, 
C. Dewey on Caricography. : 25 
ogee 2-3 oblon 2a ger ke gracilibus remotis sublaxi- 
floris exserté pedunculatis, suprema apice stamenifera, infima 
longe vagttnts exsertaque, ine foliaceo- bracteatis : fructi- 
bus éristiymaticis ovatis subconicis subtriquetris brevi- rostratis 
subscabris vix ventricosis bilabiatis squama ovato-oblonga cus- 
pidata paulo longioribus vel basi paulo brevioribus. 
Culm about a foot high, erect or subflaccid, leafy towards the 
oh pe leafy bracteate ; spikes 3-6, oblong eylindric ; Serge 
, upper an inch long and pedunculate, the next one-thir 
TORE and near it usually, rarely a third which is remotish, a 
all bracteate; pistillate spikes, commonly 2-38, rarely one, rather 
remote and pedunculate, the upper staminate at the apex, the low- 
est longer pedunculate and exsert, all rather lax-flowered especial- 
elow ; stigmas 3; fruit ovate, sub-conic, slightly triquetrous, 
short and round, short- rostrate, many nerved, bilabiate and sub- 
scabrous, a little longer than the ovate- oblong, rough-cuspidate 
~~ except at the very base of the spike: color of the plant, 
ark green. 
n woods on the Colorado of Texas; Wright. It is honored 
by the name of its discoverer, another of the exploring party. 
This species resembles C _ scabrata Schw. : ; but it differs great- 
ly in its staminate spikes, as well as in the pistillate and the 
fruit. 
No. 269. C. Schottit, Dew. 
Spicis staminiferis terminalibus 3-5 cylindraceis seepe gemi- 
natis erectis approximatis nigro-rubris, superiori triunciali medio 
dilatata, reliquis brevioribus sessilibus contiguis vel infima re- 
mota et interdum geminata; pistilliferis 8 (raro 4) prolongo- 
cylindraceis oe is 6-8-uncialibus per-laxifloris inequaliter 
pedunculatis bracteatis, inferioribus longo-pedunculatis vix frue- 
tiferis vel abortivis cum fete amis oblongis arctis obovatis vix 
acutis; fructu abortivo vel nimis immaturo 0 distigmatico ; culmis 
superne scabris, subprostritis? foliis bracteisque viridi- claucis. 
Culm near 20 inches high, triquetrous and scabrous above, sub- 
prostrate, with green glaucous leaves and bracts; spikes 6-8; 
sometimes staminate 5 and pistillate 3, or 4 and 38, 3 and 3,3 
4, most of which are long, and some very long, upper 3 stamin- 
ate, near and almost geminate and quite variable, t the t 3 
inches lon ng and enlarged in the middle, with the ale 
oblong and obovate, pale on the back; pistilldte spikes 8, rarely 
4, cylindric, very long, 4-8 inches and cory slender, very lax- 
flowered and eationgh peteristes the lowest long pedunei 
late and long vaginate, all -bracteate and with scaree 
rudiment of fruit or else bere ; Petillaie 
row-obovate, scarcely acu pad: 
Am. Jour, bee pte Vor. XXX, Ho. Bion JAN., 1 
