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teretmscniis t. obsolete qtiadrangalis^ striatSs, basi foliatis; 

 folit^ aiig;iistis inae(|iiaHbiis, longioribus culmum fere aequun- 

 iibuSy semicylindricis snpra levUer canaliculatis, apicem ver-* 

 sus trigonis, mar^inibus dentictilaio^scahris ; vaginis airo- 

 V. krnigiiico -castaiieis ; capitiilo subrotmido e spicularam 

 fasclculis sacpiss* plurihus coiistrncto basi bracteis duabus 

 erecto- patent ibus involucrato; bractea inferiore capHuh 

 plerumque duph tHplove Ungiore$ spieulis lougestis lan- 

 4-colatis % — 3 - florisj 4 — 5 lin. Jong*; squamis 6 — 7 

 approximatis subUnceoIato-oMougisj florigeris ohtusis^ atro- 

 castaneis t» interdum ferrugiueis, carina iion laro subtilise, 

 spinulosis; (*aiyopsi cllipsoidea apice attt^nuata obsolete trigonu 

 laevissima lactoa niteute; pcrigonii setis paucis(3 — 5)mimttiS 

 pilosis in asi persistentibus ; filameotis elongatis angiitis 

 pallidis; stylo profunda triddo, 



Ch. nigricans Kunth, 323. — Schoenus nigricans L. 



Cod, p« 59. — Elynanthns spatbaceus N. ab E. Linn, 10. 

 186* — Yariat spiculis panels sqiiamii^^iue disco pimctato-^ 

 scabris: Ch, oligostacbya Bcltlr* olim. — - Dininmond, bb* 

 no. 444. — Scbimp, pi- Arab- petr. n. 173. (snb: Cb, i'errn- 

 ginea (L.) llocbst.) — Kutsdiy. iter Syrian n- 254. — 

 Burchell. colL n, 6285. 1816- — Zeyb. coll. rcc. n, 83, — 

 Rclili. Fl. cxs, II. 204. 



Lapouia. Snecia. Datiia. Hibeniia. Germania. Helvetia. 

 Gallia. Hispania (alt, 3000 p^'d. ) LnsUania. Italia, Corsica. 

 Graecia. Syria. Majorca, Africa occid. trop., alt. 7 — 9(100 

 (G. Mann). Africa austr, extratrop. (Ecklon^ Durchell, Muudt^ 

 Zejber)* America: Florida (Cabauis, Torrey, sub: ,, hot. genus 

 Cyperac.'^); Pensylvanta (Cabanis). 



7* Ch. compressA N. ab E. 



Vitidis, Badicc fibrosa validnla fasciculata; culmie plnri- 

 bus filiformibns 6 — 9 poll. alt. obsolete iiiiadrangulis parum 



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