THIAXDRIA MONOGTNIA 3p 



bract n*ar\y rfjuall'nj the culm; ghtmes oblong or oral, mnrrrnato, about as toag 

 as the fruit. Frtw'/ densely pubescent, triquetrous, attenuated at base, acuminated 

 tnto a small beak, with the orifice minutely bifid. Seed triquetrous, puncticulat* , 



Hub. Woodlands; along Brandy wine; frequent FL May. Ft. June. 

 Obs. First observed, hero, in lb30. 



21. C. tbntactjlata, Muhl. Staminate spikelet bracteate, on a short 

 peduncle; pistillate spikelets about «i, cylindric-oblong, approximate; 

 bracts long, foliaceoufl ; fruit densely crowded, ovoid, ventricose, nerved* 

 long-beaked, about twice as long as the linear-oblong, awncd glume. 

 Beck, Bot. p. 438. 8pbcim. Gray, Gram. 2. no. 170. 

 Tkntactlatb, on many-beaked Cabkx. 



The whole plant yellowish green. Culm 12 to 16 inches high, triquetrous, scab- 

 rous on the angles above, leafy. Leaven linear-lanceolate, nerved, scabrous on the 

 margin, longer than the culm. Staminate spikelet with a filiform or lance-lineav 

 bract at base ; glumes lance-linear, terminated by a long scabrous awn. Pistillate 

 spikelets commonly 2 or 3, (rarely 4,) about an inch to an inch and half long, 

 rylindric-oval or oblong, spreading somewhat horizontally, the upper ones appro> 

 flnate. sessile, the lowest one a little distant, on a sh:>rt peduncle, scarcely ex serf. 

 • ii ; glumes linear-oblong, with long setaceous scabrous awns ; Bract* resembling 

 fho leaves, ver>* long. Fruit ovoid, inflated, spreading, smooth and shining, about 

 10? nerved, (5 nerved, Sine. $ Torr.) attenuated into a long, straight, slender 

 beak, which is slightly bifid at apex. Seed triquetrous, roughish puncticulate. 

 /Tab. Swamps, and wet places : common. Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 



Obs. The C. rostratdy <»f Mx. was referred to this by Muhlenberg, and others : 

 Put Dr. Oray alleges thai Michaux's plant is the C xartthophysa, of Wvhlenberg, 

 and the American Botanists,— and, moreover, that it is tho true C./oUiculata, of 

 hum. See Annals of N. Y. Lyceum, Vol. 3. p. 23J. 



32. C. LrruLivA, MuhL Stgininate spikelet bracteate, on a shortish 

 peduncle ; pistillate spikelets 8 to 5, ovoid-obloiur, approximate ; on 

 short or included peduncles ; bracts very long, foliaceous: fruit ovoid, 

 inflated, nerved, long-beaked, about three times as long as the lance- 

 •vate acuminate glume. Beck, Bot. p. 438. Icox, Dew. Caric. in 

 Sill. Journ. 11, tab. l. J*. 37. Specim. Gray, Gram. 2. no. 168. 

 Hop-like Carex. 



Culm 2 to 3 feet high, stout, triquetrous, subscabrous above, leafy to the top. 

 Leaves much longer than the culm, lanceolate, broad, flat, striate, scabrous on the 

 margin, with loose striate sheaths. Staminate spikelet usually solitary, (rarely 

 with a smaller sessile one at the base, Schw. $ Torr.) with a lance-linear bract on 

 tho peduncle longer than the spikelet; glumes lanceolate, tapering to a long scab- 

 rous acute point. Pistillate spikelets commonly 3 or 4, sometimes 2 or 5, nearlv 

 CVlindric, about an inch and half long, and three fourths of an inch in diameter on 

 short or included peduncles, the lower ones longer and somewhat exserted ; each 

 with a long foliaceous bract, resembling the other leaves .glumes lance-orate acu- 

 minate, about one third the length of the fruit. Fruit oblong-ovoid, inflated, smooth 

 Served, tapering to a long beak, which is bifid at apex. Seed triquetrous, puncd'e- 

 ulate. 



ffab. Low swampy grounds : common. Fl. June. Fr. August. 



Obs. We have also the var. pedunculata, Gray, (in Beck 9 ) witn Ihe pistillate, 

 spikelets all pedunculate; tho lower long-pedunculate and distant, ifee ,3 upper 

 o»es eubunibe irate. 



