268 Carwography. 
Note. ‘Though the distinguishing characters of C. cepha-. 
lophora, were given Vol. VII. p. 269 of this Journal, a more 
extended description is due to that species, and here follows. 
C. cephalophora. ‘ 
Muh., Pursh, Eaton, Schw., Ell. 
Pers. 10 20. Nidn.” 1G. 12. 
Schk. tab. Hhh fig. 133. 
Spiculis androgynis superne staminiferis distigmaticis 
ovatis densé aggregatis subquinis bracteatis ; fructibus ovatis 
acuminatis compressis bifidis margine scabris, squame parve 
scabro-cuspidate subaqualibus. 
Culm 8—20 inches high, 2—4 feet, and decumbent ac- 
cording to Muhlenberg, triquetrous, scabrous above; leaves 
very long, often surpassing the culm, linear-lanceolate, sca- 
brous on the margin, striate, sheathing towards the base; 
spikelets three to seven, about five generally, staminate 
above, ovate, becoming yellow or tawny, distinct but densely 
ageregated, often forming a kind of head, lower ones often a 
little remote, with ovate bracts ending in a scabrous bristle 
twice or thrice as long as the spikelets ; fruit ovate, acumi- 
nate, compressed, bifid, scabrous on the margin, glabrous, 
and diverging ; pistillate scale ovate, small, cuspidate, and 
scabrous, about the length of the fruit. Colour of the plant 
rather light green. 
Flowers in May-——grows along the borders of woods ; com- 
mon. 
The particular difference between C. cephalophora and C. 
squarrosa, which were strangely confounded by Pursh, was 
remarked upon Vol. VII. p. 269—270. 
* See the “ Monograph of the North American species of Carex ; by 
the Rey. Lewis D. De Schweinitz: Edited by John Torrey.” This 
paper, which is known to be greatly indebted to its Editor for its present 
form and many of its excellencies, began to appear in the “ Annals of 
the Lyceum of Nat. History of New York,” Vol. I. No. 9. The refer- 
ence to the Monograph will be Mon. or Schw. and Torrey. 
