C Dewey on Caricogy^ajjhy. 47 



* No. 251. 0, Boottianaj Beutliam. 



Spicis dioicis cylindraceis obloiigis basin attenuatis squamaceo- 

 bracteatis singulis cum squaniis oblongis obovatis brevi-mucro- 

 natisj infernt^ attenuatis sparsifiorisque, fructibus tristigmaticis 

 oblongis obovatis obtusis ore integris, scabro-villosiSj squama 

 paulo minoribus brevioribusque. 



Culm 6-12 inches bigb, erect, with short leaves towards the 

 base, and radical linear-lanceolate rough, leaves much longer 

 than the culm and bright green ; a single staminate spike oblong, 

 cylindric, attenuated below, on one culrn, and a similar pistillate 

 spike on another, each with a scale-like bract at the base and 

 loose-flowered, with oblong and obovate scales short-mucronate, 

 and all reddish purple with a narrow white edge, and pale green 

 keel; stigmas three; fruit oblong, obovate, hairj or woolly with 

 entire orifice, and shorter and narrower than the scale. 



Louisiana, Drummond, and Alabama, Peters. This is a very 

 distinct species. My specimens were collected February 27th, 

 1857, at Aloulton, Ala., by T. M. Peters, Esq. They were in 

 full blossom, the fruit being young but distinct, and were com- 

 municated by Dr. H. P. Sartwell, the well-known friend of 

 Caricograj)hy. 



* No. 252. C. lcevi-co7iica^ Dew. 



Spicis distinctis ; staminiferis 2-3, cylindraceis angustis, 

 infima sub-pedunculata, cum squamis lanceolatis arctis; pistillif- 

 eris 2, interdum 3, cylindraceis erectis oblongis sub-densifloris 

 folio-bracteatis, infima brevipedunculata vaginata, tristigmaitcis ; 

 fructibus oblongis conicis teretibus vix inflatis obtus^ terminatis 

 bifurcatis vel raro bidentatis ore obliquis, in maturitate laevibus 

 obsolete striatis gracilibus, squama ovata lanceolata longioribus 

 yel aequantibus; culmo erecto gracili basin foliato sub-bipcdali 

 laevigato glabro. 



Culm erect, often near two feet high, smooth, leafy towards 

 the base ; leafy bracts under the fertile spikes and surpassing the 

 culm ; staminate spikes 2 or 3, slender, cylindric, the lowest 

 short-pedunculate, and all with close lanceolate scales; pistillate 

 spikes 2, sometimes 3, oblong, cylindric, erect, leafy-bracteate, 

 somewhat loosely flowered, the lowest with a short sheath ; stig- 

 mas three ; fruit oblong, tapering, slender, scarcely inflated and 

 ending abruptly, bifurcate, oblique at the orifice, smooth and 

 obsoletely striate in maturity and graceful ; pistillate scale ovate 

 and lanceolate, shorter than or equalling the fruit. 



On the Big Sioux, Nebraska Ter.; Dr. F. V. Hayden. This 

 plant is too unlike the Tesicaria3 tribe, especially'' in the fruit and 

 scale, to belong to it. It has considerable resemblance to C. 

 laevigata, Smith, but is far unlike in the staminate spikes as well 

 as in the fruit and other particulars^ I can not trace it among 



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