37.8 96. CYPEEACE^. 



9, C. divisa (Huda.); spikelets-ina-sonieT^liat ovate head, /r. 

 plane-convex ovate many- veined, beak acutely bifid with finely 

 ^serrate edges, ' nut broadly 'oblon^^ gl. with an exomrent rib, st. 

 roughish at the top.-^E., B. 1096. — St. slender, a foot high. 

 Lowermost bract (brown) soarious, often prolonged into a slen- 

 der green point sometiiiifes overtopping the spike. Fr. veined 

 on both sides. Spike often interrupted below. — Near the sea 

 on the Southern and Eastern coasts. P. V. VI. E. 1. 



XX Ccespitose, Spike simply compoimd. Fr. squarrose, not 

 '; gibbous. 



I 10. C. vidpina (L.) ; spikelets compound in a cylindrical oblong 

 crowdei spike, /r, ovate-acuminate plane-convex veined, beak 

 bifid finely serrate, nut ovate or oval tipped with a beak slightly 

 thickened ttpwards, gl. mucrbnate shorter than the fruit, st. tri- 

 qiietrous with rough angles, bracts setaceous. — U. B. 307. Schk. 

 0.10. iJ. 217. Boott'sCarex,t.39S.— Height 2 ie'et. St. firm. L. 

 broad. Fr. palish gTeen. Beak of the nnt constricted, its base 

 narrower' than the base of the- style. Spikelets greenish, bracts 

 long, in shady places. JR. 216. — "Wet places. P. VI. E. S. I. 



11. C. tmericdta (L.) ; spikelets contiguous, spike oblong dense 

 or interrupted helow, fr. ovate-acuminate plane-convex obscurely 

 veined bifid fi/tiely serrate upper spreading, nut ovate its beak ex- 

 tremely short, gl. muoronate shorter than the fruit, st. trique- 

 trous with rough angles.— .E, B, 1097. R. 215.— Height 1—2 

 feet. St. slender but strong. L. narrow. Lowermost spikelets 

 not more than their own length distant from, each other. Fr. 

 much larger than that of Sp. 12, with a broad flat beak with 

 yery sharp edges. — Gravelly pastures; P. VI. B. S. I. 



! 12. C. divuTsa (Good.) ; spikelets distant the upper ones nearer 

 together, />•. ovate acute plane-convex obscurely veined bifid 

 smooth ascending, beak roughish at the edges, nut ovate-oblong 

 compressed its beak extremely short, gl. muoronate shorter than 

 the fruit, st. triquetrous with rough , angles above, bracts seta- 

 eeous.- ^. B. 629. Schk. Dd. & Ww. 89. H. a. 16. R. 220.— 

 Height 1 — 2 feet. St. lax, slender, fiaccid. Spikelets greyish, 

 usually distant, 1 or 2 lowest often lengthened into a short 

 branch. Fr. with a thick green margin slightly rough near the 

 top.— Moist shady places. Pi VI. E.S.I. 



XXX C<Bspitose. Spike compound, often panicled. Fr. ascending, 

 gibbous op, its back. 

 13. C. teretms' oida (Good.); spikelets forming a detise compound 

 oblong spike, fr. ovate with 2 — 6 central ribs on the convex side 

 (back), beak bidentate serrulate split to its base and overlapping 

 on the back, nut turbinate with a very short beak convex, style 



