415 



nscnlis vaginis lanceolatis nervosis lnteo-purpurascentibus 

 nitiduHs vestitis; culmo rigido valido recto v. leviter cur- 

 vato 2 l l2 — 5, raro 10—14 unc. alto triangular! laevi v. 

 interdum scabro, basi inerassata folioso; vaginis brevibus 

 parum ampliatis antiee tenuiss. membranaceis byalino-al- 

 bidis (mox fissis) lobulo oppositifolio ©btuso, inferioribus 

 aphyllis; follis laete viridibus rigidis lafimnifu jwienti-mh- 

 recurvis sublanceolato - linearibus acuminata carinato - 

 planis apice triqnetris, marginibus serrulatis, culmo brevi- 

 oribns 1-3 lin. lai.? spieulis atris erectis confertis (raro 

 remotixtscutis) cylindraceo-oblongis v. ovalibus ant raro 

 cylindricis densifloris (interdum sublaxifloris 7—3—12 



lin. long, 2 — Vfe — % x h I* 11 ? l**-> mascula solitaria, foemi- 

 neis 2—4 sessilibus, infiina parum remota; braeteis evagi- 

 natis basi eximie atro-auriculatis, infima spieulam mascu- 

 lam vix attingente; squamis conformibus majusculis late 

 ovalibus v. ovali-orbiculatis rotundato-obtusis ferrugineo- 

 atris opaeis, margine saepe hyalino-pallido., nervo carinali 

 pallidiore infra apicem squamae evanido; utrieuliri mem- 

 branaceis squamam subaequantibus v. ea longioribus com- 

 pressis subplano-convexis ellipsoideis v. orbiculatis sube- 

 nervibus subtiliter granulatis laevibus, breviss. rostratis, 

 ore integro, v. totis femigineo- atris v. pallidis superne 

 nigricantibns. l 2 / 3 — 1 lin. long. ; caryopsi laxe inelusa 

 utriculo Yj breviore subobovata lenticulari lutea subtiliss. 

 punctata, stylo concolori tenui basi aequali tenmmita. 

 C. rigida Good. Observ. 193. I 10. Selik. no. 71 



— Rchb. f. 578. - C. saxatilis Wahlb. (Act Holm. 1803). 



— Fl. Lappon. 247 (non L.) — Hoppe et Sturm. A. i'. 

 40. — Selik, I. 40, Tt 40. - 0, orbicularis Boott, oiiui, 



— (X vulgaris var. alpina Boott ? III. 107. t. f>i>8— 575. — 

 C Autucensis Kunze, 50. t. 13. f. 1. — Poepp. col), no. 



