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plant, but it Is the one which Muhlenberg described (v. s. 

 Hb. Willd.), and must therefore be taken as the type of 

 the species. 

 C. vulpinoidea, vars. glomerata and ambigica, are both inci- 

 dental variations of the species, although the former is 

 uncommon and may merit recognition if the plant should 

 be found to assume any degree of permanence. 

 The general collection contains the type of C. hirsitta^ var. 

 pedu7ic2ilata^ Schw. & Torr., which I had never been able to find. 

 (See C. gracillima X hirsnta above). It also has the true 

 C. NovcB-AnglicB, Schw., from Plainfield, Mass., coll. by Dr. Jacob 

 Porter, and C. deflcxa, var. Deanei, Bailey, from Essex, Mass., 

 labelled ''C. variaj' It is interesting to note that, in both col- 

 lections, C. varia is represented by the true plant (C Emmonsiiy 

 Dewey). Originals of Buckley's C. Caroliniana^ C. styloflexa, 

 and C. miser are also here. The specimen of C. Caroltntana is 

 better than the one in Hb. Torr. — the only other known speci- 

 men, — although no mature perigynia remain upon it. It appears 



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