437 



lide luteis oblongis acutiusculis, foemineis alliptim cuspi- 

 datis, lateribus albidis ? carina nervata viridi; utriculis 



viridibus deroum ferrugineo-punctatis squama parura lon- 

 gioribus I 2 /:; Hn. long, ellipsoideu sensim in rostrum Imgw- 

 senium angustum seabrum ore hyalino bidentatum attenu- 

 ates compresso-biconvexis v. quandoque trigonis, basi dorso 

 subtiliter nervatis; stigmatibus saepiss. duobtts* 



C, Vulcani Hocbst. in Seubert FL azor* p. 22. t 3. 

 t 2. — Boott. III. 2U3. — Forma minor: C. Floresiana 

 Hochst* 1. c. t. Ji. t t — (Specimina Watsoniana in 



herb, propr.) 



Insulae Azoricae. 



249, C- caespititia N. ab E. 



Glauco - virens ; rhizomate elongato repente angulato 

 pallido; eulmo subpedali stricto tenui larmo tr-Hjuefro ml an- 

 gulm persmbro basi foliato; foliis erectis ffrmis angiitis 

 longe aeuraiuatis mlmum mperantibm acute carina tis mar- 

 gine refiexis superne scabris J / 2 — 1 lin. lat.;vaginis antice 

 tenuiss. merabranaceis albidis; spiculis 5-4 (iu anthesi) 

 contiguis sessiiibm, terminali mascula lutescente cylindra- 

 cea pollicem cire. longa V\% — 2 lin. lata, reliquis foemi- 

 neis testaceo-viridulin subsemipollicaribuslineari-obiongis; 

 bracteis foliaceis aiigustls evaginatis, basi auriculatis, ser- 

 rato-scaberrimis, infer ioribus spiculam masculam superan- 

 tibus; squamis omnibus trmerem, maseulis majoribus ob- 

 longis obtusis lateribus luteis margine hyalino -albidis, 

 foemineis oblongis aeutis luteo-viridulis ; stigmatibus duo- 

 bus. — (Exstant specimina juvemL) 



(X caespititia K ab E* berk — Boott, 133. t. 428. 



