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squamis fiasco — v. purpureo-brunneis oblongo — v. ovato 

 -sublanceolatis acutiusculis v. mucronulatis; utriculis sgtta- 

 mis mis multo hngioribwac lafhrihtm. 2 A \ A lin long; pelh- 

 cido-membranaceis pallide viridulo-ferrugineis breviss* sti- 

 pitatis wide eompressk sublanceolato-ovatis laevibus in 

 rostrum breve ac tenue ore integrum atteimatis; earyopsi 

 utriculo triplo quadruplove minore angustc obovata basi 

 attenuata longe stipitata obtusa acute triangular! mucro- 

 nata subtilise, reticulata straminea; stylo elongate tener- 

 rimo, basi parum inerassata triangularis stigmatibus 3 v. 

 interdum % 



C. Mertensii Freseott. — Hooker, Flora Boreali-Amer. 

 2. 217. t 217. 



Sitcha (Dr. Mertens). 



214. C. psyelirophila N. al> E. 



Caespitosas culmo 1 — 2-pedali graeili apice subnu- 

 tante triquetro striate, superne angulis acutis scaberrimo, 

 basi pauci-, superne 1 — 2-foliato ; vaginis basilaribus mem- 

 branaceiSj antice laceris pallidis purpureo-variegatis ; foliis 

 culmo brevioribus v. aequalibus fuseo-viridibus longe an- 

 gustato-acuroinatis carinatis roarginibus subinvolutis, striate- 

 nervosis l 1 ^ — 1 lin- lat.; spiculis 4—5 contiguis, v. infima 

 remota, inferioribus exserte pedunculatis submitantibug, 

 densi-ae multifloris cylindricis oblongisve obtusia 1- '/a 

 poll. longis ? IV2? fructiferis 3 lin. eirc. crassis, terminal! 

 gynaecandra (interdum fere omnino mascula) , reliqim 

 foemineis; bracteis inferioribus foliaceis evaginatis; pedun- 

 eulis capillaribus triangulis scabris; squamis parvulis atro- 

 purpureis, margine angusto saepe pallidis ? ovatis acutatis 

 V. cuspidatis, cuspide ner cogue carinali pJertttiupt# fthpidii- 

 lisf utriculis cbartaceisflavo-virentibustf?w« vquamae duplo 



