Varicography. 353 



C. Xanthophysa, Wahl. 

 Vol. VII. p. 274, and Tab. D. fig. 15. Vol. X. 



Spicis distinctis ; spica stamenifera solitaria ; spicis fruc- 

 tiferis tristigmaticis crassis subternis distantibus laxifloris 

 ovatis exserte vel incluse pedunculatis folioso-bracteatis ; 

 •fructibus oblongo-canicis inflatis magnis rostratis divergen- 

 tibus ore bifurcatis, squama ovato-lanceolata subaristata 

 longioribus. 



Culm 2-5 feet high, triquetrous ; leaves linear lanceolate, 

 large, sheathing towards the base ; bracts long, leafy, with 

 sheaths of variable length, sometimes wholly inclosing the 

 peduncles; staminate spike single, pedunculate, short, small, 

 with lanceolate scales ; pistillate spikes two to four, ovate, 

 thick, distant, upper ones sometimes staminate at the apex ; 

 stigmas three ; fruit oblong-conic, sometimes an inch long, 

 large, diverging, often nearly horizontal, rostrate and bifur- 

 cate ; pistillate scale ovate-lanceolate, or lanceolate-acu- 

 minate, variable in length, usually a little shorter than the 

 fruit ; colour of the plant is pale yellowish green. 



Flowers in May ; grows in marshy places on the more el- 

 evated tracts of land — common, but not abundant, in New 

 England. In a marsh at Middlefield, Mass. it grows to the 

 height of five feet. 



js. nana. Tab. R. fig. 57. 



Spicis fructiferis subbinis subapproximatis subexserte-pe- 

 dunculatis folioso-bracteatis; fructibus subinflatis rostratis, 

 squama ovata acuta duplo longioribus. 



Culm about a foot high, rather slender ; pistillate spikes 

 about two, an inch distant, often nearer, with peduncles 

 slightly exserted ; fruit more slender than the preceding, half 

 inch long, about twice as long as the ovate and acute scale. 

 In other respects, it is like the preceding. > 



Flowers in May — June ; found by Wm. Oakes, Esq., at 

 the base of the white Mountains, about ponds — also, near 

 Hanover, N. H. 



y. minor. Tab. R. fig. 58. 

 Spicis fructiferis binis aggregatis. 



Less than the preceding with which it grows — has two 

 clustered pistillate spikes, with the staminate spike very small. 



C. siccata, Dewey. Vol. X. p. 278. 

 When described, this plant had been found only in the 

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