Caricography. Qij 



subventricosis costatis rostratis minute pubescentibus,squa- 

 ma ovata mucronata paulo longioribus. 



Culm G — 8 inches high, slender, subdecumbent, trian- 

 gular, leafy, and reddish towards the base; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, soft, slender, glabrous, shorter than the calm ; 

 stigmas two ; staminate spike single, erect, slender, and its 

 scale oblong, rather obtuse, and reddish, with a white 

 edge ; pistillate spikes 2 — 3, ovate, sessile, about 4-flow- 

 ered, erect, and supported by long, leafy, scabrous bracts 

 about equalling the culm ; fruit oval, or somewhat obovate, 

 a little inflated, small, somewhat 3-sided, beaked, slightly 

 2-toothed, sub-pubescent when young, scarcely pubescent 

 in maturity, distinctly ribbed ; pistillate scale ovate, mu- 

 cronate, yellowish-red on the edges, and green on the 

 keel, a little shorter than the fruit; root creeping. 



Flowers in June and July — grows in rather open woods 

 on Saddle Mountain, at an elevation of nearly 3000 feet 

 above the sea ; — this is the only known locality — here it is 

 abundant. 



This species is related to C. varia and C. marginata, 

 but differs more from either than they do from each other; 

 and is with propriety considered by Mr. Schweinitz as a 

 new species. 



29, C.flava. L. 



Pursh, Mx. Eaton, Ree's Cyc. Pers. No. 1 26 

 Schk. tab. H. fig. 36. 

 Cfiava? Wahl. No. Q\. 



Spicis distinctis tristigmaticis ; spica staminifera solita- 

 ria subtriquetra ex eadem basi cum suprema fructifera et 

 breve pedunculata ; spicis fructiferis ternis ovato-oblongis 

 approximatis incluse pedunculatis ; fructibus ovatis dense 

 imbricatis bidentatis costatis cum rostro curvato reflexis, 

 squama ovato-lanceolata majoribus. 



Culm 12 — 20 inches high, rather obtusely triangular, 

 scabrous above, leafy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, flat, rather 

 narrow, striate, longer than the culm, shorter below ; 

 sheaths striate, stigmas three ; staminate spike single, 

 short-peduncled, with a brownish-red, oblong-lanceolate 

 scale; pistillate spikes 2 — 4, usually 3, ovate or short ob- 

 long, cylindric, densely fruited, and short peduncled ; 



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