36 TIUANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



23. C. i\TrMKsn:\s, Rudge. Staminate spikelet pedunculate ; pis. 

 filiate gpikelete 2, (sometimes solitary,) rather few-flowered, roundish. 

 approximate, the upper one subsessile, the lower otk on a short pedun- 

 He ; bracts long, tbliaeeous ; fruit inflated, conic-ovoid, acuminate, n m , 

 ed, diverging, about twice as long as the lance-ovate acuminate glume. 

 Gray, in Arm. Lye. M T. &/>. 235, Sfecik. Ejusd. Gram.%.^ 



172. 



C. folliculata, Mx. Am. 2. p. 171. Willd. Sp. 4. p. 281. Per*. S yn , 

 2. p. 544. Muhl. Vatal. p. 83. Ejusd. drum. p. 243. Pursh, Am. 

 I. p. 42. MM. Gen. 2. p. 205. Bart. Phil. 2. p. 157. /://. S*. 2./). 

 545. />V: ; 'c/. Boat. p. 3:57. 7'orr. &f Schrv. Monogr, p. 338. /) r . 

 (\iric. in Sill. Journ. 10./>. 32. Florul. Ceatr.p.98. Tow. Comp.p. 

 34 3. Beck, Bot. {>. 438. Eat. Man. p. 74. Not of Linn, accori 

 ing to Gray, /. c. 



HWKLLINO CaBBX. 



f.W/n 1 to 2 net high, rather slender, triquetrous, scabrous above, leafy, Leata 

 linear-lanceolate, broadish, nerved, g&IIftrally scabrous. Stamimitr spikclet sleih 

 dor, on a long peduncle: tfhumes 10Hf-ianCeolate« Pistillate spikelets usually 2, 

 (sometimes I, rarely 3,) four to twelve-d wared, nearly glulM.se, and about thret 

 fourths of an inch In diameter, with lontr fdiacoms bracts at base much surpas 

 Sing the culm, the upper one nearly sessile, the lower one on a short exscrtedpe. 

 duncle ; (on the summit of each a few small staminate florets, Ell.) Olumcslsmct 

 ovate, cuspidate, about half as long as the fruit. Fruit large, ovoid, ranch inflate 

 or ventricose, nerved. smooth, and often shining, tapering conlcaily into a pretty 

 long beak, which is bidentate at apex ; upper ones dlvergillgj lower ones a littk 

 reflexed. Seed triquetrous, acuminate, puncticulaie-\ crrucose under a lens. 



Hub. Low swampy grounds : frequent. Fl. June. Fr. August. 



24. C. Collinsii, JAttU Staminate spikclet erect, on a short pedun. 

 cle ; pistillate spikelets about 4, distant, flew- flowered, mostly staminate 

 at summit; fruit subulate, reflexed or divaricate, about 3 times as long 

 as the lanceolate glume. Eat. Man. p. 74. Also, Denv. Curie, in Sill 

 Journ. 11. p. 317. 



C. subulata. Mx. Am. 2. p. 173. Pursh, Am. 1. />. 40. Sclav, and 

 Torr. Monogr. p. 340. Icon, ejusd. oper. tab. 26. J*. 1. Torr. Comp, 

 p. 343, Beck, Hot. p. 439. Also ! Xutt. Gen. 2. p. 205. Not of 

 Wahlenbcrg. 



C. Michauxii. Dew. I. c. 10. p. 273. Not of Schw. Analyt. Tab. 

 Icoy, Dew. I. c. 10. tab. g. f. 21, 

 Collins' Cahex. 



Culm 1 to 2 and sometimes 3 feet Ion?, very slender, flaccid, leaning on other 

 plants, obtusely triquetrous, smooth, leafy. Leaves lance-liaear, flat, striate, scab 

 rous, especially on the martrin, (smooth, Dew. Schxc. <J* Torr.) m ch shorter that 

 the culm, (say 3 to 4 inches long.) Staminate spikelet terminal, ."mall, on a short 

 peduncle ; glume* lanceolate, acute, or acuminate. Pistillate spikelets 3 to 5, um- 

 ally 4, two to four or six-flowered ; the upper one subsessile at the foot of the stami- 

 nate spikelet, with a lanceolate, awned, scabrous bract at base, as long as lb 

 spikelet,— the others lateral, on enclosed peduncles, more or less exserted ; mottfj 

 all of them bearing a few staminate florets at summit ; the lower ones distant, 6 in- 

 ches or more : glumes lanceolate, acute, about one third the length of the fnw. 

 Fruit loosely, and somewhat distichcusly arranged, finally divaricate or rtflcxed 



