long cus- 

 pidate point; nut triquetixjus, di'presscd at the summit, trans- 

 versely rugulose. 



Scirpus stenophyllus, Eilieil ! */'•. 1. p. 88. 

 Dichroma cespitosa, JMiihL ! gtam. p. 14. 

 DIchromena cespitdsa, Sjrrcng. sjsl. 1. p. 201^- 



Cdlms densely cespitose, dry and wiry, 3 — 5 inches higli, scabrous 

 towards the summit. Leaves angular, two-thirds as long as the culm, 

 verv scaJwcujn; sheaths loose hh:! b^nrdi^d. 7/;/"o///,r,' consisting of many 



