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more than two staminate spikes, and have never found a 

 pistillate spike which was staminate below on this species. 



35. C. bullala. Schk. 



Pursh, Eaton, Persoon No. 205. 

 Schk. tab. Uuu fig. 166, 



Spicis staminiferis et fructiferis distinctis; spicis stam- 

 iniferis ternis longiusculis, suprema pedunculata, infima 

 bracteata ; spicis fructiferis tristigmaticis binis exserte pe- 

 dunculatis oblongis cylindraceis subnutantibus ; fructibus 

 ovatis globosis inflatis erectis glabris costatis cum rostro 

 sub-hispido bifurcato,squamalanceolataduplo longioribus. 



Culm 20 — 30 inches high, rather slender, triangular, 

 scabrous above, leafy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, scabrous 

 on the edges, rather stiff, striate, longer than the culm, 

 shorter below ; sheaths striate ; staminate spikes 2 — 3, 

 highest pedunculate and long and slender, the lower short- 

 er and sessile and the lowest bracted ; stigmas S ; pistillate 

 spikes 2 — 3, oblong, cjlindric, rather erect, with peduncles 

 longer than the sheaths ; bracts with shortish sheaths, leafy, 

 scabrous, surpassing the culm, narrow ; fruit ovate, glo- 

 bose, much inflated, ribbed or strongly nerved, glabrous, 

 with a scabrous or subhispid and bifurcate beak ; pistillate 

 scale rather broad-lanceolate, reddish brown on the edge 

 and green on the keel, and about half the length of the 

 fruit; plant glabrous and light green. One of the stami- 

 nate spikes is sometimes androgynous. 



Flowers in May — grows in marshy places or among 

 bogs. 1 have found it only in a meadow nearly a mile 

 south of the Meeting-house in Sheffield in this County; 

 Deerfield— Rev. Mr. Hitchcock ; Penn. by M. Schvveintz. 

 Though Pursh says it is common, it has rarely been found. 

 This species is finely drawn by Schk , and is readily dis- 

 tinguished from the other species in Ph. and Eaton. 



36. C. pseudo-cyperus, L. 



Muh., Ph., Eaton, Agh., Rees' Cyc, No. 



140, Pers. No 169. 

 Schk. lab. Mm fig. 102. 



Spicis staminiferis et fructiferis distinctis ; spica stamin- 



