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convexis laevibus ore integris, squamam ovatam acutiusculam aequan- 

 tibus. 



Culm a foot or more high, triquetrous, striate, scabrous, stiff, erect ; 

 leaves sheathing towards the base and shorter than the culm ; spikes 

 three, sessile, ovate, near, upper one staminate below, and the others 

 pistillate ; stigmas three ; fruit ovate, acutish, smooth, slightly nerv- 

 ed, flat below and convex above, tapering ; scale ovate, acute, equal 

 to the fruit. 



Northern regions near Carlton House. This is a beautiful and dis- 

 tinct species, and belongs in the same subdivision as C. virescens, &ic. 



No. 142. C. Pan-yana, Dewey. 

 Tab. U. fig. 65. 



Spicis distinctis, staminifera solitaria erecta cylindracea, pistilhferis 

 binis vel ternis tristigmaticis oblongis cylindraceis densifloris erectis ; 

 inferiore pedunculata bracteata ; fructibus obovatis convexo-planis 

 obtusis IcBvibus vix rostratis ore integris, squama ovata acuta vel sub- 

 mucronata paulo longioribus. 



Culm eighteen inches high, erect, stiff, triquetrous, rough, striate, 

 with leaves sheathing and shorter than the culm ; staminate spike 

 single, erect, cylindric, or rather tapering towards either end, with 

 oblong scales, obtuse and white on the edge ; pistillate spikes two 

 or three, erect, cylindric, close fruited, highest sessile, lower pedun- 

 culate and with a leafy and nearly sheathless bract ; stigmas three ; 

 fruit obovate, obtuse, convex above, flat beneath, subtriquetrous, 

 nerved, orifice entire, and scarcely rostrate ; pistillate scale ovate, 

 acutish or sub-mucronate, dark brown, white on the edge, and a lit- 

 tle shorter than the fruit ; plant a light green. The fruit is compact 

 and small. 



This is a beautiful species, found by Dr. Richardson at Hudson's 

 Bay. It seems to be wholly distinct from any heretofore described. 



No. 143. C. arctica, Dewey. 



Tab. V. fig. 66. 



Spicis subternis tristigmaticis ovato-cylindraceis sessilibus, infima 



pedunculata bracteata, suprema inferne staminifera ; fructibus ovatis 



plano-convexis obtusis brevissime-rostratis ore integris, squama ovata 



obtusa paulo longioribus. 



Culm eight inches high, erect, stiff, triquetrous, slightly scabrous; 

 leaves at the base short and flat ; spikes three to four, ovate-oblonw, 

 round, sessile except the lowest which has also a leafy bract ; the 



