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eoncavis, obsolete granulato-rugulosa Intea, styli basi tri- 
quetra fusea terminata. 
C. tetanica Schk., t. Ggg. no. 100 (excl. fig. i. 1. r.) 
et t. 0000. no. 207. — Boott, 33. t. 34. — Sartwell, no. 
68. — 0. Woodii Dewey (fide Boott). —— Sartwell, no. 79. 
— C. conoidea Gray, olim. 
America septentr. 
273. C. Meadii Dewey. 
Glauco-virens v. pallide viridis; rhizomate e/ongato 
subeaespitoso stolonifero; culmis erectis firmis rigidis 5—16 
poll. altis triangularibus striatis superne pl. m. seabris 
foliisque celluloso-granulatis, inferne paueifoliatis; foliis 
rigidis culmo v. multo brevioribus v. subaequalibus eari- 
nato-planis marginibus revolutis, carina superne subalata 
marginibusque serratis, 1—2 lin. latis; spieula mnaseula 
longe pedunculata bracteata eylindrica obtusa 7—14 lin. 
longa, 11,—2 lin. lata, foemineis 2 v. 1, rarius8 remotis 
favidis v. ferruginescentibus densifloris erassiusculis ob- 
longis 4—10 lin. long. 3—4 lin. diam., superiore abbre- 
viata breviss. pedunculata, altera exserte pedunculata; 
bracteis vaginantibus culmo brevioribus, vaginis antice “ 
hyalino-albidis ore truncato-emarginatis; squamis maseulis 
hyalino-membranaceis obovato-oblongis v. late obovatis 
apice rotundatis, aut raro lanceolatis acutiusculis, obtuse 
carinatis pallide ferrugineis v. flavidis margine pallidiori- 
bus; foemineis chartaceis late ovatis v. suborbiculatis 
obtusis e dorso stramineo plerumque plurinervato valide 
euspidatis, aut rarius mutieis v. acutis, lateribus ferrugi- 
neis margine pallidioribus; utrieulis squamam subaequan- 
tibus v. ea parum longioribus obovatis basi attenuatis, v. 
ellipsoideis, obtusis turgido-trigonis breviss. rostratis apice 
