149 
234. — Drummond. hb. no. 582. — Variat vaginis inter- 
dum et foliis supra hirtulis: O. Hitchcockiana Dewey. — 
Boott, 41. t. 100. — Sartwell, no. 100. 
America septentr. 
269. C. granularis Mühlb. 
Viridis v. glaucescens; rhizomate caespitoso, fibrillis 
eapillaribus; culmis filiformibus 1%—1!/, ped. alt. strietis, 
angulis laevibus, basi foliatis; vaginis infimis efoliatis 
Bremer 
brevibus membranaceis ferrugineis; foliis gramineis lati- 
usculis breviter acuminatis planis marginibus superne sub- 
tiliss. serratis 11/),- U lin. latis, basilaribus culmo multo 
brevioribus; spiculis FIN vemis 2—3 confertis, reliquis di- 
stantibus: mascula flavida subsessili brevitergque pedun- 
eulata anguste lineari 4—6 lin. longa, foemineis 3——4 ey- 
lindrieis erectis multi-ac densifloris viridi-ferrugineis dein 
brunnescentibus 6—10 lin. long. 1'/, lin. latis, superiori- 
bus breviter, inferioribus longe exserte pedunculatis; brac- 
teis foliaceis vaginantibus, omnibus spiewlam masculam 
sublonge superantibus; ligula elongata obtusa adnata mar- 
gine libera; squamis masculis ferruginescenti-flavidis ple- 
rumque acutis v. acuminatis, raro obtusis, fvemineis par- 
vulis albidis ferrugineo-lineolatis, nervo mediano viridi, 
late ovatis acuminutis v. cuspidatis; utrieulis squama lon- 
gioribus 1?/, lin. long. ovalibus v. orbienlato-ovatis Zurgs- 
dis antice gibbis breviss. rostellatis, ore obsolete emargina- 
tis, apice extremo rectis v. parum obliquis, prominente 
nervosis brunnescenti-ferrugineis opacis; caryopsi dure in- 
elusa obovata hasi attenuata triquetra acutato -mueronata 
dense elevato-punctata brunnea, angulis pallidioribus, 
“nitidula. 
