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244 C. Dewey on Caricography. 
Russian America—Unalaska, Meyer, and Sitka, Bongard. Contrary’ 
to the remark made in vol. xxix, p. 252, 1836, from Meyer’s figure, this 
se is not C. Carltonia, or even C. Parryana, Dew., but is far different. 
fon. 1836. 
No. 301. C. apes Boott, pecais Hartwegiane. 1842. 
exce ating its ovate or oblong lanceolate scale which is eran on the pale 
back ; culm 8 to 10 inches high, rather slender, not filiform, but leafy ; 
leaves narrow, flat, often longer than the culm, slightly rough on the 
ae ag ; plant pale green. 
sterile, tumid and nerved scale between the spikelet and the axis at 
the Sad oe the lateral spikelets, oe by Dr. Boott in this species and 
two others, is a very striking and curious character. 
California, Dr. H. N. Bolander ; ‘Gusisiaila, Hartweg, says Dr. Boo 
in the shore reference. From C. Deweyana, it differs in having pa 
stigmas. 
No. 302. (C, Davalliana, Smith. 1800 ? 
owers dicecious with an oblong simple spike, never androgynous ; 
fruit distigmatic, oblong-lanceolate, rostrate and roundish, tapering above 
and commonly much recurved, sub-scabrous above, nerved and longer 
e acute or awned scale; culm 5-8 inches high; leaves 
e plants from the Rocky Mountains are exactly like C. Daval- 
liana from Europe, and President Smith of the Linnzean Society, is ade- 
quate authority for the specific name. 
No. 303. C. Gayana, Desv. 
Spike of 4-8 spikelets aggregated into an ovate head; 
spikelets staminate above, ovate, sessile, eas a: lower sometimes branch- 
or ._.. tomy pistillate spikelets closely aggregated (Boott), or 
sometimes diwcious (Boott) ; stigmas two; fruit roundish ovate, short- 
acuminate or sealed sub-scabrous above, shorter and narrower than the 
ovate-acuminate or broad ovate lanceolate 3 SS ee culm ex- 
ceeding a foot in height and earth toward the base; leaves narrow and 
4 often as the culm, scabrous on the en all light ats esac the 
brown, and sr aes sitlens 
Boundary Survey an d Rocky Mountains, Fendler, 881, and Hall, of Ill. 
— iformis, Chapman, in vol. vi, p. 244, 1848, has been 
— by. the author but as it is an authentic form of 6. — 
ere receives the nam debilis var. ormis, Dew. It is de 
sesibed ie the above e, bilis var. fusiformis, 
