554 
MONOECIA TRIANDRXA. 
Grows around pine barren ponds, 
Flowers April — May. ' 
***# Spicis sexu 
distinctis; masculis 
p furious. 
47 . Pellita. 
C. spicis masculis 
geminis, foemineis ge- 
minis cylindraceis, 
erectis, remotis, supe- 
riore sessili; fructibus 
ovatis, bifidis, pilosis, 
squama oblouga aris- 
tata brevioribus. 
Spikes dis- 
tinct; sterile spikes nu- 
merous. 
Sterile spikes two; 
fertile two, cylindrical, 
erect, remote, the up- 
per sessile; fruit ovate, 
two-cleft, hairy, shorter 
than the oblong awned 
scale. 
Sp.pl. 4. p. 302. Pursh, 1. p. 44. Muhl. Gram. p. 258. Nutt. 2. p. 
205. 
C. Striata? Mich. 2. p. 174. 
Stem eighteen to twenty-four inches high, triquetrous. Leaves linear, 
long, scabrous along the margins. Sterile spikes two to four, the upper pe- 
dunculate, the lower sessile, scale ovate, obtuse, ferruginous with a darker 
midrib. Fertile spikes two to three, the upper sessile, the lower on pedun- 
cles, erect; scales lanceolate, mucronate. Corolla ovate, very hispid, acu- 
minate, the point short, two-cleft. 
Grows in damp woods, Pursh. In Carolina, Mich. 
Flowers-—- 
48. Riparia. 
C. spicis masculis 
quaternis; foemineis 
tribus, erectis, pedun- 
culatis, apice masculis; 
fructibus ovato-oblon- 
gis, nervosis, bifurca- 
tis, squama mucronata 
paulo brevioribus. E. 
Sterile spikes four; 
fertile three, erect, on 
peduncles, bearing ste- 
rile flowers at the sum- 
mit; fruit ovate ob- 
long, nerved, 2-forked, 
a little shorter than the: 
mucronate scale. 
