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No. 158. C. Drummondiana, D. 

 — attenuatal R. Br. 

 Tab. Y. fig. 82. 



Spica unica cylindracea superne denseque staminifera, saepe sola 

 staminifera, tristigmatica ; fructibus obovatis subtriquetris infra pla 

 nis nervosis laevibus brevi-rostratis alternis et paucifloris ore occluso, 

 squamarn ovatam obtusam subaequantibus. 



Culm about four inches high, triquetrous, sub-scabrous, striate, 

 erect and stiff, leafy towards the base ; leaves flat, linear-lanceolate, 

 nerved, grassy, long as the culm, deep green; spike J — 1 inch long, 

 dark brovs^n, densely flowered above, with a few alternate fruit at 

 the base, sometimes the spikes are wholly staminate, with oblong 

 and obtuse scales white and membranous on the edges ; fruit obo- 

 vate, three sided, flat below, with a short beak, projecting a little 

 beyond the scale in maturity; pistillate scale ovate, obtuse or rather 

 obtuse, often white on the edge and dark brown on the back. 



Found at Fort Norman in British America, and on the Rocky 

 Mountains. — Dr. Richardson. 



The figure shows one wholly staminate spike, and one which is 

 pistillate below. 



Note. — Of the following species more full descriptions and figures 

 are here given and taken from the plants themselves. 



C. podocarpa, R. Br. 



Tab. Z. fig. 83. 



Vol. XI. p. 162 of this Journal. 



Spiels distinctis, staminifera solitaria ovata, pistillifei-is tristigmati- 

 cis binis oblongo-ovatis sub-laxifloris pendulis bracteatis ; fructibus 

 ellipticis corapressis brevissime rostratis integris laevibus sub-pedi- 

 cellatis, squama ovata obtusa vel emarginata cristata paulo lon- 

 gioribus. 



Culm ten to sixteen inches high, triquetrous, smooth, slender, lax, 

 leafy towards the base, lower leaves shorter ; staminate spike single, 

 lax, with oblong obtuse and dark brown scales ; stigmas three ; fruit 

 elliptic, compressed, scarcely rostrate, entire, smooth, slightly pedi- 

 cellate ; scale oblong, obtuse or emarginate and cuspidate, the point 

 projecting beyond the fruit, while the scale is a little shorter than 

 the fruit. 



The specimen from which the figure is taken was found near Fort 

 Vancouver, British America, May, 18216. 



