lata ; spioulis ereetis dein patulis approximatis, infima pa- 
rum remota (sed contigua), inaequalibus laxi-ac multi- 
v. paucifloris 3-—7 lin. longis, florentibus lineari -oblongis, 
fructiferis oblongis, gynaecandris eum unisexualibus inter- 
mixtis (omnibus interdum pl. m. perfecte unisexualibus) ; 
bracteis squamiformibus in folium setaceum exeurrentibus 
spieula brevioribus v. parum longioribus; squamis pellueido- 
membranaceis oblongo -lanceolatis acutiusculis stramineo - 
rufescentibus marginem versus pallidioribus carina uni- 
nervi viridulis; utriculis ereetis squama multo longioribus 
eague aequilongis 21/, lin. longis membranaceis basi spon- 
giosis anguste oblongis plano -convexis, v. basi rotundatis 
v. parum attenuatis, longe rostratis, ore acute bidentatis 
v. subintegris, ufringue evidenter plurinervatis, sursum mar- 
gine subtiliter serratis, stramineo- virentibus, maturis fer- 
ruginescentibus; earyopsi aretiuscule inelusa oblongo -ovata 
obtusa, infima basi contracta, plano-convexa punctulata 
pallide ferruginea, stylo basi incrassato terminata; stig- 
matibus longe exsertis tenerrimis flexuosis, — Species Oa- 
rici Deweyanae proxime affinis. 
C. bromoides Schk. f. 176. — Boctt, IIl. 82. t. 27.— 
. Sartwell, no. 10 
America septentr. 
132, C. siccata Dewey. 
Glaucescens; rhizomate elongato repente lignoso pen- 
nam gallinaceam v. columbinam erasso, vaginis brevibus 
squamiformibus lanceolatis nervosis brunneis (v. interdum 
fuseis) vestito; culmis seriatis distantibus (v. raro subfasei- 
eulatis) strietis filiformibus firmis 1-11, ped. alt. trian- 
