444 
spicula ovata obinsinsoula tardine tereti- pansi-multiflera I— 
1'% lin. longa, saepiss. e basi prolifera; squamis suhargua- 
libns minutis densis tenui - membranaceis oblongo-ovatis ob- 
tusis earinatis hyalino -albis diinteque purpurascentibus, dorso 
vix viridulis; caryopsi squama '; breviore oblongu-obovata 
inferne parum angustata iriangulari, angulis prominnlis, laevi 
albida; bulbo styli concolore ahbreviato-«conico triauguları; 
sefis paueis subtilissimis albidis caryopsi brevioribus. 
E. prolifera Torr. 1. e. p. 315 et p. 442%. — (Herb. 
propr.) 
America sepientr. 
31. 3. tortills Schalt. 
Rhizomate brevissimo v. parum elongato; enlmis nnme- 
rosis deuse fascieulatis tenni- Sliformibus saepius elongatis, 
obsolete tri-v. quadrangulis, siccis m. m. tortis, 1% — Ye ped. 
altis; vagina superiore elongata, I—1'k poll. longa, angneta 
riridi, ore obligun dente triangulari terminata; spicula ellip- 
seidea acutinsenla 2% — 2 Jin. louga 12—6-Nlora (3 —4 lin. 
lg. 15—%0 - Bora, Torr.); squamis laxiuscnlis late ovatis ob- 
iusis varinato -convexis rigidulis margine tamen late mem- 
branaceis, pallidis, lateribus Navidis v. ferruginescentibus, 
earina obtusa pallidiss. viridi; caryopsi majuscula obovato - 
pyriformi compresso -triangulari (bicouvexa, Torr.) cancel- 
iata stramineo -virente; styli bulbo caryopsi concelorato et 
quam ea vix dimidio breviore conico compresso - triangulari, 
basi soluta; seiis 6 validulis spinulosis ferragineis caryopsi 
parum longiorihus. 
E. tortilis Schult. Maut, 2. 92. Kunth 1. «. 144. — 
Seirpus tortilis Wild. hb. 1174. — Se. spiralis Bose. 
nee — E, simplex Torr. 306 (v. s.). Sec. siömplex El, 
