760 Obdee 155.— CYPBEACEiE. 



glume; si 6-^16', erect, slender, purple towards the base. Pale green. — Dry 

 woods and hedges ; common. 

 /8. PEDicELLATA Dew., has pistillate spiltes ovate-oblong, short-pedicellate 

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



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

 9 spikes 2, ovate-oblong, sessile, subapproximate, braoteate, often with stamens 



above,; perig. ovate, suioriicular, subtriquetrous, nerved, short-rostrate, bifid, 

 pubescent, a little longer than the ovate-oblong, acutish, submuoronate glume ; 

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

 country. % 



99 C pub^scens Muhl. (B. t. 60.) $ Spikes 2 — 3, oblong, rather loose-flowered, 

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

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

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

 and meadows; common. 



100 C. flava L. 9 Spikes 2 — 4, ovate-oblong, approximate, sometimes anSro- 

 gynous ; perig. ovate, closely imbricate, costate, bidentate, 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. 



/3. lepidocjCepa. 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. (0. 

 lepidocarpa, Ed. 2.) 



101 C. S^Aeri Ehrh. Spikes sometimes androgynous ; 9 about 4, clustered, 

 pearly sessile, short-oblong, sometimes J above or below, bracteate ; perig. rather 

 dbovate, subinflated, nerved, bidentate, 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 Fittsfield, Mass., and at Niagara Falls. 



102 C. folliculata L. nee. Schk. 9 Spikes 2 — 4, ovate or capitate, densely 

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



S at the apex, long braoteate ; perig. oblong-conio, much inflated, diverging or 

 horizontal, long-rostrate, twice longer than the oftZonsr-ODofe, acute, long-awned glume; 

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

 marshy places ; common. (C. Xanthophysa "Wahl.) 



103 C. rostrkta Mx. $ Spike short and small ; 9 spikes 2 — 3, sub-globous, or 

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

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

 the ovate-oblong, acutish glume; st. 8 — 16', few-leaved, erect, stiff. — Pcde yelbw. 

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

 it. Not recognized as the plant of Michaux till 1840, Sil. Jour. XXXIX, p. 52. 



104 C. turgescens Terr. Spike oblong, cylindric, erect; 9 spikes 2 or 3, 

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

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

 rostrate, bidentate, striate, twice longer than the ovate, acute glume; culm 2 to 3g 

 slender, longer than tlie leaves, yellowish or pale green. — Ma. to La. (Chapm. 

 Ingalls.) 



105 C. Elliottii Sehw. S Spike cylindric, 1' long, with oblong, obtuse glumes ; 

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

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

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

 curved. — N. Car. to Fla. (C. castanea Ell. nee "Wahl. C. Baldwinia Dew. in Sil. 

 Jour.) 



106 C. intumisoena Eudge. (B. t. 148.) i Spike oblong, pedunculate; 9 

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

 one sometimes remote and exsertly pedunculate ; perig. ovatircomc, large and much 

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

 longer (5 to 6") than the ovale-euspidate glrnne; st. a foot or more high, erect, stiff, 

 leafy, daric green and very glabrous- — Wet grounds, in open woods or marsheaf 

 common. (C. folliculata Schk.) 



