Caricography. 259 



and grassy, its culm varying from 6 — 12 inches in height. Like 

 the preceding species, it varies much in the number of its 

 fruit. The whole plant has a light green colour. 



42. C. pedunculata. Muh. 



Muh., Pursh, Eaton, Pers. no. 31. 

 Schk. tab. Ggg. fig. 131. 



Spicis subquinis tristigmaticis trigonis distantibus longe pe- 

 dunculatis, superne stameniferis ; fructibus obovatis triquetris, 

 apice recurvatis, vulgo glabris, squama oblonga vel obovata 

 mucronata paulo longioribus. 



Culm 4 — 8 inches high, triangular, scabrous above, rather 

 procumbent, reddish-brown at the base; leaves chiefly radi- 

 cal, stiff, rather flat, carinate, longer than the culm, striate ; 

 spikes mostly androgynous, triangular, short, on rather long 

 exserted peduncles, the lowest sometimes wholly pistillate, 

 and the highest sometimes having the staminate flowers in a 

 distinct spike just above the pistillate ; stigmas 3 ; staminate 

 scale ovate, mucronate, reddish-brown ; fruit obovate, three- 

 sided, somewhat recurved at the apex ; pistillate scaleoblong 

 or obovate, mucronate, reddish-brown, green on the keel, and 

 a little shorter than the fruit. Colour of the plant light green.* 



Flowers in April. Grows in open woods^ — common. 



This singular and beautiful species delights in the warm 

 and sunny sides of hills and open woods, and is the first of the 

 grasses to show its flowers in the spring. Its fruit may often 

 be found of full size early in May. 



4 3. C. virescens, Muh. 

 Muh., Pursh, Eaton, Pers. no. 93. 

 Schk. tab. Mmm. fig. 147. 

 Spicis ternis tristigmaticis oblongis erectis alternis, suprema 

 pedunculata inferne stanienifera, cseteris fructiferis subsessih- 

 bus bracteatis ; fructibus ovatis obtusis costatis pubescentibus, 

 squama ovata pubescente mucronata longioribus vel subJE- 

 qualibus. 



Culm 15 — 24 inches high, rather slender, triangular, leafy, 

 scabrous above, often reddish-brown at the base ; leaves li- 



* Prof. Dewey would be happy to exchange Cai'ices, ou most liberal 

 terms, with any Botanist for C ovata, Rudge, credited to Canada, C. 

 Fraseri, credited to N. Carolina, C. scirpoidea Mx. C, subulata, Mx. 

 ajid C. mfo'am, Mx» 



