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membranous pale brown scale: stigmas 2. In swamps and wet woods, 
Oregon to Brit. Columbia and across the continent. 
C. Deweyana Schwein. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. i, 65. Stems slender, 
spreading, nearly or quite smooth, 1-2 feet long: leaves 1-2 lines wide, flat, 
soft, shorter than the stem: spikes 3-6, oblong or subglobose, few-flowered, 
2-3 lines thick, distinctly separated or the upper ones contiguous: stamin- 
ate flowers basal: perigynia lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, thin, tapering 
above to a rough strongly 2-toothed beak half as long as the body, equal- 
ling the hyaline-margined broadly ovate acute or cuspidate scale: stigmas 
2.. In wooded districts, California to Alaska and across the continent. 
Var. Bolanderi W, Boott Bot. Cal. ii, 236. Stems stouter and 
leaves broader: spikes 4-10, with more numerous flowers: scales hispid- 
awned. With the type, Washington to California. 
§ 2 Ovates Kunth Enum. Pl. ii, 394. Spikes tawny or 
dark, rather large, sometimes crowded. Perigynia with a more 
or less winged margin which is mostly incurved at maturity mak- 
ing them concave. 
C. sieccatu Dewey Am. Journ. Sci. x, 278. Rootstock long and stout: 
stems slender, erect, 1-2 feet high: leaves about a line wide, the upper 
sometimes exceeding the stem, the lower short: bracts short or the lower 
bristle-like and elongated: spikes 3-6, oblong or subglobose, 3-4 lines long, 
brownish, clustered or more or less scattered: staminate flower variously 
situated or whole spikes staminate: perigynia ovate-lanceolate, less than 3 
lines long, wing-margined, tapering to a rough beak nearly as long as the 
body, about equalling the ovate-lanceolate membranous acute or acumin- 
geet : stamens2. In dry ground, California to Brit. Columbia and 
ew York. 
C. pratensis Drejer Rev. Crit. Car. 24. Stems slender, erect when 
oung, the summit at length nodding, 12-18 inches high: leaves about 1 
ine wide shorter than the stem: spikes 3-6, oblong or club-shaped, scat- 
tered or the upper contiguous, silvery-brown, shining, 3-5 lines long, less 
than 3 lines thick, several-flowered: staminate flowers basal: perigynia 
lanceolate, thin, pale, wing-margined, tapering into a beak nearly as long 
as the body, about as long as the lanceolate acute or acuminate membran- 
oo scale? stigmas 2. Eastern Oregon to Alaska, Labrador andthe Rocky 
Mountains. 
C. straminiformis Bailey Mem. Torr. Bot. Club i, 24. Stems 6 inches 
to 2 feet high, obtusely angled, nearly smvoth: leaves flat, 1-2 lines wide, 
shorter than the stem: heads variegated, pale green and chestnut, 6-12 
lines long, 6-10 lines thick, oblong, triangular-ovoid or subspherical, of 
3-8 crowded ellipsoidal spikes: scales chestnut-color, pale.in the middle, 
with narrow byaline margins ovate, acute: perigynia broadly ovate or 
roundish, abruptly attenuate to a sharp minutely identate beak, broadly 
wing-margined to the base, the wings finely serrate, longer and broader 
than the scales. In dry soil on the high mountains, Washington to Calif. 
€. feta Bailey Bull. Torr. Bot. Club xx, 417. Stems slender, 1-3 feet 
high: leaves 2 lines wide, shorter than the stem: heads ovoid or oblong, of 
4-12 crowded or contiguous, spikes, naked or the lowest with a setaceous 
bract with a dilated base: perigynia pale fulvous, lanceolate, attenuate, 
rather sharply bidentate, winged, nearly 2 lines long, broader than the 
Pigg oar maker fulvous lanceolate acuminate scales. In swales, Washington 
alifornia. 
€. leporina L. Sp. 973. Stems slender, erect, roughish above, 12-18 
inches high: leaves about 1line wide, flat, shorter than the stems: bracts 
