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rosea. 
lagopodioi- 
icS, 
scoparia, 
festucacea. 
MONOECIA, TRIANDRIA. 
Panicled Sedge. 

Grows with No. 6, to which it has some resemblance. Not | 
common. Perennial. May. i 
8. C. spikelets about four, remote; fruit ovate, 
acuminate, bidentated: margin ciliate-serrated, 
horizontal; scales ovate, obtuse, a leafy bracte — 
at the base of the lower spikelet.— Willd, © 5 
C. echinata, 6. rosea, Walhb. act. holm. 1803. p. 
147. (Pursh.) 
Icon. Schk. Car. t. Zzz. f. 179. 
Rose Sedge. 
In woods bordering the Wissahickon; not uncommon. Pe- © 
rennial. May. 
aie 
* ** Spikes many, summits feminine. 
9. C. spikelets 11, alternate, elliptical, obtuse, 
close to each other; fruit ovate-lanceolate, 
marginated, bicuspidate; a long leafy bracte at — 
the foot of the last spike.—Willd. = + 
: 
-C. Richardi, Mich. 
Icon. Schk. Car. t. Yyy. f. 177. 
Hare’s-foot Sedge. 
In low grounds, common—particularly in the meadows of 
the Neck. Perennial. June. 
10. C. spikelets about five, alternate, elliptical, 
obtuse, almost close together ; fruit ovate-lan- 
ceolate, marginate, bicuspidate ; bractes oblong, 
mucronate.— Willd. 
C. viridula, Mich. 
Icon. Schk. Car. t. Xxx. f. 175. 
Resembles No. 8, and grows in similar places; very com- 
mon. Perennial. May. 
11. C. spikelets about 8, nearly close together, 
alternate, cylindrical, those in fruit clavate; 
a ie = ie tin 
