gr 
161 
Baltzellii Chapm. proxime affınis. — C. truncata Beklr. 
in Regensb. Fl. 1858. 
New-Orleans. 
281. C. rariflora Smith. 
Viridis v. glaucescens; rhizomate elongato tenui fusco 
descendente stolonifero, fibrillis hirtulis; culmo ereeto 
firmo 2—9 poll. alto triangulari plerumque laevi basin 
versus plurifoliato; foliis patentibus angustis firmis eulmo 
brevioribus longe angustato-acuminatis superne margine 
vix scabriuseulo revolutis, prominente earinatis striatis !/, 
—1 lin. lat.; spieulis 3, raro 2, pl. m. approximatis pedun- 
eulatis; mascula fusco-ferruginea lineari-oblonga 4—6 lin. 
longa 1—1'/, lin. lata, foemineis atrofuseis nutantibus 
eylindraceo-oblongis laxi-ac pauei- (4—10-) floris 31/,—6 
lin. long. 11,—2 lin. lat.; bracteis foliaceis lineari-setaceis 
breviter vaginantibus, vagina antice membranacea ore 
parum producta rotundato-obtusa, infima bractea spiculam 
suam subaegquante; squamis majusculis eouformibus tenui- 
membranaceis orbiculato-ovalibus rotundato-obtusis e ner- 
vo mediano prominente tenui non raro apieulatis: foemi- 
neis utrieulos involventibus disco atrofuseis margine hyali- 
"nis pallidioribus; utrieulis coriaceis squama plerumque 
paulo brevioribus ellipsoideis basi attenuatis vix brevissime 
rostellatis, ore integro, bieonvexis v. obsolete trigonis 1?/; 
—1!/, lin. long. tenuiter nervatis minutiss. punctatis viridi- 
Havidis v. rufis; earyopsi perlaxe inclusa ellipsoidea utrin- 
que attenuata triangulari puneticulata rufa, styli basi longa 
terminata. 
C. rariflora Smith. — Boott, 79. t. 217. — Anderse. 
35. t. 6. f. 70. — C. limosa v. rariflora Wahlb. FI Lap- 
4. Bd. 2. Heft 11 
