. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 2. SEDGE FAMILY. 4. Cyperus filicinus Vahl. Nuttall's Cyperus. Fig. 724. Cyperus filicinus Vahl, Enum. 2: 332. 1806. C. Nuttallii Eddy; Spreng. Neue Entd. 1 : 240. 1820. Annual, culms slender, tufted, 4'-i8' tall, equalling or often longer than the leaves. Leaves of the invo- lucre 3-5, spreading, the larger often 5' long; umbel simple or slightly compoun
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 2. SEDGE FAMILY. 4. Cyperus filicinus Vahl. Nuttall's Cyperus. Fig. 724. Cyperus filicinus Vahl, Enum. 2: 332. 1806. C. Nuttallii Eddy; Spreng. Neue Entd. 1 : 240. 1820. Annual, culms slender, tufted, 4'-i8' tall, equalling or often longer than the leaves. Leaves of the invo- lucre 3-5, spreading, the larger often 5' long; umbel simple or slightly compound, 3-7-rayed; spikelets rather loosely clustered, linear, very acute, flat, spreading, l'-ii' long, i"-i4" wide; scales yellowish- brown with a green keel, oblong, acute, rather loosely spreading at maturity; stamens 2; style 2-cleft, its branches somewhat exserted; achene lenticular, nar- rowly obovate, obtuse or truncate, dull, light brown, one-third to one-half as long as the scale, its super- ficial cells quadrate. Salt marshes, Maine to Mississippi. Also in Bermuda. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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