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auricuJata ; fructlbus ellipticis convexo-planis obtusis brevi-rostratis, 

 squamani oblongam obtusam subaequantibus. 



Culm six to ten inches high, triquetrous, scabrous above, with 

 leaves sheathing towards the base, and nearly as long as the culm 

 and flat ; staminate spike single, oblong, cylindric, with ovate and 

 obtuse scales ; stigmas two ; pistillate spikes two to four, sometimes 

 staminate above, sub-approximate, oblong, obtuse, sometimes loose- 

 flowered, the lowest with a leafy bract having so large auricles as to 

 be clasping the stem ; fruit elliptic, convex on the upper and flat 

 on the under side, obtuse, with a short beak, and light colored ; pis- 

 tillate scale oblong, obtuse, black, and long as the fruit ; plant is of 

 light green color. 



Found by Dr. Richardson near Fort Franklin on McKenzie's 

 river, and at Bear Lake, and on the sea coast of arctic America. 

 As Pursh's description of this species is taken from Willd., I have 

 quoted him as authority, although it may be doubtful whether he 

 ever saw the species in our country. 



No. 138. C. compacta, R. Br. 

 R. Brown's appendix to Ross's Voyage. 

 Torrey and Schw. No. 54. 

 Tab. U, fig. 63. 

 Spicis distinctis ; staminifera solitaria, raro binis, erecta oblonga ; 

 pistilliferis distigmaticis subbinis, pedunculatis erectis oblongis sub- 

 densifloris ; fructibus ovatis convexis brevi-rostratis ore bilobis, squa- 

 ma ovata nigra acutiuscula longioribus. 



Culm six inches high, erect, triquetrous, smooth, leafy ; leaves 

 flat, long as culm, and sheathing the base ; bracts long, leafy, with 

 short sheaths; staminate spike one, rarely two, erect, cylindric, with 

 oblong and obtusish black scales ; stigmas two ; pistillate spikes 

 about two, erect, cylindric, half an inch long, pedunculate ; fruit 

 ovate, acutish, short-beaked, orifice two-lobed, brownish at the apex ; 

 pistillate scale ovate acutish, black, and shorter than the fruit. 

 Found on the Rocky Mountains. Resembles C . saxatilis, but differs 

 in fruit, and scale, and general appearance. 



No. 139. C. stenophyUa, Wahl. 



Schk. Tab. G. fig. 32. 



Wahl. No. 21. 



Spiculis in caput subglobosum aggregatis, distigmaticis, superne 



staminiferis ; fructibus subrotundis ventricosis convexo-planiusculis 



