MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
527 
capsulis imbricatis ho- 
rizontalibus, rostratis; 
squamis minimis. 
sules imbricate, hori- 
zontal, beaked; scales 
very small. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 215. Nutt. 2". p. 204. 
C. Typhina, Mich. 2. p. 169. 
Stem about a foot high, triquetrous, slightly scabrous along the margin. 
Leaves very narrow, longer than the stem, as usual in this genus glabrous 
with finely serrulate or scabrous margins. Flowers in a large compact, 
oval, terminal head, tapering at base. The base covered with sterile florets, 
with the scales lanceolate acute, slightly coloured. Stamens three. Fertile 
florets crowded, scale linear lanceolate, scarcely as long as the inflated body 
of the corolla. Corolla somewhat globose, terminating abruptly in a long, 
smooth, two-cleft beak. Seed triquetrous. Style persistent. 
Grows in the mountains of Carolina and Georgia. Dr. Muhlenberg. 
Flowers— 
4. Willdenovii. Schkuhr. 
C. spica simplici; 
stigmatibus plerumque 
tribus; fructibus alter- 
nis, oblongis, tereti tri- 
quetris, scabris, acumi- 
natis; squamis ovatis, 
acuminatis, infima a- 
pice foliacea. 
Spike simple; stig- 
mas generally three; 
fruit alternate, oblong, 
triquetrous nearly te- 
rete, scabrous, acumi- 
nate; scales ovate, a- 
cuminate, the lowest 
leafy at the point. 
Sp.pl. 4. p. 211. Pursh, 1. p. 39- Muhl. Gram. p. 230. Nutt. 2. 
p. 204. 
Stem about six inches high, triquetrous. Leaves linear, longer than the 
stem, sheathing its base. Spike terminal, simple, six sterile florets at the 
summit, generally six fertile at the base. Scale of the sterile floret short, 
obtuse. Stamens three. Scale of the fertile floret, ovate, acuminate, 
(sheathing the floret,) resembling a leaf. Stigmas three. Capsule lanceo- 
late, acuminate, triquetrous, at base globose. Muhl. 
Varies with a sterile spike, linear, terminal, somewhat distinct, fertile flo- 
rets, three to four, alternate, sessile. Muhl. 
The only specimen I possess of this species belongs to this variety. 
Grows in dry woods, Muhl. In Carolina, Dr. Schweinitz. 
Flowers May — June. 
