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97. CYPEEACE^. 
convolute, long. [^3. minor (Syme); smaller, stems shorter than the leaves, 
fr. less attenuated into a beak.] — ^larshes, chiefly near the sea. p. 
VI. E. S. I. 
59. C. Hostidna (DC.) ; fertile spikes ovate-oblong distant 
with stalks exceeding the long sheaths, glumes ovate not 
mucronate,/r. ovoid triquetrous rough-edged also scarious in the 
yiotcA,nutobovoidtrigonousnearly smooth. — C .HormchtKhiana 
(Hoppe) : H. b. 40. R. 252. C. speirostachya Sm., E. B. S. 
2770. — Eootstock often creeping. St. trigonous, rough-edged, 
about a foot high. Lowest bract often reaching up to or 
beyond the barren spike. — Boggy places. P. VI. E. S. I. 
[C. xanthocar' 2}a (Degl.)^ "has tufted stems, ovate-acute 
glumes, spreading fr. not scarious in the notch." It is said to 
be not uncommon. I do not know it. — C.fvlva Good., Sm., was 
an error. — See J. of B. xiv. 366.] 
60. C . punctata {(jsmA.) ; fertile spikes erect cylindrical with 
slightly exserted stalks particularly the lowest, bracts sheathing, 
gl. ovate shortly awned,/r. spreading ovoid tumid ohacurely 
veined pellucidly 'punctate v;'\th. a linear bidentate smooth beak, 
nut ovoid-rkomboidal narrowed at both ends triangular rough. — 
//.b.37. Kunze Riedgr.Q. ^. 251.— St. smooth, 1—2 feet high, 
slender. Spikes distant or the upper ones near ; stalks slightly 
fthe lowest often greatly) exserted, rough ; lowest spike often 
very distant. Gl. pale red with a broad green longitudinal 
dorsal band. Fr. pale. Nut brown. Gl. of barren spike blunt. 
— Marshy places near the sea. P. VI. E. S. I. 
61. C. dis'tans (L.) ] fertile spikes remote erect oblong, upper 
with included stalks, bracts- with sheaths, gl. mucronate, fr. 
ascending ovoid trigonous equally aTid faintly cZ pellucidly 
punctate smooth, edges of the bifid narrow beak rough, imt 
triquetrous roughish obovoid narrowed below. — E. B. 1234. 
Schk. T. 68. //. b. 42. R. 253.-^- St. smooth, seldom exceeding 
a foot high, slender. Spikes distant, short ; lower ped. half- 
exserted. Gl. brownish. Fr. yellowish brown, rather inflated ; 
nut yellowish. Male spike cylindrical-clavate, with blunt 
glumes. — Marshy places, especially near the sea. P. V. E.S.I. 
62. C .biner'vis{^m.)-, fertile spikes remote, upper ones nearer 
together cylindrical theirstalks mostly included, lower long with 
exserted stalks, bracts sheathing, gl. mucronate,/?-. ovoid sub- 
triquetrous vAth 2 prominent green submarginal ribs on the back 
1 Generally considered the hybrid C. Jlavay. Eormchuehiana. 
H. & J. G. 
