Careograph 1 275 
an the keel; stigmas three ; pistillate spikes 2—4, generally 
tree, erect, short pedunculate, the two higher rather near, 
the third rather remote, and the fourth, when present, very 
distant, peduncles some longer than the sheaths ; fruit elliptic, 
somewhat triquetrous,attenuated at both ends, alternate, distant, 
inflated, striate, recurved at the apex, with a short beak ab- 
ruptly terminated and having an open orifice ; pistillate scale 
ovate or oblong, rough-mucronate, often equalling and some- 
times exceeding the length of the fruit, whitish on the margin 
and green on the keel. Colour of the plant rather dark 
green; and the culm. leaves, and bracts covered with a 
slight, but distinct, scabrous pubescence. 
lowers in May—grows on the borders of mountain woods, 
Williamstown. 
This beautiful species is allied to C. Zawiflora. It is readi- 
ly distinguished from that species by its fruit and rough pu- 
bescence. It is named in honour of the Rev. E. Hitchcock 
and lady, to whom I am so greatly indebted for the figures 
which accompany this Caricography. 
76. C. paniculata. L. 
Muh. Pursh, Eaton, Schw., Pers. no. 77. 
Wahl. no. 25. Rees’ Cyc. no. 61. Mon. no. 23, 
Schk. tab. D fig. 20. 
Spiculis androgynis superne staminiferis, szpe dioicis, di- 
stigmaticis fuscis ovatis in paniculam digestis ; fructibus ovate- 
Janceolatis acuminatis gibbis nervosis bidentatis margine cili- 
ato-serratis basi glabris, squama ovata acuta acuminata pau- 
lo brevioribus. 
Culm 15—30 inches high, slender, triquetrous, scabrous 
above ; leaves linear, pointed, about as long as the culm, 
narrow, striate, shorter below, with tawny sheaths at the 
base; spikelets staminiferous above, often dicecious, nume- 
rous, ovate, tawny, arranged along several branches, and the 
whole ofa paniculate form ; stigmas two; fruit ovate-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, bidentate, scarcely triquetrous, somewhat 
concave below, gibbous at the base, with a scabrous margin 
and becoming dark brown in maturity ; pistillate scale ovate, 
acuminate, tawny, a little longer than the fruit. Colour of 
the plant light green. 
Flowers in May—grows in large tufts along the borders 
ef ponds and about stagnant waters; common. This species 
tS COMMON in Kurope, and the specimens received from the 
