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poll, longae, frnctiferae y^ poll, fere crassae, rarJns pollico ' 

 breviores; spicae mascnlae saepias doae, interdnm nnica 

 rarius tres, si doae tresre adsant lermmali crassiorj cjlin- 

 draceo-snbclaTaeforini ex varia plantae indole mox raJidiori 

 mox tenuiori ad basin adpressae sunt nna dnaere dimidio 

 saltern minores. Sqnamae spicae femiaeae ovato - elljpticae 

 s< ellipticae, acaminatae obtnsaere, nerro medio lato riridi 

 et striis tribns elatis notato in cuspidem serralato-scabram 

 excnrrente, lateribus Squamae rufo-fnscescentibus, nunc sen- 

 sim angnstatis iu cnspidem decurrentibas, nunc obtnso et 

 saepius irre^lariter denfato arcu illam attiugentibns ; ntra- 

 qne forma non raro in eadem spica ocGorenle, Sqnamae 

 spicae mascnlae forma Tariae nt bene exprimitur icone 

 Scbkuhriana licet cnspis prominens latiar nerrnsqne mcdios 

 lineis tribos ieriter prominnlis notafns esse soleat eridentins- 

 qae in conspectnm reniant pili rigidnli in hac cnspide snm- 

 moqae sqnamae margine reperinndae. Utricnlns fmcfora in- 

 elndens bractea sna longior latiorqne, infiato-oroldens, ro* 

 strato - attennatns 9 mnltinerviDS, glaber^ ore in denies dnos 

 fere snbnlatos erectos patnlosve partito. Stigmata tria, Frn* 

 ctns trigonns oboToidens vel ellipsoidens ntrinqne j^cntns, 

 apice styli basi persistente mncronatns. 



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Qnas formas Neesins rarietates dicit equidem hoc nomine 

 Tix insigmre mallem, similes enim nblque in nostris Cari- 

 cibns occorrant, ast aliam specie! snb titalo propositam for- 

 mam, babita qnidem differentem sed nnllo charactere gra- 

 Tiori distingnendam, Tftrietatis in modnm hnic adnectere 

 liberet, baec yero est: ;^ 



Carex Ecklonii Neea in JLinn. X. iW3. (atraque Tarie- 

 tas), Knnth Cyperogr. 517, Kiinze Snppl. d. Riedgr. p. 25. 

 Tab. V. — praecedente hninilioT, foliis canlinis (exceptis 

 bracteis) raalem nunc snperaniibns , nunc eo brevioribas; 



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