of Dewey on Caricography. 39 
vel non-floriferis, inferioribus superné staminiferis interdum toto petites 
exserto-pedunculatis vaginato-bracteatis nutantibus ; fructibus dis vel tri 
stigmaticis ovatis oblongis vel ellipticis scabris ore ifidis fuscis, squama 
oblonga vel ovali seabra fusca acuta paulo Jongiorib 
ulm sometimes two feet a or more, triquetrous, slendef, stiff and 
erect, leafy t towards the base; leaves 1g and narro japikelet $ bio 
numbers occur; fruit elliptic or ovate, oblong, compressed, scabrous and 
tawny with a bifid ped with scales ovate or oval, acutish, rough, and 
aie equal to the fru 
Mountains, bad ond, 
Scabies C. ovata, Rudge, in having stamens above and three stigmas, 
but differs much, and is strikingly characterized, as is shown by the 
only specimens from the Rocky Mountains. For C. ovata, see this Jour-: 
nal, vol. x, p. 44, 1826. 
No. 273. C. incurva, Lightfoot. Schk., Car., fig. 95. 
8 revi composita; spiculis 5-8 ovatis sessilibus dense-aggregatis 
Squamoso-bracteatis spicam staminiferis capitulum ovatum sub-rotundum 
flavum tibus § fructibus van asemeenieg ovatis eer har 
= | etree a des of Nebraska Tettore sé eocaee of W. 
Topographical Engineers, during ° 1859 and a and 
me giana ay nator of the > of War; Dr. F. V. en, 
No. 274, @. Raynoldsii, Dew. 
Spicis distinctis ; spica staminifera solitaria terminali ovata brevi- 
subconica subsessili de ensiflora 0 — es ribet tis 
erassis densifloris, superiore 1-2 sessili brevi irre et vicina, ternis inferio- 
— plus vel minus pedunculatis foliaceo-bracteatis vix a infima 
go-pedunculata subremota et declinata; fructibus plaredewese so! ro. 
tundo-oblougis ellipsoideis a triquetris nervatis apicem nigris brevi- 
apiculatis ore subbilobis, squama lata ovata brevi-acuta vel submucronata 
nigro-fusca duplo longioribus yal prs superantibus ; culmo— 20-unci: ciali 
