94. C. Sitchensis. Prescott. (T a b . CCXXI.)
H ab. Sitcha. Bongard. Columbia River. Douglas. Scouler. Puget’s Sound, Soquamish Country.
Tohnie.
T ab. CCXXI. Fig. 1, Female Flower; ƒ 2, Perigynium; f. 3, Achenium:—magnified.
95. C. recta (Boott); spicis masculis 2 oblongis inferiori pedunculata, foemineis 3-4
cylindricis pedunculatis strictis erectis, stigmatibus perigyniis subrotundo-obovatis glaucis
laevibus cylindrico-rostratis ore integro squama lanceolata aristata nigro-purpurascente
duplo brevioribus. ( T a b . CCXXII.)
Hab. Labrador. Herb. Hooker.
Culmus If pedalis, strictus, superne scaber. Folia 2 lineas lata stricta acuminata supeme marginibus
apiceque triquetra scabra culmo breviora, sub 8 pollices longse. Bracteee foliacese evaginatte, apice attenuate
culmum superantes, superne serrato-scabra, auricula amplectente obtusa ferruginea. Spicce masculee 6-12
lineas longse, foemineis approximate, squamae ferrugineae, inferiores obtuse albo-marginate, superiores acutiores,
nervo sepe in aristam brevissimam producto. Spicce fceminece 1-2 poll, longe, 2 lin. late, stricte, erect re, due
superiores flosculis masculis 2-3 apice instructe, intervallis 1-lf poll, remote: inferior interdum remotior,
basi laxiflora. Squamce nigro-purpurascentes, nervo pallido, inferiores aristate. Pedunculi'4-18 lin. longi.
Perigynium subrotundo-obovatum, glaucum, levissimum, rostro brevi cylindrico ore integro vel minime
emarginato, If lin. longum, f lin. latum. Achenium immaturum.
T ab. CCXXII. Fig. 1, Female Flower ; f. 2, Perigynium; f . 3, Achenium :—magnified.
96. C. compacta. R. Br.—Dewey.—C. Jamesii ? Torrey.
Hab. Rocky Mountains. Drummond. James.
97. C. saxatilis. L —C. pulla. Good. Lin. Trs. t. 14.
H ab. Rocky Mountains. Drummond.
** Stig. 3.
f Perigynia infiata, plus minus longe rostrata.
98. C. membranacea. Hooker, in Parry 2d Voy.
H ab. Southampton Island. Capt. Parry. North Somerset, Duckett Cove. Boss. Kotzebue’s Sound.
Beechey. Cumberland House to Arctic Coast. D r Bichardson. Greenland. Homemann, in Herb. Hook.
—“ C. rotundata.”
99. C. rotundata. Wahl.
H ab. Slave Lake. Fort Enterprize. D r Bichardson. {Herb. Banks').—The leaves of this species are
involute, and on comparing the specimens with' one from Wahlenberg, 1 can see no difference. The preceding
( C. membranacea) is closely allied to this, but the leaves are flat, and the spikes are longer.
100. C. oligosperma. Mich.—C. Oakesiana. Dewey.
H ab. Cumberland House to Bear Lake. Dr Bichardson.
101. C. bullata. Schk.f. 166.
Hab. Canada. Torrey.—/3. cylindracea. Dewey. Canada to Norway House. D r Bichardson. Drummond.
102. C. ampullacea. Good.—Schk.f. 107.
Hab. Cumberland House, Bear Lake. English River. D r Bichardson.
103. C. utriculata (Boott) ; spicis masculis 3-4 cylindricis elongatis intermediis sessi-
libus, foemineis 3-4 crassis, inferioribus pedunculatis basi laxifloris, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis
oblongo-ellipticis acuminatis cylindrico-rostratis bicuspidatis nervosis stramineo-pallidis
squama lanceolata acuminata hispido-aristata plus minus longioribus.— C. vesicaria.
Dewey. Torrey.—C. ampullacea. Dewey.
Hab. British America. Dr Bichardson. Drummond.—fi. minor. Perigyniis spicisque brevioribus densi-
floris.—British America. Dr Bichardson. Rocky Mountains. Drummond.
Culmus bi-tripedalis, inferne crassus spongiosus, apice triqueter scaber. Folia 4f lin. lata, longissima,
nodosa, striato-nervosa ; carina margineque scabra, basi culmum amplectentia. Bracteee foliaceæ, culmum
longe superantes, auricula obtusa amplectente. Spicce masculee graciles l-2f pollices longæ, lineam latæ,
inferiores bracteatæ : squamæ lanceolatæ, acutæ, pallide ferrugineae, apice membranaceo-albidae. Spicce
ferrugineae 2f ad 4 pollices longæ, 7-8 lin. latæ, superiores sessiles, interdum apice masculæ ; inferiores brevi-
pedunculatæ, apice densi-(basi laxi)-floræ, intervallis If ad 3f poll, remotæ, squamæ ovato-lanceolatæ, acutis-
simæ, inferiores præcipue in aristam longam scabram productæ, perigynio sæpe vix breviores. Perigynium
4f lin. longum, If lin. latum, oblongo-ellipticum, brevissime pedicellatum, acuminatum, cylindrico-rostratum,
bicuspidatum, nervosum, divergens. Achenium minimum, f- lin. longum, f lin. latum, triquetrum. Stylus
longus. Stig. 3, brevia.
104. C. vesicaria. L .—Schk.f. 106.
Hab. Sitcha. Bongard.—/3. Columbia River. Douglas. Scouler.
A major ; Perigyniis (vix maturis) 4 lin. longis ovato-lanceolatis, longe acuminatis fuscis, squama mutica
triplo longioribus, foliis 3 lin. latis, vaginis inferioribus in filis reticularis rumpentibus ; spicis foemineis
bipollicaribus.
105. C. siibulata. Mich.—Schw. Mon. t. 26. ƒ 1.
Hab. Canada. Michaux.
106. C. folliculata. L .—Budge, in Lin. Trs. t. 9 .f. 4,__C. xanthophysa. Wahl.— C.
rostrata. Mich.
Hab. Canada. Lake Mistassins. Michaux.
107. C. intumescens. Budge, in Lin. Trs. t. 9. / 3__ C. folliculata. Schk.f 52. Mich.
Hab. Canada to Norway House. Dr Bichardson.
108. C. lupulina. Muhl.—Schk.f. 194.
H ab. Hudson’s Bay. Torrey.