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91. CYI’ERACE^. 
edp:es, nut elliptical trifjonous with bluutisli angles. — E. B. 
1098. 8chk. M. 50. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, bluntly triangular, 
smooth. Glumes of the barren sj)ike blunt. Known by its very 
large ami few fr. with numerous ribs. Sjhkes very distant. — 
Dry woods, very rare. P. VI. E. S. ? 
tt Fertile sjiikes short drooping. 
48. C. capillaris (L.) ; fertile spikes upon long stalks half in- 
cluded /ew-jlowerec/ lax, one bract sheathiny several flowerstalks, 
glumes obtuse, fr. oblong triangular turgid narrowed below ter- 
minating in a slender membranous beak, nut obovate triquetrous 
blunt with a short beak. — E. B. 2069. Schk. O. 56. H, b. 53. 
R. (iOO. — St. very slender, 2 — 6 in. high, smooth. Peduncles 
rough, several usually inclosed in one sheath. Glumes short, 
broad, obtuse, midrib not reacbing tbe summit, shorter than the 
small smooth broivn fruit. Nut pale. Root tufted. — Teesdale 
and Scottish highlands. P. VI. E. S. 
49. C. rariflora (Sm.) ; fertile spikes 2 or 3 upon long stalks 
oblong few-flowered lax, bracts with very short sheaths, glumes 
very broad obtuse as long as the fr., fr. oblong attenuated at both 
ends with 3 blunt angles and depressed sides beak extremely 
short entire, nut roundish-oblong. — E. B. 2516. — St. 6 — 8 in. 
high, smooth. Root creeping. Peduncles solitary. Glumes very 
broad and blunt, folded round the fr., dai'k brown, midi-ib pale 
terminating in a minute apiculus. Fr. pale, faintly nerved; 
nut darker. — Boggy summits of the highland mountains, rare. 
P. VI. S. 
50. C. limosa (L.) ; fertile spikes I or 2 upon very long stalks 
ovate densely -flowered with occasionally a few barren fl. at their 
summit, bracts auricled slender strongly keeled, glumes ovate mu- 
cronate, fr. roundish-obovate compressed strongly ribbed with a 
very short entire beak, nut obovate bluntly trigonous with a beak, 
1 . narrow linear complicately-channeled rough at the through- 
out. — E.R.2043. ScAA:. X. 78. H. b. 49. R. 592. — St. afoot high. 
L. and bracts very slender. Glumes purple, with a green keel, 
about as long as the pale fr. which is broadest above the middle. 
Nut pale. Root creeping. — Spongy bogs. P. VI. 
51 . C. irrigua {“ Sm.,” Hartm.) ; fertile spikes 2 or 3 upon long 
stalks oblong densely-tlowered with occasionally a few barren fl. 
at their base, bracts am-icled leaflike rather broad nearly flat, 
glumes ovate-lanceolate attenuated acute, fr. roundish-ovate com- 
pressed faintly ribbed with a very short entire beak, nut elliptical 
triangular with a beak, 1 . linear flat smooth at the edges except 
near the apex. — E, B. S. 2895. H. b. 48. R. 593. — St. a foot or 
more in height. L. and bracts 2 or 3 times as broad as in the 
preceding. Glumes wholly purple, usually longer than the pale 
