MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
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26. Varia. 
C. spicis foemineis 
subternis, subapproxi- 
matis, sessilibus, sub- 
globosis; fructibus sub 
globoso-triquetris, ros- 
tratis, bidentatis, pube- 
scentibus, squama ob- 
longa brevioribus; cul- 
mo erecto. 
Fertile spikes gene- 
rally three, approxi- 
mate, sessile, nearly 
globose; fruit trique- 
trous, somewhat glo- 
bose, beaked, two- 
toothed, pubescent, 
shorter than the ob- 
long scale; stem erect. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 259* Pursh, 1. p. 40. Nutt. 2. p, 205. 
Stem slender, six to eight inches high, scabrous along the angles. Leaves 
generally longer than the stem, narrow, subulate, scabrous along the mar- 
gins. Flowers in three or four small spikes, the upper sterile, the lower 
fertile, sometimes approximate, sometimes distinct. Sterile spike oblong 
lanceolate, the scales lanceolate, with ferruginous sides. Fertile spikes com- 
pact, the scales ovate lanceolate, acute, rather shorter than the mature fruit, 
tinged with brown. Corolla globose, pubescent, with a short acuminate 
point. 
Grows in shaded rich soils. 
Flowers April — May. 
27. Dasycarpa. Muhl. 
C. spica mascula 
parva, foemineis sub- 
ternis, subapproxima- 
tis; fructibus ovato tri- 
quetris, villoso hispidis, 
squama acuminata lon- 
gioribus. E. 
Sterile spike small, 
fertile generally three, 
approximate; fruit o- 
vate, somewhat trique- 
trous, villous and his- 
pid, longer than the 
acuminate scale. 
Muhl. Gram. p. 236. 
Stem twelve to eighteen inches high, triquetrous, glabrous. Leaves 
very narrow, lanceolate, linear, glabrous, all excepting the bracteas shorter 
than the stem. Sterile spike very small, terminal, scales lanceolate. Fer- 
tile spikes generally three, near together, the upper sessile, the lower on 
short peduncles. Bracteas resembling the leaves, longer than the stem, em- 
bracing the base of the peduncle. Scale ovate acuminate. Corolla obtusely 
