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decrescentibus ; spiculis in culmi apice pi. m. confertis — infima 



parnm remota sed continua 



stricte erecfcis: xnascula flavida 



sessili multiflora oblongo-lineari acuta 9 — 7 lin. long. l*/a— 1 

 lin. lat, foemineis 4—3 olivaceis cylindraceis oblongisve densi- 

 ac uiultifloris 10—6 lin. long. 27^ 1. lat., infimis breviter pedun- 

 culatis, reliquis subsessilibus; bracteis niodo infimis duobiis fo- 

 liaceis brevi-vaginatis, ultima spiculam masculam parum supe- 

 rante; squamis magnis rigidulis: masculis late ovalibus obtusis 

 muticis V. minute mucronatis viridulo-flavidis, foemineis viri- 

 dulis ovalibus obovatisvo e dorso tristriato valide cuspidatis ; 

 utriculis (nondum perfecte maturis) squamam excedentibus evi- 

 denter stipitatis lanceolato-oblongis obsolete rostellatis ore 

 leviter emarginatis, compresso-triangulis multistriatis fusces^enti- 

 viridibus 2 — 2^/4 1. long. ^ — Ex affln. C. gryseae Wahlb., C. cono*- 

 deae Schk. 



America septentr, : Salzsteppe der Rocky Mountains. 

 ColL D5nitz. 



25. C longicauUs, 



Planta alta laete viridis; rhizomate elongato horizontali 

 duro nodoso-ramoso pennam anserinam v. cygneam crasso, fi- 

 ^brillis mimerosis rigidis; culmis (e rhizom. nodis singulis) ela* 

 tis, 4— 2pedal., gracilibus, medio vix lineam diam., stricte 

 erectis acutangulis laevibus basin versus plurifoliatis ; vaginis 

 herbaceis subomnibus laminiferis; fol. remotiusculis herbaceo- 

 rigidis latis planis longe angustato-acuminatis apicem versus 

 denticulato-scabridis 3—2 — IVa 1. lat., superioribus culmum non 

 raro superantibus (2 — 174 ped. long.); spiculis 5—4 in apice 

 culmi pL m. approximatis, superioribus 3 — 4 contiguis, infima 

 parum remota: mascula parvula sessili fusco-flavida subclavato- 

 lineari 8 — 3 lin, longa, foemineis fuscescenti-viridibus breviter 

 pedunculatis densifloris, infimis subcylindraceis 10 — 8 lin. long., 

 superioribus saepius multo brevioribus oblongis ; bracteis seta- 

 ceo-foliaceis ima basi flavida vaginantepuberulis, infima spiculam 

 masculam saepiss. baud attingente; ligula nulla; squamis foe- 

 mineis late ovalibus v. lanceolato-ovatis^ pallidis e carina laete 

 viridi trinervi breviter mucronatis, masculis elongato-oblongis 

 Qbtusiusculis submucronulatis disco fuscentibus margine hyalino- 

 pallidis; utriculis (maturis) viridibus squamam aequantibus v. 

 parum superantibus I'/j 1.. lopg. late ellipsoideis triangulis tur- 



giidifi, laciebus aequaUbujs plamsi, ^ub^Uil^r plariiiieir?)tt9 ^ubtillsr 



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