344 Prof. Deicey on Cartography. 



No. 215. C. salina, Wahl. Schk. Tab. Cecc, fig. 185. 



Spicis staminiferis 1-2 erectis cylindraceis, inferiori sessili ; 

 spicis pistilliferis 2-3 cylindraceis erectis subdistantibus brevi- 

 pedunculatis bracteatis densifloris distigrnaticis ; fructibus ellip- 

 ticis brevi-apiculatis utrinque convexis ore integris, squama ob- 

 longa acuta brevi-aristata brevioribus. 



Culm 8-16 inches, leafy towards the base, with long and leafy 

 bracts often undulate at their origin j staminate spikes about two, 

 erect, oblong, with oblong and obtuse scales or varying to lance- 

 olate, the lower one often with some fruit; pistillate spikes 2-3, 

 erect, cylindric, scarcely sheathed at base, rather close-fruited; 

 stigmas two ; fruit ovate or elliptic, roundish, short-apiculate or 

 rostrate, convex on both sides; pistillate scale ovate, oblong, 

 acute, short-awned and longer than the fruit. 



Found in Arctic America by Beechy and Drummond, (Boott,) 

 and common on the shores of Norway. 



No. 216. C. aperta, Boott. Boott in Hook., FI. Bor. Am., No. 



82, Tab. 219. 



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Spicis staminiferis, 1-2, cylindraceis erectis ; spicis pistilliferis 

 2-4, distigrnaticis oblongis superne approximatis cylindraceis 

 sessilibus apice staminiferis, inferiore subremota pedunculate; 

 fructibus ovatis orbiculatis stipitatis brevi-rostratis ore bidentatis 

 squama acuta lanceolata brevioribus. 



Culm 12-18 inches high, erect, triquetrous, rough on the 

 edges, with sheathing leaves towards the root which are shorter 

 than the culm; bracts leafy below and auriculate: staminate 

 spikes 1-2, long, cylindric, lower sessile, with obtuse darkish 



spike 



close-fruited, 



apex 



rather remote and pedunculate ; stigmas two ; fruit roundis , 

 short apiculate, or rostrate, stipitate, bidentate ; pistillate sea 

 lanceolate, acute, larger and much narrower than the fruit. 



Found at Columbia river by Douglas and at Columbia rtfe 

 by Richardson,— Boott. Resembles one form of C cesptWh 

 but appears different. 



No. 217. C. glareosa, Wahl. Schk. Tab. Aaa, fig- 97 ' 



Spica termkiali androgyna inferne staminifera oblonga pe . 

 culata; spicis pistilliferis binis (1-2) oblongis sessilibus a PP r0 ^ 

 matis distigrnaticis densifloris ; fructibus oblongis acuminata 

 integris nervosis convexis, squamam ovatam acutam paulo s p 

 antibus. , $e 



Culm 6-10 inches high, smooth, triquetrous, leafy at ^ 

 leaves linear lanceolate much shorter than the culm ; sp lKe > ate 

 ovate, oblong, upper one staminate below and with starm* 



