OkDBB 166.— CYPRRACRjB. 736 



12 to 40-flowered, loosely aggregated in heads ; rachis winged ; glumes ovate, 

 slightly veined, acuminate, yellowish, very acutely keeled ; Btam. 3 ; ach. obovatc, 

 3-angled, shiuing. — Dry fields, S. States. Spiliea 6 to 12" long, sharply serrated 

 by the projecting points of the glumes. Boot fibrous. 



23 C. deutatus Torr. Culm about If high, leafy at base, triquetrous ; Ivs. a litUe 

 shorter than the stem, strongly keeled ; umbel compound, 6 — 10-rayed; invoL 

 of 3 unequal leaves, one of them longer than the umbel ; spikes 3 on each peduncle, 

 3 — 7 ", lance-ovate, flat, 8 (rarely 5 to 30) flowered ; glumes acute, spreading at the 

 points, giving the spikes a serrated appearance; sty. 3-cleft; ach. triangular. — y 

 Swamps, Mass., to N, T. and Fla. Rhizome creeping, bearing tubers. Spikes 

 often morbidly enlarged. 



24 C Iiecontii Torr. Culm 3-angled 1 to 2f high, leafy at base ; Ivs. linear, 

 about the same height ; invoL 3 to 6-lvd., longer than the umbel ; umbel com- 

 pound, many-rayed; spikes oblong, obtuse, flat, in small digitate clusters, 20 to 40- 

 Jlowered; glumes closely imbricated, acute, yellowish, the points dbtusish, calloiis, 

 scarcely separated ; stam. 3. — Fla.! to La. An elegant species. Spikes 4 to 7" 

 by 2". Khizome creeping. 



25. C Ifiptos Sehultes. Culm weak, 1 to 2f Iiigh, 3-angled ; Ivs. radical, shorter ; 

 umbel compound or decompound, of mtmerous (12 to 15) filiform rays, with a short, 

 2-leaved involucre ; spikes 3 to 5 in each loose head, lance-linear, 12 to 20-flow- 

 ored ; glumes ovate-lanceolate, acute, keeled, the keel green, sides yellow with 2 

 red lines. — Damp soils, N. Car. to Fla. and La. Spikes 3 to 4" long. Sept, 

 Oct. (0. gracilis ifuhl.) 



26 C. ovularis Vahl. Culm acutely 3-angled, nearly naked, G to 16' high; Its. 

 shorter, nearly smooth; umbel simple; rays 3" to 2' long; hds. 1 to 5, globular, 

 one sessile, the rest on the spreading rays; spikes linear-subulate, 3" long, 50 to 

 100 in each head; fla. 2 to 4, 1 or 2 fertile; invol. 3 or 4-Ieaved, outer Ivs. very 

 long; glumes ovate, obtuse, greenish, the two lowest empty. — ^Bogs and low 

 grounds, M , "W. and S. States, common. Aug., Sept. (Mariscua Vahl. Kyl- 

 lingia Us.) 



27 C. retrofrdctu3 Tahl. Culm obtusely triangular, nearly leafless, pubescent, 2 

 to 3f high; Ivs. pubescent, 3 to 4" wide, about half as long as the stem ; umbels 

 simple ; rays unequal, long, 6 to 8 ; invol. 3 to 5 -leaved ; bracts unequal, not 

 longer than the rays; spik^ 70 to 100, subulate, 1-flowored, finally retrorsely im- 

 bricate into obovate heads ; 2 lower glumes empty. — Mid., W. and S. States, rare 

 northward; Aug., Sept. 



3. KYLLIN'GIA, L. (In honor of Peter Kylling, a Danish botanist) 

 Spikes compressed ; scales about 4, the 2 lowest short and empty, the 

 third only usually with a fertile flower ; stamens 1 to S ; stylo long, 2- 

 cleft ; achenia lenticular. — Sts. triangular. lids, sessile, solitary or ag- 

 gregated, involucrate. 



1 E. pibnila Mx. Csespitous ; culm 2 to 12' high, slender; Ivs. mostly radical, 

 shorter than the stem, smooth ; hds. generally solitary, sometimes triple, closely 

 sessile, oval or oblong ; invoL 3-leaved, 1 to 2' long ; spikes 1-flowered, very nu- 

 merous, about 2" long ; the lowest glume or glumes very small; sta. always 2 ; 

 ach. lens-shaped, fulvous. — "Wet banks, Columbus, Ohio (Sullivant) to III (Lap- 

 ham) and S. States. Variable. Aug. K. sesquiflora Torr. is a taller form, with 

 triple heads. (Florida, Chapman.) 



4. FUIRE'NA, RotboU. Clot-grass. (In honor of George Fuiren, 

 a Dutch botanist.) Glumes imbricated on all sides into a spike, awned 

 below the apex ; petaloid scales 3, cordate, awned, nnguiculate, invest- 

 ing the achenium, which is abruptly contracted to a stipe at base. — 'ii 

 St. angular, leafy. Spikes umbeled or capitate, axillary and terminal. 

 1 F, squarrdsa Mx. Culm 1 to 2f high, obtusely triangular, suloate ; Ivs. flat, 

 ^ eiKatc, shorter than the stem; sheaths hispid-pilous; spikes clustered, ovoid, 



mostly terminal, 7 to 12 ; awns nearly as long as the glumes; petals ovate, ouspi- 



