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Becetachys Beklr. (C. foenea Willd.). I am now growing 
P ants of this variety here at Lansing to see what effect an inland 
abitat will have. I have found a very near a roach to this 
Gulf borders, uniess it be in the upper Canadian provinces. 
fenea var.? ferruginea of the Manual is midway between the 
hae of C. straminea and the var. tenera Boott. I was misled 
Y numerous specimens, which I supposed to be authentic, to 
8 . 
urpasses the very long-pointed leaves. 
are no 
characters in it which are not also in one OF all of these three 
forms or none at all. 
dy the sedges as they 
fi Mr. H. N. Patterson has collected C. misandra R. Br. (C. 
uiginosa Sternb. & Hppe.) in Colorado this summer. It ap- 
ars to be new to the United States. It is distinguished from 
C. frigida All, its nearest ally, by its vvate or elub- shaped spikes, 
are ex- 
pkuhr’s name to the plant now ‘desi 
Sing that they had Schkuhr’s species. 
