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0. Perig'ynia ovate, 8-4 mm. long. 

 Spikes at most 12-flowered. 

 Inflorescence 1-3 cm. long, the 2-6 spikes subap- 



proximate 27. C. stelluluta. 



Inflorescence 2-6 cm. long, the 2-4 spikes very re- 

 mote, the terminal with a clavate base 0.5-1 



cm. long (27) C. atellulata, v. orinantha. 



Spikes with more flowers. 

 Leaves 1-2.5 mm. broad; spikes scattered, 12-20- 

 flowered ; perigyiiia less than half as broad as 



l"nff (27) C. stellulata, v. excel«lor. 



Leaves 2-4 mm. broad ; spikes mostly approximate, 

 15-40-flowered ; perigynia half as broad as 



long (27) C. stellulata, v. cephalantha. 



6. Perigynia lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-8 mm. long ; 



inflorescence of 2-6 approximate spikes . (27) C. stellulata, v. angustata- 



d. Perigynia more than half as broad as long (narrower only 

 in var. of no. 29), firm, brownish or dark green; 

 beak one fourth to one half as long as the body. 

 Scales sharp-pointed ; leaves 2.5-4.5 mm. broad ; inflo- 

 rescence 1.5-3.5 cm. long; spikes 15-50-flowered ; 



coarse plant 28. C"'. sterilia. 



Scales blunt; leaves narrower; inflorescence 1-2 cm. 

 long ; spikes 5-15-flowered ; slender plants. 

 Leaves -1-2 mm. broad ; perigynia faintly nerved or 

 nerveless on the inner face. 

 Perigynia deltoid-ovate, spreading . . . . 29. C scirpoides. 

 Perigynia lance-subulate, ascending . . (29) C. scirpoides, v. JoKselynii. 

 Leaves narrower ; perigynia strongly nerved (29) C. scirpoides, v. capillacea. 

 c. Perigynia broadest near the middle, less than 2 mm. broad, 

 very thin and conspicuously nerved, with short smooth 

 beak ; spikes remote 30. C. seoria. 



B. PeRIG\'NIA not THIN-WINGEO, ASCENDING FROM THE FIRST, PLANO- 

 CONVEX /. 



/. Perigynia 4 mm. or more long, long-beaked. 



Spikes lance-cylindric, in a loose linear-cylindric inflorescence ; 

 perigynia 1-1.3 mm. broad, strongly nerved; scales ob- 

 long; leaves 1-2.5 mm. broad 34. C.hromoides. 



Spikes ovoid or ovoid-cylindric ; perigynia 1.6-1.9 mm. broad, 

 faintly nerved or nerveless ; scales ovate ; leaves 2-5 mm. 



broad 85. C. Detceyana. 



f. Perigynia less than 4 mm. long g. 

 g. Perigynia with serrulate beaks or margins h. 

 h. Inflorescence elongate, from slender to thickish-cylindric *. 

 *. Perigynia ovate, broadest at base ; spikes mostly or all 



approximate in a thick cylindric inflorescence . . 31. C. arcta. 

 i, Perigynia broadest near the middle. 



Plant glaucous ; leaves 2-4 mm. broad ; spikes with 

 many appressed-ascendiug glaucous obscurely 

 beaked perigynia. 

 Spikes 6-10 nim. long, approximate or the lowest 



rarely 1.5 cm. apart; perigynia 2.3-3 mm. long . 32. C. cane seen s. 

 Spikes 4-7 mm. long, subapproximate or remote; 



perigynia about 2 mm. long . . . (32) C. canescens, v. suhloliacea. 

 Spikes. 6-12 mm. long, remote, the lowest 2-4 cm. 



apart (32) C. canescens, v. disjuncta. 



Plant green, not glaucous ; leaves 1-2.5 mm. broad ; 

 spikes with few loosely spreading dark green or 



brown distinctly beaked perigynia . . . .33. C. hrunnescens. 

 h. Inflorescence subglobose, of 2-4 closely approximate sub- 

 globose loosely flowered silvery spikes; perigynia 

 oblong, beakless, nerved, 3-3.4 mm. long . . . 36.* C. tenuiflora. 

 g. Perigynia smooth throughout j. 



j. Spikes whitish, silvery green or pale brown. 



Inflorescence elongate, at least the lower spikes scattered. 

 Uppermost spikes divaricate-pedunculate, lowermost 

 subtended by a leaf-like bract ; perigynia usually 

 more than 3 mm. long. 



Leaves flat, 1-2 mm. broad 2,1. C. trisperma. 



Leaves setaceous, 0.3-0.5 mm. broad . . (37) C. trisperma, v. BillingHii. 

 Spikes continuous in a linear-cylindric loose inflores- 

 cence, bractless or only short-bracted ; perigynia 



2-3 mm. long 32. C. canescens. 



Inflorescence subglobose, of 2-4 closely approximate sub- 

 globose loosely flowered spikes ; perigynia beakless, 



3 mm. or more long 36. C tenuiflora. 



j. Spikes ferruginous or dark brown ; terminal spikes with 

 conspicuous clavate base; perigynia abruptly beaked', 

 culms smooth (or harsh only at tips). 



