236 New or rare Plants of the State of ISew York. 
In cedar swamps, &c. not uncommon in the western part of 
the state. Flowers m June and July. 
Obs. It appears, by a letter from the late Sir James E 
Smith to Prof. Torrey, that the plant well known to American 
botanists as C. xanthophysa, is C. folliculata of the Linnaean 
herbarium. The specific character of Linnaeus, " spicis termi- 
nalibus pedtmadatis, mascula foemineaque, capsulis subulatis 
longitudine spicae," would at once be noticed as inapplicable to 
C. folliculata of Schkuhr and succeeding botanists. The figure 
of Rudge, in the Linnean Transactions, well represents our 
C. xanthophysa, with only two (sub-approximate) pistillate 
spikes ; a form which is by no means uncommon. The spe- 
cimen from which the figure of Rudge was taken, is said to be 
the same as one under the name of C. folliculata, in the Bank- 
sian herbarium. It is evident, therefore, that the original name 
of Linnaeus must be restored to this speciei. 
40. C. INTUMESCENS, Rudgc, in Linn. Tra?is. VII. p. 97. 
tab. 9./. 3. C. folliculata, SchJc. Car.f. 52. Michx. Fl. 11. p. 
172. Willd. Sp. PL IV. p. 281. Schw. Sf Torr. Car. p. 338. 
nan Linn. 
In wet meadows and swamps ; common. Flowers early in 
June. 
Obs. This plant, the C. folliculata, of Schkuhr, Willdenow, 
and all American botanists, is well figured by Rudge, in the 
Transactions of the Linnean Society as above quoted. It not 
unfrequently bears a single pistillate spike, as figured by 
Schkuhr. 
/3. GLOBULARis ; culmo crassiore ; spicis fertilibus globosis, 
multi- (20—30) floris. 
Hab. In meadows ; Utica. Flowers in July. 
Obs. This variety is characterized by its larger and coarser 
habit, and by its globose, many-flowered pistillate spikes. It 
flowers a month later than the ordinary form of the species, and 
when young might readily be mistaken for C. lupulina. 
