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contracted into a neck at the base of the short conical-beaked tubercle ; bristles 

 4-6, reddish, not longer than the nut. Sandy sea-shore, West Florida to 

 South Carolina. May -Sept. 1J. Rhizoma and sheaths black. Culms 6'- 

 15' high. Spikes 3" -6" long, occasionally 2- 3-cleft. Nut minutely pitted. 



14. E. tricostata, Ton-. Rhizoma stout, creeping; culms nearly terete, 

 striate, 1 wiry ; spikes cylindrical-oblong, acutish, many-flowered ; scales thin, 

 oblong, green on the keel, dark brown on the sides, white on the margins ; nut 

 obovate, with strong and rib-like angles, contracted into the minute conical 

 tubercle ; bristles none. Low pine barrens, Florida, and northward. May - 

 Sept. ty Rhizoma and sheaths pale. Culms 1- l high. Spikes 2" -4" 

 long. Nut very small, minutely wrinkled. 



15. E. tenuis, Schultes. Culms filiform, acutely 4-angled, the sheaths 

 purple ; spikes elliptical, obtuse or acute, many-flowered ; scales oblong, obtuse, 

 green on the keel, dark brown on the sides, white on the margins ; nut obovate, 

 3-angled, transversely wrinkled and pitted, crowned with the broad depressed 

 short-pointed tubercle ; bristles 2-3, much shorter than the nut, fugacious. 

 "Wet places, North Carolina, and northward. Culms 8' -12' high, almost 

 bristle-form. Spikes 3" - 4" long. Nut pale brown. 



16. E. microcarpa, Ton-. Culms bristle or hair-like, 4-angled; spikes 

 ovate or oblong, obtuse, 10 many-flowered, often proliferous; scales oblong, 

 obtuse or acutish, membranaceous, brownish, with white margins ; nut very 

 minute, white, obovate, rounded at the apex, and crowned with the depressed 

 minutely pointed tubercle ; bristles 3-6, rarely as long as the nut, occasionally 

 wanting. 



Var. ? filiculmis, Torr. Spikes many -flowered, dark brown ; nut obovate- 

 oblong, narrowed at the apex, and crowned with the conical 3-angled tubercle ; 

 bristles rigid, rather longer than the nut. Low sandy places, Florida to North 

 Carolina, and (the var.) northward, chiefly near the coast. May - Sept. -^ 

 Culms tufted, 3' -9' high. Spikes l"-2" long. Lowest scale larger and per- 

 sistent. Nut strongly 3-angled. 



* * * Spikes thicker than the culm : style 2 - 3-cleft : nut lenticular. 

 *- Culm's ^-angled, bristle-like. 



17. E. bicolor, n. sp. Culms erect or procumbent, 4-angled or 4-furrowed ; 

 spikes ovate, obtuse, 8 - 1 2-flowered ; scales thin, loosely imbricated, ovate, ob- 

 tuse, white on the keel and margins, the sides dark brown ; style 2 - 3-cleft ; nut 

 very minute, white, obovate, lenticular, smooth, twice as long as the three fuga- 

 cious bristles ; tubercle broadly conical, compressed, one third as long as the 

 nut. Sandy margins of ponds, near Quincy, Florida. Aug. (J) Culms 

 tufted, l'-6' long, when growing in water finely knotted. Spikes l" long. 



18. E. multiflora, n. sp. Culms tufted, erect, 4-furrowed, the sheaths 

 dark brown; spikes ovate or oblong, obtuse, at length very many- (70-100-) 

 flowered ; scales oval, very obtuse, thin, brown on the sides, white on the mar- 

 gins ; stamens 2 ; style 2-cleft ; nut very minute, pear-shaped, compressed, 

 almost truncate at the apex, tipped with the somewhat peltate tubercle ; bristles 



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