66 Caricography. 
spike, though Muh. seems often to have noticed such speci- 
mens. 
53. C. miliaris. Mx. 
Spicis distinctis ; spica staminifera solitaria pallida longius 
pedunculata ; spica fructifera sessili ovoidea fusca,—bractea 
setacea brevi; fructibus sphezroideis levibus. 
As I have never seen this plant, I have merely changed the 
description of Mx. so as to be in conformity with the pre- 
ceding. The culm is erect, slender, scabrous above, leafy ; 
leaves very narrow and flat; pistillate spike single, ovate, 
tawney, sessile,—sometimes two, the lower being distant 
and sessile; bract bristly and short; fruit spheroidal and 
smooth. 
Grows in the northern marshes of Canada according to Mx. 
There is reason to doubt whether it is found in one of the 
localities mentioned by Pursh. The plant appears to be en- 
tirely distinct from others yet described, and if the descrip- 
tion be at all complete, will doubtless hereafter be found about 
the northern lakes, and not improbably about ponds among 
the mo. ntains of th northern part of the United States. 
54. C. anceps. Muh. 
Pursh, Eaton, Schw., Pers. no. 134. Ell. no. 
36. Schw. 
Schk. tab. Ff fig. 128, and tab. Kkkk fig. 195. 
C. plantaginea. Muh. Gram. 
C. heterosperma. Wahl. no. 67. 
C. striatula. Mx. 
Spicis distinctis; spica staminifera solitaria oblonga breve 
pedunculata ; spicis fructiferis tristigmaticis subternis subfili- 
formibus erectis alternis sparsifloris pedunculo ancipiti, su- 
prema subsessili, ceteris subremotis exserté pedunculatis ; 
fructibus ovali-ventricosis basi elongatis apice attenuatis alter- 
nis subtriquetris glabris striatis ore membranaceo vel integro 
excurvis, squama oblonga mucronata vel ovata acuta paulo 
longioribus. 
Culm about one foot high, acuéely triangular, often nearly 
two-edged above and scabrous, leafy ; radical leaves, iiving 
through the winter, linear-lanceolate, rather long, distinctly 
nerved or ribbed, from one fourth to more than half an inch 
wide, glaucous and often remaining glaucous through the win- 
ter, sending forth the culm in the spring; those of the culm 
