116 snow on the identity of 
cuspidate, "hui crescentes, foliaceee, vaginate, culmum 
subequantes ; vagine superiores obsolete, infima 4-7 lin. 
longa. Spica mascula pollicaris, 2 lin. lata, sessilis vel pe- 
dunculata. Squam:e mascule ferruginez, margine pallide, 
late ovate, obtuse ; nervo viridi in squamis inferioribus infra 
apicem evanescente, in superioribus rarius in mucronem bre- 
vissimum producto. Spice fæmineæ 6-12 lin. longe, 2-3 lin, 
late: vel 2 erecta, superior subsessilis, inferior exserté pe- 
dunculata: vel 3-4; superior vel bine superiores apice mas- 
cule, una vel dus spice mascule approximata, sessilis vel 
brevi inclusé-pedunculate : inferiora remota, longè exserte pe 
dunculata, rarius basi composita. Squam:e fceminez late, 
Ovatæ, acute, medio viridi, 3-4 nervose, ferruginee : inferiores 
cuspidate. Perigynium 1% lin. longum, $ lin. latum, olivaceum, 
costato-nervosum (nervis albis); glabrum ; ore aperto integro. 
Achenium (vix maturam) 1? lin. longum, $ lin. latum, 
fuscum. j ' 
An. C. microdonta distincta? Differt numero spicarum; 
squamis omnibus plerumque obtusis, £rinervatis ; foliis me 
tioribus apice attenuatis. 
T. X. — AN ATTEMPT TO PROVE THAT COTTUS COGNATUS OF 
endi", COTTUS VISCOSUS OF HALDEMAN, AND URANI 
DEA QUIESCENS OF DE KAY, ARE ONE SPECIES, A: ARE 
IDENTICAL WITH COTTUS GOBIO OF LINN/JEUS. W. 
Avnrs, East Hartford, Ct. 
Is the Fauna Boreali-Americana, Dr. Richardson describes 
a fish, which he obtained from the Bear Lake, belonging t° 
the genus Cottus. He says it is very much like the River 
Bullhead, so common in Europe, and that he can hardly point 
out any characteristics which may distinguish it. €— 
mitted some of his specimens to Cuvier, and they wel 
returned with the note, “ tres semblable au C. gobio.” sil | 
he-thought it advisable to describe them as belonging 10? - 
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