Caricography. 45 
thirds the length of the fruit. Colour of the plant light or 
yellowish green. 
Flowers in June. Grows in moist meadows and along wet 
hedges; common. Penn.—Schweinitz. 
This species belongs in the same natural division as C. 
festucacea, with which it has probably been confounded. {t 
appears, however, to be distinct from it, and is very appro- 
priately named. In the number of spikes it resembles C. 
lagopodioides, but is a very different plant. 
65. C. floriduna. Schw. Analyt. Tab. 
Spicis distinctis; spica staminifera solitaria sessili parva ; 
spicis fructiferis distigmaticis sub-quaternis aggregatis ovatis 
sessilibus bracteatis, infima sepe sub-remotis, fructibus ova- 
hibus basi subattenuatis compressis convexo-planis rostratis 
breve bifidis, squama ovato-oblonge scabro-cuspidate equa- 
libus. Vide fig. Obs. spica terminali superne staminifera. 
secundum Schw. 
Culm about six inches high, triquetrous, slender, scabrous 
above; leaves radical, linear, flat, narrow, sometimes a foot 
Jong; bracts linear-lanceolate, leafy, lower ones surpassing 
the culm; staminate spike single, short, small, cylindric, 
sessile,—pistillate at the base according to Schweinitz but 
entirely staminate in my specimens; staminate scale iauceo- 
Jate, tawny on the edge; pistillate spikes three to five, ovate, 
short, sessile, aggregate, bracteate, lower one sometimes 
rather remote; stigmas two; fruit oval, compressed, some- 
what attenuate at the base, rostrate, glabrous, shortly bifid ; 
pistillate scale ovate-oblong, mucronate and quite scabrous, 
white and membranaceous, green on the keel, long as the 
fruit. Colour of the plant light green. 
Found in Florida by Mr. lie Conte,—appears to be a very 
distinct species,—belongs in the same natural division as C. 
nove-anglice, and C. pyriformis, unless the upper spike 
should prove to be generally androgynous. For my speci- 
mens I am indebted to the kindness of Dr. Torrey. 
66. C. blanda. (mihi) 
C. conoidea, Muh. 
Muh. Gram. no. 39, Schw. 
Spicis distinctis; spica staminifera solitaria erecta pedun- 
culaia triquetras spicis fructiferis tristigmaticis subternis 
oblongis cylindraceis subsparsifloris alternis bracteatis, su- 
