Box 15, Folder 12: Grass-Like Plants of Wisconsin

Cyperaceae

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The Grass-like Plants (Cyperaceae) of Wisconsin and the adjacent country.

Genus I. Cyperus, Linneus (Greek [word in Greek alphabet], {Kypeiros]

Spikes aggregate into simple or compound, terminal, heads or [umbels?]; scales two=ranked; stamens 1 to 3; [perianth?] none; styles 2 or three cleft; a [chenium?] lenticular or triangular, naked at the apex.

1 - Cypenus [flavercens?] Linn.

Yellowish cypenus

Illinois, Mead - Michigan Wright - Ohio; - Riddell - Lea

2. Cyperus diandrus, Torrey Synonyma - C. castaneus, Bigelow. C. bicolor, Barton, (not of Vahl.) Diandrous cyperus styles 2 cleft; Stamens 2; [insert up arrow] spikes lance = oblong on two to five unequal [illegible]; scales oblong, obtuse, [inert up arrow - chestnut] brown on the margins, a [illegible] [insert up arrow - flattened], dull, ablong = obovate, minutely wrinkled across. Low wet places, about springs, the borders of marshes rivers &c. The variety castaneus [underlined], Torrey only is found in Wisconsin. Flowers in August & September. Height 4 to 10 inches Ohio Sul! Lea Illinois M! Sandy soil, St Croix (Parry) Milwaukee