40 Caricography. 
57. C. flexuosa. Schk. 
Muh., Pursh, Eaton, Schw., Ell. 
Pers. no, 166. 
Schk. tab. Ddd and Aaaa, fig. 124. 
C. tenuts. Rudge secund. Muh. and Rees’ Cyc. 
no. 155. 
Debilis. Mx. 
Spicis distinctis; spica staminifera solitaria filiformi: spicis 
fructiferis tristigmaticis quaternis filiformibus flexuosis cernuis 
sparsifloris lonzé et exserté pedunculatis; fructibus oblongo- 
Janceolatis subtriqueiris alternis glabris rostratis bifidis, squa- 
ma ovato-lanceolata vix duplo longioribus. 
Culm 1—2 feet high, triquetrous, scabrous above, slender ; 
leaves linear, long as the culm, shorter below, scabrous on the 
edges, with striate sheaths; bracts linear, leafy, surpassing the 
eulm, the lower ones with very long sheaths; staminate spike 
single, very slender, long, with rarely a few fruit, staminate 
scale oblong, obtuse, white on the margin; pistillate spikes 
four, filiform, nodding, loose-flowered, from one to two inches 
long, rather remote, alternate, lower ones very long, exsertly 
yedunculate ; rachis flexuous; stigmas three; fruit oblong- 
Janceolate, alternate, glabrous, subtriquetrous, nerved, ros- 
trate and two-toothed ; pistillate scale ovate lanceolate, 
whitish on the margin and green on the keel, a little more 
than half the length of the fruit. Colour of the plant light 
and dark green. 
Flowers in May and June—grows in moist woods and 
meadows—common. Penn., Muh. 
There can be little doubt that C. debilis, Mx. is this plant, 
as he notices its resemblance to C, sylvatica, Huds., to which 
this plant is certainly closely related. The specimens I have 
seen have many more fruit than Muh. mentions, though not 
many more than are given on the figure of this species in 
Schk. It should be observed that the C. dedilis, Forster, 
the C. Forsteri, Wahl. no. 81, isa very different plant from 
C. debilis, Mx. 
58. C. sylvatica. Huds. 
Pers. no. 165. Rees’ Cyc. no. 148. 
Schk. tab. LI fig. 101. 
C. drymeja. Ehrh. secundum Wahl. no. 79. 
Spicis distinctis ; spica staminifera solitaria gracili brevi 
pedunculata ; spicis fructiferis tristigmaticis subquaternis fili- 
