bus v. oblongis utrinque attenuatis v. ellipsoideis, /ongin- 
scule stipitatis, breviter rostratis trigonis m. m. evidenter 
nervosis, superne v. latiuscule v. obsolete marginatis, 
margine spinuloso- cihiolatis, ore membranaceo bidentatis, 
inferne pallidis superne ferrugineis; stylo subexserto, 
x. stigmatibus 2 longiusculis reflexis. — Forma oceurrit per- 
humilis, vix pollicaris, eulmis folisque incurvis spieulis- 
que parvis paueifloris. \ 
C. nardina Fries Summa vegetab. Scand. p- 222. Ejd. 
herb. norm. (forma elatior una cum forma humillima;) 
— Kunze I, e. 9. t. 23. f. 2. — Anderss. Cyper Scand. 
p- 72. — Boott Il. p. 213. — C. Hepburnei Boott in 
Hook. Fl. bor. amer. 2. 209. t. 207. " 
Groenlandia (Wormskiold, Drejer.) Finmarkia, Trom- 
soe (Blytt.). 
11. C. capitata L. 
Rhizomate parum elongato oblique descendente, fibril- 
»  lis temuibus brunneis; culmis pluribus v. numerosis striete 
erectis filiformibus 10 —4 poll. alt. (interdum obsolete) 
. triangularibus suleatis, v. perfecte laevibus v. apicem 
£ versus spinuloso -seabris, hasi vaginis aphyllis brevibus 
nervosis brunnescentibus vestitis, supra basin pauci (-3-) 
foliatis; foliis eulmo plerumque paulo brevioribus rigidulis 
En erectis faseiculatis subflexuosis perangustis acuminatis 
5 canalieulato - subsemiteretibus dorso striatis, superne mar- 
gine seabridis; spieula primum ovato-sublanceolata, posten 
parte foeminea subglobosa, densiflora 3'/,—4 lin. longa; 
squamis parvis uninerviis margine lato lenuiss; membranaceo 
pellido superne circumdatis: foemineis suborbiculatis disco 
brunneo-fuseis, maseulis oblongis ferrugineis; utriculis 
squama multo longioribus patentibus compressis ovatis v. orbi- 
eulato -ovatis in rostrum angustum breviusculum ore mem- 
