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29 ae downy or hairy . : : ; , ; ‘ , , ; ~ . 80 
Fruits glabrous : ce 2 . 85 
30 { Female spikelets short and compact, close under the males. ; nf ASL 
Female spikelets oblong or cylindrical, the lower ones distant . ; . 83 
31 { Lowest bract shortly sheathing, with a short leafy amie "I - ‘26. C. preecon. 
Lowest bract shortly leafy, without any sheath ‘ d . 32 
39 { Fruits not above a line long, very shortly downy : A 28. C. pilulifera. 
Fruits nearly 2 lines long, hairy . y F : . 27. C. montana. 
Bracts without any or with very short sheaths : . 34 
sa Bracts with long sheaths. Fruits ee beaked, 2 lines long. Spikelets very 
distant . ° 31. C. hirta. 
Spikelets rather distant, very ‘compact. Fruits not a line long, and not beaked. 
34 f . 29. C. tomentosa. 
Spikelets very distant. Fruits nearly 2 lines long, tapering ie 2 beak. 
C. filiformis. 
One terminal male spikelet (rarely with a smaller one close wate sty, Female 
spikelets erect. Bracts leafy, with sheaths . 2130 | 
35 One terminal male spikelet. Females more or less drooping. " Bract with or 
rarely without sheaths ; . 44 
Two or three male spikelets. Bracts without sheaths, or rarely the lowest one 
sheathing . ; : . 49 
36 { Fruits obtuse, without any or only a very minute beak. : ‘ : fan 
Fruits tapering into a beak . ‘ 38 
Female spikelets short, oblong, pale. Fruit very obtuse . 32. C. pallescens. 
37 Female spikelets cylindrical. Glumes dark. Fruit often with a minute beak. 
ore G. aha 
98 { Female spikelets compact, nearly sessile ‘ ‘ : : ; . 39 
Female spikelets loose, cylindrical, stalked . ‘ : . 42 
39 f Leafy bracts very narrow, much longer than the stem ; , 33, C. “extensa. 
\ Leafy bracts short, or very rarely exceeding the stem 0. 
Female spikelets short, yellowish-green, mostly near the top of the stem. 
40 Fruits very spreading : . 34. C. flava. 
eet spikelets eas brown, very distant. Fruits with an erect or slightly 
spreading beak~ 
41 ee ribbed . : ‘ ee 3 ; : Moron | 85. C. distans. 
~~ \ Fruit smooth . : , i sHPahl : : ope ane: puree 
49 { Female spikelets ereen. “Fruits with a long beak ‘ ; . 43 
Female spikelets brown. Fruits with a very short beak . BA panicea. 
43 { Peduncles of the lower spikelets very long . : ‘ : . 41. C. sylvatica. 
Peduncles of the lower spikelets short . . 385. Codistans: 
Ad { Female spikelets short, or very brown (seldom above an inch) . ‘ é . 45 
Female spikelets ¢ ereenish, 1 to 6 inches long 46 
Female spikelets light brown, loose. Lower bracts leafy, with long ‘sheaths. 
Fruits beaked . . 88. C. capillaris. 
Female spikelets pale ereen, oblong. Lower bracts leafy, with short sheaths. 
We Fruits not beaked : 32. C. pallescens. 
Female spikelets dark brown. Bracts almost without ‘sheaths. Fruits com- 
pressed, not beaked . j 39. C. limosa. 
Female spikelets brown, cylindrical. Sheaths variable. Fruits ovoid, not 
\ beaked . .. ~ 40) Cogteniea. 
16 f Female spikelets distant, not crowded. Stems weak and ‘leafy ~4 
(Female spikelets not very distant. Flowers crowded. Stems stout, 3to 5 ft. 48 
( Female spikelets about an inch, on slender stalks. -Fruits rather long beaked. 
41. C. sylvatica. 
Female spikelets about 2 inches, very slender. Stalks almost concealed in the 
sheaths. Fruits short- pointed . . 42. C. strigosa. 
( Female spikelets about 2 inches, on slender stalks. Glumes and fruits spreading, 
48 with long points . . 43. C. Pseudocyperus. 
Female spikelets 4 to 6inches. Stalks almost concealed in the sheaths. Fruits 
small, scarcely beaked : : . 44. C. pendula. 
49 f Fruits obtuse. ‘Spikelets dark br own. Leaves elaucous . , 40. C. glauca. 
\ Fruits beaked or pointed. Spikelets brown-green. Stems tall with long leaves 50 
Fruits much flattened, pointed . . 47. C. paludosa. 
50+ Fruits inflated, abruptly contracted inte a ‘long beak 45. C. ampullacea. 
| Fruits inflated, tapering into a short beak : : k . 46. C. vesicaria. 
1. ©. dioica, Linn. (fig. 1111). Déwcious O.—A slender dicecious — i 
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