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  T. 
  Holm 
  — 
  Studies 
  in 
  the 
  Cyperacece. 
  

  

  species 
  is 
  the 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  staminate 
  and 
  pistil- 
  

   late 
  flowers 
  are 
  distributed, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  C. 
  Frank- 
  

   linii 
  reminds 
  very 
  much 
  of 
  C. 
  petricosa 
  Dew. 
  2 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  spikes 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Macoun's 
  material 
  did 
  

   not 
  exceed 
  seven; 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  flowers 
  was 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  

  

  Terminal 
  spike: 
  mostly 
  androgynous, 
  very 
  seldom 
  purely 
  stami- 
  

   nate. 
  

  

  Uppermost 
  lateral 
  spike 
  : 
  staminate 
  or 
  androgynous, 
  very 
  sel- 
  

   dom 
  purely 
  pistillate. 
  

  

  Second 
  lateral 
  spike 
  : 
  pistillate, 
  seldom 
  androgynous 
  or 
  stami- 
  

   nate. 
  

  

  Third 
  lateral 
  spike: 
  pistillate, 
  very 
  seldom 
  androgynous. 
  

  

  Fourth 
  lateral 
  spike: 
  pistillate, 
  very 
  seldom 
  androgynous. 
  

  

  Fifth 
  lateral 
  spike 
  : 
  pistillate, 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Sixth 
  lateral 
  spike: 
  pistillate, 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  specimens. 
  

  

  The 
  squamae 
  of 
  the 
  staminate 
  flowers 
  show 
  the 
  same 
  

   shape 
  and 
  color 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  pistillate 
  : 
  broadly 
  ovate 
  

   with 
  a 
  short 
  mucro; 
  the 
  color 
  is 
  light 
  brown 
  with 
  pur- 
  

   plish 
  streaks, 
  and 
  the 
  margins 
  are 
  hyaline; 
  they 
  are 
  

   hispid 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  face 
  (fig. 
  2). 
  The 
  perigynium 
  is 
  

   elliptic 
  with 
  several 
  thin 
  veins, 
  pale 
  green 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   purplish 
  above, 
  hispid, 
  and 
  scabrous 
  along 
  the 
  margins; 
  

   the 
  beak 
  is 
  obliquely 
  cut, 
  hyaline 
  (fig. 
  3), 
  and 
  the 
  nut 
  is 
  

   distinctly 
  stipitate 
  (fig. 
  4). 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  resembles 
  C. 
  petricosa 
  Dew., 
  but 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  

   lighter 
  color, 
  and 
  the 
  squamae 
  are 
  somewhat 
  broader. 
  A 
  

   near 
  ally 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  is 
  C. 
  cruenta 
  Nees 
  from 
  the 
  

   Himalayas, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  superior 
  spikes 
  are 
  frequently 
  

   gynaecandrous, 
  the 
  inferior, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  purely 
  

   pistillate, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  a 
  little 
  branched. 
  The 
  perigyn- 
  

   ium 
  is 
  narrowly 
  lanceolate 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  beak, 
  bilobed 
  at 
  

   maturity. 
  In 
  C. 
  fuliginosa 
  Schk. 
  the 
  terminal 
  spike 
  is 
  

   always 
  gynaecandrous, 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  var. 
  misandra 
  (R. 
  Br.) 
  

   0. 
  F. 
  Lang. 
  It 
  seems 
  altogether 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  

   StenocarpcE 
  to 
  which 
  these 
  species 
  belong, 
  that 
  the 
  

   terminal 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  lateral 
  spikes 
  are 
  sometimes 
  

   androgynous 
  or 
  gynaecandrous, 
  and 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  of 
  the 
  sexes 
  and 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  inflores- 
  

   cence, 
  the 
  Stenocarpae 
  may 
  be 
  arranged 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  2 
  The 
  author 
  : 
  Eemarks 
  on 
  the 
  structure 
  and 
  affinities 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  Dewey 
  's 
  

   Carices. 
  (This 
  Journal, 
  vol. 
  26, 
  p. 
  488, 
  November, 
  1908.) 
  

  

  