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58 varia. 39. suhnlata. 40. mnrglnata. 41. vestita. 42. 

 ientacnlata. 43. miliaris. 44. lupiUina. 45. fava. 46. 

 cUgocarpU' A7 • * Collinsii. Female spikes 3 or 4, subsessile, 

 inclusely pedunculate, approximate, about 6-flowei'ed; 

 fruit subulate, ventricose, nerved and rostrate, orifice ob- 

 lique, bicuspidate, cusps deflected; styles 2 or 3; scales 

 ovate, acuminate- about one-third the lengtii of the flower. 

 Hab. In the most shady sphagnose swamps; New Jersey. 

 Obs. About 12 to 18 inches high, smooth; culm very- 

 slender, obtusely triquetrous and leaf) ; lowest spike part- 

 ly exserted; flowers distinct and spreading-, smooth; cusps 

 rigid and hooked back so as to become tenaceous. 48. 

 follicidata. 49. pubescois. 

 JTale spike soUtarij, female ones lon_§- peduncitlate. 



50. plantaginea. 51. anceps. 52. gramtlnris. 53. conoi' 

 dea. 54- ietujnca. 55. laxifora. 56.hifstencina. 57- din- 

 tans. 58. Jlexuosa. 59. digitalia. 



j\Iale spike solitary, female c7ies pedunculate, sheathes 

 almost none. 



60. iimbeliata. 61, *anrea. Female spikes 3, approxi- 

 mate, filiform and erect, few-flowered, 2 of them pedun- 

 culate; fruit globose, obtuse, yellow and glaucous, orifice, 

 obsolete, entire; bractes foUaceous. Hab. Qn the shores 

 of Lake Michigan. The whole plant partly glaucous; 

 culm, very slender 4 to 6 inches iiigh; leave.*; very narrow; 

 bracte much longer tlian tlie spike; fruit smooth, bright 

 yellow; stigmas 3. 62. miliacM. 63. FisudcCijpems. 

 J\fale spikes several. 



64. recurza. 65. pellita. 66. laciistris. 67. redcaria. 68. 

 lull at tt' 



This vast genus, comprehending more than 200 species, 

 is almost exclusiAely indigenous to Europe and North 

 America, a few species have been collected in the southern 

 hemisphere, at the Cape of Good Hope, in India, China 

 and Japan, there is also 1 at the Straits of Magellan. 



54. SCLERIA. Gmrtner, (Wliip-grass.) 



Calix glume 2 to G-valved, many-flowered. 

 stigmas 1 to 3. JS^ut coloured, subgiobose. 



Leaves caricine; flowers paniculate, spiked or fascicu- 

 lated. 



Species. I. S. reticularis. 2. verticiVata. 3. interrupta. 

 4. hirtella 5. ciUata. 6. paucifora. 7- triglomerata. 



The reniainder of this gen-as of about 30 species is ex- 

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