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/J. Elongata; spiculis foemineis numerouioribus (5) 

 valde elongatis, 4 1 /*™- 3-pollie., squamis foemineis elonga- 

 tis patentibus quam utrieuli nuilto longioribus; foliis B 

 lin. latis. 



America septentr. 



24:i C. intcrrupta Beklr. 



Intense viridis; laevis; rhizom. stolonifero; enlmo 

 gracili 1 — l :t /.i ped. alto triquctro laevi v. apice extremo 

 seabriusculo supra basin paucifoliato; vaginis teniii-nieni- 

 branaceis strarmneo-pnrpurascentibus mfegritf, inferioribus 

 efoliatis snbstrigulosis; foliis berbaceo-tenacibus acuminatis 

 plan is apice extremo tan turn scahris sesquilineam latis ? 

 superloribus longioribus culmum subaequantibus; spicula 

 mascula mHhma cylindrica acutiuscula bruniiea v. pur- 

 pureo-brunnea lit- 1(> tin. longa 1% -2% lin. crassa, foe- 

 mineis 4 cylimlraceis obtusis, superioribus remotiusculis 

 sessilibus densifloris 7 14 tin. long, l'/j tin. lat M infima 

 inagis remota pedunenlata elongata cernua inferne verti- 

 cillatim iaxiflora 2 — 2 l !> pollic; bracteis e vagi n at is basi 

 leviter dilatatis, infima culnio breviore; sqnamis parvulis 

 conformibus ovatis oblongisve obtusiusculis purpureo-brun- 

 neis v. brunneis nervo-earinali pallidiore infra apieem 

 evanescente; utriculis permmutk aquunm brecioribw oliva- 

 eeis opacis sessilibus ovali-orbiculatis tumhlufo-bivmueffa 

 martfiimhffh enerviis ecidenter abrupt e rmfeHtMs* ore in- 

 tegroj su])ernc <td maryinex plerumque puree deniatis* ob- 

 solete lineolatis > ; 7 t y — ' n /i lin* longis*; earyopsi arete inelusa 

 ntriculo conform! hrunuea puncticulata styli basi perbrevi 

 terminata. 



a verticillata IJoott, J1L 07. t. I8& (1858). - C. an- 

 gustata var. verticillata Ejd. in Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer, 



America septentr., Columbia liiyer. 



