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tis ant obtusisi muticis; utriculis magnis olivaceis squaina 

 longioribus ovalibus triquetris utrinque attenuatis apice 

 leviter recurvis, ore membrauaceo integro, subtiliter rnul- 

 tinervatis, 2*/jy- — 3 Hn, long is. 



C. Carey ana Torr. — Boott, 39. t. 96. — Sartwell, 

 no. 91. — Kunze, t. 27. — Herb. Union, itin. 1835 sub 

 „C. oligocarpa". 



America septentr. 



260. C. platyphylla Carey. 



Grlauco- v* laete viridis; pluricuimis; rhiaomate bre- 

 vissimo v. parum elongate; culmis erectis deinum decum- 

 bentibus jiftformifms 3 — 10 poll alt. infirmis flexuosis tri- 

 angulis striatis laevibus, basi foliis 2 — 3 brevibus et angii- 

 tis lineari-oblongis munitis ; foliis radicalibus subfascicu- 

 latis herbaceo-mollibus quam culmea brevioribus lanceola- 

 tis hremter cuspidafh inferae complicatis, subtiliter ner- 

 vatis nervis tribus parum prominentibus, sublaecibus 4—S 

 7m* /at. interdum latioribus, 3— 5, raring ad 9 poll. lon- 

 gis; spiculis 3 — 4> raro 5 ? pi. m. approximatis v. inferio- 

 ribus distantibus: mascula linear! -oblonga acuta luiea 6 

 —7. lin. hnga Uneam cire. lata, foemineis pallide olivaceis 

 subinserte pedunculatis erectis anguste linearibus laxe 

 4 — 5- ? raro 8-floris ? 7—4 lin. longis, flore termiuali sae- 

 piss* imperfecto; bracteis foliiforinibus vaginatis spieis 

 longioribus oblongo- linearibus breviter cuspidatis, antice 

 membranaceis ferrugineis truncato-bilobia; squamis mm- 

 culis luteis dense imbricatis obovaiis frmerviu rotund ato- 



obtusis v. acutiusculis, foemineis stramineia mlorhiculath 

 cuspidatis; utriculis olivaceis membranaceis squama parum 

 longioribus stipitatis ovalibus attenuate -rostellatis, ore inte- 

 gro, apice plerumque leviter recurvis, triquetris subtiliter 



