Prof. Dewey on Caricography. 345 



scale ovate and oblong and acutish ; pistillate spikes 1-2, approx- 

 imate and sessile ; stigmas two ; fruit ovate-oblong, acuminate, 



scale. 



and 



Found in Greenland by Horneman, (Boott,) and not uncom- 

 mon in Norway. 



No. 218. C. elongata, L. Schk. Tab. G, fig. 25. 



Spica composita ; spicis 6-12, ovatis oblongis subsessiiibus sub- 

 approximatis distigmaticis inferne staminiferis erectis subdensi- 

 floris ; fructibus ovatis tereti-acutis convexis ore brevi-dentatis vel 

 subintegris, margine subscabris, subpatulis, squama ovata obtusa 

 longioribus. 



Culm 12-20 inches high, erect, leafy below, triquetrous and 

 scabrous ; leaves linear often surpassing the culm ; spikelets nu- 

 merous, six to twelve, ovate, oblong, sub-remotish, nearly sessile, 



stamina te at the base; fruit ovate, acute or long acuminate, con- 



vex, fine serrulate on the edge, nearly entire at the orifice or 

 slightly toothed, slightly diverging ; pistillate scale ovate and ob- 

 tuse, about half as long as the fruit ; plant yellowish-green. 

 Found in Russian America by Bongard, (Boott,) and common 



ovatam 



in Europe. 



No. 219. C. Heleonastes, L. Schk. Tab. Ti, fig. 97. 



Spicis subquaternis ovato-globosis sessilibus confertis inferne 

 staminiferis j fructibus ovatis acutis convexis subbidentatis sub- 

 Patulis vix margine «_....,, 

 sam vix superantibus. 



Culm near a foot high, erect, with linear leaves about half as 

 lo &g as the culm; spikelets 3-4, ovate, sessile, approximate, 

 staminate at their base ; stigmas two ; fruit ovate, acute, convex, 

 impressed, slightly two-toothed, some diverging, very slightly 

 scabrous on the edge ; pistillate scale ovate and oblong, obtuse, or 

 sometimes slightly apiculate, a little shorter than the fruit ; plant 

 lighten ° y F 



xeen. 



Drummond 



Bo °tt ; and common in the marshes of Sweden. 



Dr. Boott refers C. Carltoniana, D., to this plant, and if that 

 lla d more than one androgynous spike, the reference would be 

 i° rrect \ C - Carltoniana seems very diverse from the other, and far 



_ ire of C. Heleonastes, Schk. 



No - 220. C. amplifolia, Boott. In Hook. Flor. Bor. Am., 



No. 158, Tab. 226. 



s pica staminifera solitaria perlongo-cylindracea longo-peduncu- 

 * ata ; spicis pistilliferis tristigmaticis longo-cylindraceis distanti- 

 bu s foliaceo-bracteatis ; fructibus ovato-lanceolatis rostratis biden- 



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