760 Oedek 155.— CYPBRACEiE. 



glume; et. 6 — 15', erect, slender, purple towards the base. Pale green. — Dry 

 woods and hedges ; common. 



/3. PEDICBLLATA Dew., has pistillate spikes OTate-oblong, short-pedicellate 

 erect, loose-flowered ; perig. more numerous. — Grows in the same situationa 



98 C. vestita Willd. (B. t. 120.) $ Spike single, rarely 2, cylindric-oblong; 

 S spikes 2, ovate-oblong, sessile, subapproximate, bracteate, often with stamens 



above; perig. ovale, suborbicular, subtriquetrous, nerved, short-rostrate, bifid, 

 pubescent, a little longer than the ovate-oblong, aoutish, submucronate glume ; 

 St. 18 — 30', acutely triangular and leafy below. — Common in wet places over the 

 country. 



99 C. pubesoens MuhL (B. t. 60.) 9 Spikes 2 — 3, oblong, rather loose-flowered, 

 erect, bracteate, the lowest pedunculate; perig. lance-ovate, triquetrous, rostrate, 

 nearly entire at mouth, pubescent, a little longer than the ovate-oblong, carinate, 

 mucronate glume ; st. 10 — 20' high, and with the leaves, pubescent. — Moist woods 

 and meadows ; common. 



100 C flava L. S Spikes 2 — 4, ovate-oblong, approximate, sometimes andro- 

 gynous ; perig. ovate, closely imbricate, costate, bideniaie, reflexed with a long, curved 

 beak, longer than the ovate-lanceolate glume ; st. 10 — 20' rather obtusely angled 

 or triquetrous ; glabrous ; yellowish-green. — "Wet and cold soils ; common in this 

 country as well as in Eur. 



/?. LEPIDOCARPA. Taller and more slender, with short, round-ovate spikes 

 aggregated, or except the lower, with perig. rostrate and recurved in matu- 

 rity, about twice as long as the ovate, obtuse glumes. — With the other. (C- 

 lepidocarpa, Ed., 2.) 



101 C. .ffi^eri Ehrh. Spikes sometimes androgynous ; ? about 4, clustered, 

 nearly sessile, short-oblong, sometimes $ above or below, bracteate ; perig. rather 

 obovale, subinflated, nerved, hidenlate, diverging with a subulate beak, a little longer 

 than the ovate glume ; st. 2 — 10', leafy. — Pale yellow. Mass and N". Y., abun- 

 dant in Pittsfleld, Mass., and at Niagara Palls. 



102 C. folliculkta L. nee. Schk. ? Spikes 2 — 4, ovate or capitate, densely 

 flowered, distant, the peduncles sometimes projecting far beyond the sheaths, often 



3 at the apex, long bracteate ; perig. oblong-conic, much inflated, diverging or 

 horizontal, long-rostrate, twice longer than the o6tey-ovafe, acute, long-awned glume; 

 St. 2 — 5^ leafy ; Ivs. linear-lanceolate, long and flat. — Pale yellow. In wet or 

 marshy places ; common. (C. Santhophysa Wahl.) 



103 C. rostrata Mx. i Spike short and small ; ? spikes 2 — 3, sub-globous, or 

 capitate, bracteate ; perig. aggregated into a head, small, erect, or subdiverging, 

 oblong-conic, very long-rostrate, shghtly inflated at the base, twice longer than 

 the ovate-oblong, acutish glume ; St. 8 — 16', few-leaved, erect, stiff. — Pale yellow. 

 At the base of tlie White Mts., N. H., Oakes ; also in Canada, where Mx. found 

 it Not recognized as the plant of Michaux tUl 1S40, Sil. Jour. XXXIX, p. 52. 



104 C. turgescens Torr. Spike oblong, cylindric, erect; ? spikes 2 or 3, 

 ovate-globous, few (10 to 12)-flowered, highest sessile and near the S , lowest 

 often quite remote, exsertly pedunculate, perig. ovate, inflated, diverging, conic- 

 rostrate, bidentate, striate, twice longer than the ovate, acute glume ; culm 2 to Zi, 

 slend^T, longer than the leaves, yellowish or pale green. — Fla. to La. (Chapm. 

 Ingalls.) 



105 C Elliottii Schw. i Spike cylindric, 1' long, with oblong, obtuse glumes; 

 2 spikes 2 or 3, ovate, roundish, sessile, upper staminate at apex, lowest some- 

 times pedunculate; perig. ovaie-iriqueirous, glabrous, veined, rostrate, 2-toothed, 

 about twice as long (3") as the ovate, obtuse glume; culm 1 to 2f, triquetrous, re- 

 curved. — N. Car. to Pla. (C. castanea Ell. nee Wahl. C. Baldwinia Dew. in SiL 

 Jour.) 



106 C. intumesoens Rudge. (B. t. 148.) i Spike oblong, pedunculate; S 

 spikes 1 — 3, few-flowered, approximate, bracteate, erect, nearly sessile, the lower 

 one sometimes remote and exsertly pedunculate ; perig. ovate-conic, large and much 

 inflated, acuminate-rostrate, bidentate, nerved, diverging, very glabrous, thrice 

 longer (5 lo 6") than the ovate-cuspidaie glume; st. a foot or more high, erect, stiff, 

 leafy, dark green and very glabrous. — Wet grounds, in open woods or marsbesj 

 common. (C. folliculata Schk.) 



