445 



iy 2 Mb. latis; bractea infima foliacea setacea basi auricu- 

 lata picta, spiculam subaequante; squamis foemineis late 

 ovatis v. ovalibus obtusis carinulatis atropurpureis, mas- 

 eulisangustioribussanguineis; utrieulis parvis glaucis squa- 

 ma longioribus obovatis obtusis suberostratis, ore integro, 

 enerviis laevibus subtiliter granulatis; stigmat. ttsubtilibus 

 brevibus, — G. Vahlii afflnior. 



C. holostoma Drej. Rev. 29. — 0. F. Lang ? #7. — 

 Boott, 111. 210. - (Hb. propr.) 



Groenlandia. 



ft Utriculi rostellati. 



* Utriculi glabres ac laeves, v. quandoqne scabri- 

 usculi. 



o Folia beteroidea. 



258. C. plantaginea Lamck* 



Intense viridis; rhizomate abbreviate; eulmis pluribus 

 erectis demum decurobentibus subflexuosis tenuibus ob- 

 solete triquetris striatis laevibus f in anthesi 6 — 3-pollic, 

 tardius 12 — 15 poll, alt, basi vaginis subapbyllis roem- 

 branaceis atropurpureis nervosis vestitis ; folits radiealibus 

 quam culmi fructiferi brevioribus Jirmulis latis linearis 

 lanceolatis inferne attenuatis complicatisve, superae pla- 

 nis, acutiusculis tricarinulatis tenuiter multinervatis 3 — 12 

 poll, lg* 12 — 5 lin lat ? marginibus ieniter undulatis serra- 

 ti$> basi non raro atropurpureis ; spiculis distantibus, raas- 

 cula purpureo-brunma oblonga obtusa 10 — 5 lin. longa 2 

 — 3Y2 lin* lata, foemineis 4—3 e caghm aphyllis cuspida- 

 tis purpurascenti bus ortis ? filiformibus postea oblongo- 

 linearibus laxis, 10 — 8-floris, superioribus incluse, inferio- 

 ribus exserte peduneulatis ? 9 — 6 lin* longis 2 lin. lat ; 

 squamis masculis dense imbricatis purpureo-brunneis con- 



