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planis, sursum acute carınatis complicdtisve, margine serru- 
latis; spieulis 3—6 (raro pluribus) in apice culmi appro- 
ximatis v. remotiuseulis, magnis multifloris ovalibus v. sub- 
rotundis teretibus, basi conica floribus paucis masculis; 
squamis majusculis rigidulo-membranaceis ovato-v. oblon- _ 
go-lanceolatis acutiusculis v. obtusis aut mueronulatis sae- 
pius stramineo-rufescentibus; utrieulis rigidis tardius 
ereeto - patentibus, squama parum v. multo longioribus non 
raro multo latioribus, Z!a—8 Zin. longis, ad latera sacpiss. 
spongiosis corrugatis, compressis, v. orbiculatis abrupte 
breviter rostratis v. ovalibus sensim in rostrum longiu- 
senlum attenuatis, basi plerumque rotundatis interdum 
subeordatis aut attenuatis, usque fere ad basin late alatis 
apiee bidentatis, dorso superne profunde fissis, utrinque 
subtiliter plurinervatis, superne margine tenuissime ser- 
ratis, stramineis v. ferrugineis; caryopsi utrieulo wulto 
minore ellipsoidea sessili v. pedicellata lentieulari dense 
punctulata pallida v. ferruginea; stylo pertenui basi le- 
viter incrassato. — Species valde variabilis. 
C. straminea Schk. f. 34 et 174, et Alior. — Boott, 
e. varr. Ejd. t. 884, 385, 387, 388, 389. — Sartwell, no. 
76. — C. hyalina Boott olim. — C. tetrastachya Scheele 
(fide Boott.). — Variationes: 1} Spieulis clavato-obovatis 
utriculisque adpressis: C. festucacea Schk. f. 173 et Alior. 
— C. straminea festucacea Boott, t. 386. — C. foenea var. 
ß. Ejd. t. 877. Sartwell, no. 44, no, 49. — 2) Spieulig 
paueis parvis ovalibus remotis: O. tenera Dew. (v. ..) — 
Sartwell, no. 45. — 3) Spieulis utriculisgue maximis: C. 
alata Torr. (v. s.) — Boott, t. 378. — Sartwell, no. 77. 
— C. straminea Ejd., no. 48. — 4) Spieulis perpaueis 
approximatis utrieulis ovali -lanceolatis: C. foenea Willd. 
et Hortor. (v. e. eulta.) 
