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quetro, carina margisibusque scahra. Culmi basi tantum 
foliosi-,: ereeti, triquetri, soperne ad angulos tantum scahri, 
ant omnino glahri, spithamales ant pedales, fructiferi longio- 
res, in ß. digitales. aut palmares. Bractea spieae infimae fg- 
liacea, enlmum aequans aut superans, supremae selacea, ad 
basim .aurieulis. duahns obtusis atro-purpureis aucla. Spicn 
masc. 1 — 2, pollicem fere longa, oblonga subeylindrica aut 
gracilis lineari-lancgolata: valvae oblongae, apiee rotunda- 
ine, spadiceo-ferrugineae, albo tenwi margine insiructae, 
nervo dorsali albido; in #. alro-purpnreae aut aterrimae, 
nervo dorsali eyanido, vix marginatae, Spiene fen. 2-4, 
infima saepe breviter pedimeulata, reliquae sessiles ereclae, 
eulımo fere 'adpressae, jam reihotinseulae, jam ut fere seinper 
approximatae, inferiores eylindricas, ° süperiores semper hre- 
viores, 'obtusae, summa’änepe ovalis: valrae oblonga& ob- 
tusae atropurpurdae ant omnino atrae, nervo dorsali alhido, 
perigyniis angustiores brevioresque. - Perigynia sexfariam im- 
bricata, ovalia compressa, dorso Iamen convexiusenla ner- 
vosa, glahrä, viridia aut glaucescentia; in ß. supra. medium 
aut ex integro alro-purpurea airave; roeirmn brevisshntn 
vre pertnsum. Stigm. 2 : 
Hab. in pratis pasenisque uliginosis ubique in alpes ns+ 
que, nbi.in f. musatur, e. ©; in alpibus 'Gyömber et: Krivan 
Liptoviae, al Jacum alpinum Grüne See Soopusii etc. May 
— Al. 2. B 
Not. ..Spicam unam non rare vidi, praesertim in . rn 
diealen ; spieam..fem. auperiores. apice saepe, neu nondum e} 
quanıdo basi, flores geryut maseulos. 5 nr 
81.. ©. sirieta, Good. ‚in .act, Soeiet, Liun, Lond.H. PR 196. 
Spieis; .masc. I—2, lem. 3-4 distaptibus eylindricis, usrin- 
que attennatis sirietis, infima ‚breviter pedanculata,,  bracte® 
foliacea Yaginante, reliquis sessilihus,, bracteis getaceis, autir 
