397 



eeis, obtusis densi-ac multifloris 12 — 5 lin. long. 8—1 f /a 

 lin. lat.; bracteis 1 — 2 inferioribus foliaceis angustis basi 

 aubauricnlata amplectentibus ; squamis elongatis, foemineis 

 oblongis ex apiee obtusiuscnlo subobliquo euspidatis (inter- 

 dum muticis) eastaneo - fuscis , v. interdum ovato-lanceo- 

 latis aeutato-submucronatis atrosangnineis , masculis pie- 

 rumque angusttoribus saepeque pallidioribus; utriculis glau- 

 co-virentibns opacis, raro subcoloratis, squamam subae- 

 quantibus eaque multo latioribus subbilineaKbus sessibus 

 ollipsoideis v. orbiculato-ovalibus utrinque obtusis com- 

 prcssiuscnlis bine convexis hinc angulato-convexis, brecis- 

 sime rofitctfatis, ore Ieviter emarginatis, tenuinervatis sul- 



catisve punrfu/afoscabriusculis, marginibus media,' earyopsi 

 laxe inclusa irtrimfo multo breriore, lineam longa, sessili 

 lato-obovata obtusa triangulari, angulis prominentibns ob- 

 tusis, styli basi tenui apicata, densiss. punctulata fusco- 

 olivaeea nitidula. 



0. Buxbaumii Wablb. Fl. Lappon. 244. — Rchb. f. 

 589. — Hoppe et Sturm, B. no. 11. — Boott, 130.- 1 438, 

 439. — 0. polygama Schk. no. 76. — Rchb. Fl. exs. no. 

 530. — Sartwell, no. 62. 



Germania. Helvetia. Norvegia. Fennia. Lapponia. 

 America septentr. 



209. C. Gmelini Hook, et Arnott. 

 Caespitosa; rhizomate brevissimo hand stoiomfero, 

 fibrillis tenuibus rigidis; culmis strietis tenuibus 8—26 

 poll. alt. firmis triquctris, superne angulis peracutis scabria 

 inferne foliatis; yaginis basilaribus purpuraseentibus antice 

 tenuissime membranaceis pallidis mox destructis; foliis 

 viridibus — culmeis remotis — berbaceo - rigidulis culmo 

 brevioribus acuminata carinatis planis v. margine superne 



