squamis masenlis arcte imbricatis ampleetentibus viridulis . 
oblongis infra apiem obfusum hyalino-albidum zona fer- 
ruginea angusta notatis; squamis foemineis subomnibus 
foliformibus striete erectis cuspidatis plurinerviis totis 
virichbus, suprema interdum membranacea albida ovata 
acuminata utrieulo tenuiter membranaceo superne vacuo 
oblongo-ovali viz stipitato sensim in rostrum late conicum 
attenuato obsolete binervi viridi-olivaceo; rostro ufrieule 
ispo breviore sursum satis attenuato saepiss. laevi, ore mem-, 
branaceo albido truneato; earyopsi orbiculato-ovali basi 
in stipitem brevem erassum contracta, trigona subtelss. 
punctata, vertice minute umbonata, viridula; stylo dest 
aequali, stigmatibus exsertis brevibus granulatis brunneis, 
C. Baekii Boott in Hook. Fl. boreali-americ. II. 
210. t. 209. Ejd. Illustr. 42. t. 104. — Sartwell Car. 1. 
no. 9. 
America septentr. 
34. C. netlculmis Bcklr. 
Dense caespitoss; rhizomate brevi v. brevissimo, 
fibrillis copiosis tenuibus multiramosis fuseis, interdum 
stolonifero; culmis 1—2 e vaginis inferioribus ortis quam 
folia multo brevioribus, tenuibus flaceidis nutantibus, in- 
ferne setaceis tiangularibus leviter compressis, latere uno 
canaliculatis, snrsum acerescentibus complanatis aneipitibus 
v. interdum trialatis, <—6—2 poll. altis; vaginis membra- 
naceis nervosis testaceis, inferioribus pluribus aphyllis; 
foliis 1—2 subfalcato-patentibus, mollibus v. rigidulis laete 
viridibus 4—11 poll. long. sursum linearibus breviuscule 
acuminatis perfeete planis ecarinatis trinerviis "latiuseulis, 
2—2'/, lin. lat., dasın versus satis angustatis a0 canalicula- 
tis, apicem versus in superficie ad’ nervos v. ubique pun- 
Yelange . 
