a;*.* 4 ... fr- v v. 



408 



tibus obtusis, lateribus concaviusculis, flavida subtiliter 

 punetulata, styli basi longa terminate 



U* forinosa Dewey (v. »• anthent) — Hoott, 53* t* L4L 

 — Sartwell, no. 86. 



Civitat American* unit 



220. C. oxylepis Tom 



Dense caespitosa; radicis fibrillin longw tenuibus moJ- 

 libiw; culinis strietis gracilibus pilosis siibsesqnipedenj altis 

 triaiigularibus foliosis infima basi vaginis Ixrcvibus lanceo- 

 late atropurpureis obteetis; foliis laete viridibuy subeoii- 

 fertis mollibus planiuBeulis 1 '/a— 2 lin. lat longinseiiJe 

 acuminatis culmo brevioribns subtus vaginisque dense pilo- 

 sis supra apkem terms asperis; spicule 4 — 5 olivacei?* 

 cylindrical mbJaxjjioris remotiusculis pedunculitis moerer- 

 lis i oast aitetiHahi' laxijioru. VI — 16 Tin. long, l 1 /^ — 2 lin. 

 lat, terminal! semiraascula, reliqicia omnmu foemineh; pe- 



dunculis netaceo- capillar! bus subpilosis hwcwm\ braeteis 

 inierioribug fbliaceis vaginatis perangngtis cuhiiuin subae- 

 quantibus; squamis majudculis scariosis: foemineis pellu- 

 cido-albidis oblongis acutatis e carina subuuinervi viridnla 

 cuspufafi&\ masculis angustioribus urulu lutcolis; utricwlw 

 squama iiiulto longioribus bilinealibiw reetis v. apiee levi- 

 ter reeurvis, ohhmgis trigonis, hand ventrieosis, obsolete 

 rostellatis, ore minute bilobis, tenuiter nervatis olivaeeia 

 ferrugineo-punctulatis laevibus glabrisve ; earyopsi laxe 

 inclnga utrieulo Vs breviore ellipsoidea angulis vaide pro- 

 nrinentibus obtusis, lateribus concavia, lomjimcuh pedicel- 

 latin, apieulata reticulata stramineo-pallida, stylo longius- 

 culo tenui fasco peraistente. 



C oxylepis Torr. Monogr. 409. — Boott, 53. 1 142. — 

 C. famitiaris Stciul. 226. — Variat tota planfa glabra. 



