North American Cyperacea. 879 
S. ciliata, Michx. ! fl. 2. p. 167 ; Wllld. sp. 4. p. 318 ; Pursh, fl. 1. 
p. 46 ; Elliott, sk. 2. p. 559. 
Culm 1 — 2 feet liigh, acutely triangular ; the angles scabrous toward 
the summit. Leaves about a line in breadth, hairy, scabrous on the 
margin, strongly channelled ; sheaths retrosely pubescent, particularly 
on the angles. Fascicle of spikes mostly solitary at the summit of the 
culm ; sometimes there is a remote abortive cluster on a long peduncle. 
Bracts fringed with long whitish hairs ; the terminal fascicle consists of 
about 5 pairs of spikelets : sterile spikelet large, many-flowered, ses- 
sile within the superior fertile scale ; stamens 3. Nut obscurely 3-sided, 
somewhat shining, white, roughened with remote warts, not wrinkled 
or pitted ; stipitate prominences at the base very few. Perigynium a 
thickened obtusely triangular border, supporting 3 hemispherical cellu- 
lar bodies, like those in the two preceding species. 
Hab. Damp soils. South Carolina, Elliott ; Southern 
States, Dr. Baldwin! ; Georgia, Le Contc! 
Obs. Darlington refers S. ciliata to his S. jpancijlora ; 
but the plant described above is quite distinct from the latter 
species, which I received from the author himself. 
6. ScLERiA Caroliniana, WHld. 
" Culm erect, slender, and with the leaves and bracts slightly 
hairy ; fascicles terminal and axillary ; scales pubescent ; nut 
transversely wrinkled." 
S. Caroliniana, Willd., sp. 4. p. 318. 
S. hirtella, Michx. fl. 2. p. 168, (not of: Swart z) ; Elliott, sk. 2. p. 560, 
(excl. syn. Pursh Sf Willd.). 
Culm about 18 inches high, triquetrous, hairy, particularly along the 
margins. Leaves narrow, channelled, shorter than the culms, hairy. 
Spikelets 2 — 3, near the summit of the culm, distinct, not fasciculated ; 
sometimes a small axillary spike near the base of the culm. Bracteal 
leaves much longer than the spikes, hairy, and conspicuously fringed. 
Scales ovate, acuminate, unequal, pubescent. Nut globular, roughened 
chiefly by irregular transverse elevated lines. — Elliott. 
Hab. Damp soils. South Carolina, Elliott. 
Obs. I have not been able to identify this plant among my 
