440 



coloribus, raro pallidioribus, oblmigo-lwiceolatis oblongisve 

 obtusiuseulis, foemineis seariosis late ovatis snborbieula- 



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tisve cuspidatis carinatis pallidis purpureo-variegatis; utri- 

 culis squamas excedentibus l 5 / — l s /i tin. long, ovalibus 

 utrinque attenuatis triquetris apice leviter recur vis, ore 

 uiembranaeeo integro, interdum oblique truncato, multiner- 

 vatis olivaceis; caryopsi arete iuclusa utriculum fere 

 aequante ovali triquetra faeiebus excavatis, breviter sti- 

 pitata subtiliter punctulata lutea, stylo tenui terminata. 



C. plantaginea Lam. — Boott, 38. t. 94. — Sartwell, 

 no. 90. C. Iatifolia Whlb. — Schk., no. 70. 



America septentr. 



259. C. Carey ana Torrey. 



Laete viridis; rbizomate brevissimo, fibrillis brunneis 

 tenuibus rigidis; culmis pluribus gracilibus strictiusculis 

 inaequalibus J 1 /*—* pud. alt. ( — 2-pedal., Boott) triquetris 

 infima basi vaginis par vis squamiformibus atropurpureis 

 obteetis, supra basin foliis 2—3 brecibm longiuscule vagi- 

 natis oblonyo-Huearibus acutis munitis; foliis fasciculorum 

 sterilium tenuimetnbranaeew lineari-lanceolatis acutis planis 

 basi parum angustatis complicatis, subtiliss. nervatis, ner- 

 vis tribus prominulis, sursum marginibus obsolete serrulatis, 

 9 — 4 poll, long. 4 x \i — 3 1/ 2 lin, laL; spiculis saepivs. 3 di~ 

 stantibus: mascula lufeo-purpurascenfa lineari-oblonga 

 acuta 11 — 6 lin. longa U/2 — 1 tin. lata, foemineis oliva- 

 ceis oblongis 3 lin. circ. latin, suprema breviter, infima 

 longe pedunculata; bracteis foliaceis longiuscule vaginatis 

 liuearibus acuminatis spiculam masculam plerumque supe- 

 rantibus; squamis masculis flavo-purpurascentibus, carina 

 viridulis, ovali -oblongis obtusis, foemineis magnis mem- 

 branaceo-chartaceis albidis late ovatis acutis v. cuspida- 



