438 



t 3. — Wallicb. lib. 3392. — C. Emodorum Spr. herb., 

 nee planta System, quae C. alopeeuroides Don* 

 Silbet. 



Anomalae. 



250. C* aurea Nuttall. 



Laete v. glauco - viridis ; caespitosa, stolones femm 

 emitfenfe; culmis filiformibus subinfirmis 3—12 poll, altis 

 triangnlig seabriuscitlis basi foliatis; foliis herbaeeo-tena- 

 cibus culmo brevioribus v. longioribus aeuminatis carinato- 

 planis, superne marginibus serruiatis revoiutis, l ( 2 — 1 lin. 

 lat; spicula maseula, non raro apice foeminea, pallide 

 ferruginea oblongo-lineari 4-5 lin. longa 2 / 3 lin. lata, 

 foemineis saepiss. 3 approximatis v # infima remota, pe- 

 duneulatis laxifloris flavidis v. olivaceis 3 — 8 lin. long. 2 

 lin. lafcis; bracteis 2 infimis foliaceis breviter vaginatis 

 spiculas superantibus; squamis subeonfomiibus hyalino- 

 membranaceis stramineo-pallidis disco lutescentibus lato- 

 ovatis apice rotundato muticis v. mucroniilatis; utriculw 

 perfWfe erostraik squamas excedentibus luteis v. glaueis 

 demum olivaccis coriaceis basi suberosis , turgido-ova- 

 libns infernc attenuatis, rotundato-obtusis, Yertice per- 

 tnsis, nervato-costatis, elevato-punctatis l 1 / 4 lin. long.; car. 

 laxe inclusa suborbiculata basi contracta lenticulari, reti- 

 culata hisco-fermginea; sfigmat. 2. 



C. aurea Nutt. — Boott, 29. t 76. — Sartwell, no. 

 65. - C. piriformis Schwein. 



America boreal. 



251. C. aeaulis Urville. 



Planta pygwaea snbpollicaris, rhizoinate brevissimo 

 iibrillis eapillaribus; culmo brevissimo folior. vaginis ex 



