270 Caricographi. 
This species is not the C. stricta, Lam., the C. Virginiana, 
Rees? Cyc. no. 100, which is probably the variety f of C- 
acuta. 
70. C.crinita. Lam. 
Muh., Pursh, Eaton, Pers. no. 192, Ell. no. 20. 
Rees’ Cyc. no. 141. Schw. 
Schk. tab. Hee fig. 125, and Ttt fig. 164. 
C. leonura, Wahl. no. 120, Rees’ Cyc. no. 138. 
C. paleacea, Wahl. no. 131, Rees’ Cyc. no. 171. 
Spica staminifera solitaria vel binis laxis, seepe sparsé fruc- 
tiferis; spicis fructiferis distigmaticis, rard_tristigmaticis, 
subternis oblongo-cylindraceis pedunculatis nutantibus sub- 
laxifloris inferne attenuatis, sape superne staminiferis ; fructi- 
bus ovatis subinflatis subtriquetris breviter rostratis ore inte- 
gro glabris, squama oblonga lineare longé scabro-aristata tri- 
plo brevioribus. 
B. paleacea. C. paleacea, Wahl. Spicis fructiferis sub- 
quaternis longo-cylindraceis flagelliformibus densifloris distig- 
maticis recurvis cum pedunculo longo reclinato ; squamis 
cuspide longa serrata terminatis, fructu plus quam triplo longi- 
oribus. 
y. gynanra. C. gynandra, Schw. Analyt. ‘Tab. Spicis 
fructiferis pendulis ; squamis fructu subduplo longioribus, 
Culm 15—30 inches high, acutely triquetrous, subscabrous 
above: leaves linear-lanceolate, scabrous on the edge, stri- 
ate, shorter than the culm with striate sheaths ; bracts leafy, 
surpassing the culm, without sheaths, somewhat embracing 
the stem; staminate spike single, sometimes two, long, lax, 
often with a few fruit scattered above, or below, or along the 
middie of the spike ; staminate scale linear, acute, rough on 
the edge, brown on the margin, sometimes oblong and mu- 
cronate ; stigmas two, rarely three ; pistillate spikes two to 
four, usually three or four, oblong-cylindric, often larger in 
the middle and attenuated at the base, pedunculate, nodding, 
sometimes suberect, often staminate above, rather densely 
flowered ; fruit ovate, subtriquetrous, subinflated, short-ros- 
irate, glabrous, entire at the orifice; pistillate scale linear, 
