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squamis hyalino-membranaceis alhidis ferrugineseentibus, 

 masculis oblongo-lanccolatis e nervo carinali viridi pro- 

 minente plerumqne cuspidatis, foemineis late ovatis obtusis 

 v. acuminatis, e dorso trinervi longe hispido-valideque 



ruspidatis; utriculis subcoriaceis breviss. stipitatis prrnw/- 

 nfs squama ipsa duph triplove hngioribm. cmpidem attamen 

 mbaeqnanlibus, Jafe oblongu utrinque obtusis turgidis ob- 

 solete trigonis ttense nermfis griseo-ferrugineis nitidulis 

 2 1 /* tin* long, medio i*/s liiu diam.; caryopsi laxe inelusa 

 ntriculo j /a breviore omli obtusa basi contracta obtuse tri- 

 angular! dense elevato - punctata ferruginea nitida, stylo 

 brevi mueronata. 



0. grisea Whlb. (FL Lappon, 249). Boott , 34. t SB, 

 — Sartwell, no. 83. — C. laxiflora Sehk. ? no. 14 1 et 

 Autor. plurim.j non Lamck. 



ft. Minor; culmis brevioribus subsetaceis ? foliis aiigu- 

 stloribus (I lin. lat), spieulis foemineis augustis densis v. 

 laxis 7— 11-floris, utriculis ferrugineis squamisque miilto 

 minoribus. — C. grisea /? angustifolia Boott, 3o. t. #7. — 

 Dmmmond. herb, sine nro. 



America septentr. 



2o6. 0. flaccosperma Dewey. 



Caespitosa; radice fibrosa tenui; culmis filiformibus 

 7 — 22 poll. alt. firm is subflexuosis apiee nutantihus, basi 

 foliatis, triangulis laevibus striolatis; foliis mollibus latius- 

 cwlis glauco-virentibus culmo brevioribus hreviter acumi- 

 nata planis mhfiliter mrcatis superne scabris, 2—2 x \% lin, 

 lat ; spiculis plerisque ferruginek. mascula sessili v. bre- 

 viter pedtmculata angusta lineari v. subclavata #*w#j#ora £ 

 Un. hnga lineam circ. lata, foemineis 3 — 4 cylindricis multi- 

 ac densifloris 9 — 12 Un. long* 2*/* — ^ ^ n - ^ a **? superioribus 2 



