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tis obtusis v. leviter acntatis mutieis; utrieulis juvenilibus 
squamam aequantibus oblongo-Knearibus rectis utrinque le- 
viter attenuatis, ore obtuso integro, triangulis enervibus 
subtilissime striolatis, superne albidis, ad margines subti- 
liter setuloso -ciliatis, inferne viridi-Havidis; stigmatibus 
fimbriatis. 
Saskatschawan (Douglas). 
280. C, truncata Beklr. 
Laete viridis; caespitosa; rhizomate brerissimo, fibril- 
lis tenuibus pallidis; culmis foliisque inaequalibus erectis 
frmis 10—4- pollicar., illis compresso -triquetris foliosis, 
ima basi vaginis efoliatis lanceolatis fusco-ferrugineis ob- 
tectis, superne scabriusculis; foliis culmo parum longiori- 
bus firmis acuminatis planis nervatis superne marginibus 
nervisque scabris 2—1 lin. latis; spieulis viridi-albidis 
densi-ae multifloris, maseula lineari-oblonga aeuta breviter 
pedunculata, bractea squamiformi aristata suffulta, 7—6 
lin. longa lineam lata, foemineis subtribus remotis ereetis 
(in antbesi) tenerrimis eylindraceis subulato -acuminatis, 
suprema breviore, 4 lin. longa, spieulae masculae appro- 
ximata breviter peduneulata, reliquis longiuseule peduneu- 
. latis 6--7 lin. longis; bracteis inferioribus foliaceis vagi- 
nantibus, infima eulmum longe superante; squamis parvis 
hyalino-membranaceis albidis, dorso viridibus, late obova- 
tis: masculis obtusis abrupte breviter acuminatis, foemineis 
amplectentibus obsolete trinerviis apice truncato-emarginu- 
tis scabro-aristulatis ; utrieulo juvenili squamam subaequante 
viridulo obovato subtrigono erostrato apice obtuso leviter 
recurvo Iueri ylabrove; stylo profunde trifido ferrugineo, 
stigmatibus fimbriatis. — Drummond. hb. no. 423. — C. 
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