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terdum mucronulatis rufescentibus, margine pallidis, foe- 

 mineis ovatis hreviter mueronatis rufis v. albldls nervo 

 caiinali viridulo; utriculis squamam aequantibus v. supe- 

 rantibus ellipmideo-oblongh tiimidis rohmdato-obtmis siiban- 

 gulato-biconvexis tenui-nervatis flavovirentibus non raro 

 ferrugineo-punctulatis nitidulis Vj h lin. long.; earyopsi 

 laxe inelusa obovata basi attenuata obtuse triangulari sub- 

 tiliter punctata flavida stylo valido terminata. 



C. pall esc ens L. Spec. % 1386. — Schk., no. 99. — 

 Hoppe et Sturm, B. 44. -- Rchb., f. 617 et 018. — Boott, 

 139. t. 450. — Sartwell> no. 81. — 0. undulata Kuiize, 

 t, 4. — Variat glaberrima (K. Koch Beitr. 2. 160), squa- 

 mis foemineis saturate ferrugineis apiee rotuudatis ab- 

 rupte acuminatis, 



Dania. Germania. Syria. America boreal. — Var. 

 in Mont. Pontieis, alt 0— 7000 ped. 



254. C. conoidea Schk, 



Caespitosa; rhizomate abbreviato, fibrillin eapillaribus; 

 eulmis numerosis strictis setaeeo-filiformibus 4 — 15 poll, 

 alt. triangulis laevibus v. apicem versus ad angulos (in- 

 terdum peracutos) spinulosis, inferne foliatis, iina basi 

 vaginis efoliatis ferrugineis vestitia; foliis remotis viridi- 

 bus culmo brevioribus longiuscule angustato-acuminatis pla- 

 liis superae margtnibussubtiliter serratis 1 — V}% Hn. lat.; 

 spiculis 4—3, rarius u v. 2. aupremis pi. m. approximate, 

 inferioribus distantibus: mascula plerumque peduneulata 

 gracili 8 — 4 lin. longa vix lineam lata, foemineis pallidc 

 olivaceis erectia cylindraceis oblongisve donsifloris, v. quan- 

 ■doque laxifloris, 8—4 lin. long. 2—2 1 j-> Hn. lat., suprema 

 subsessili, reliquis pedunculitis; bracteis foliaceis vaginan- 

 tibus, infima spiculam masculam subaequante v. superantc ; 



