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vioribus aut longioribus, earinatis /onge acuminatis, apice 
longo triquetris, supra pl. m. punctulato-asperis, culmeis 
superioribus abbreviatis perangustis; vaginis purpurascen- 
tibus margine subtiliter retienlato-fissis; spiculis 3—2—-4 
sessilibus viridi-sanguineis approximatis v. inferioribus 
remotis: mascula (floribus interdum nonnullis foemineis) 
sessili v. breviter pedunculata lineari- oblonga v. clavata 
5—8 lin. longa 1 lin. lata, raro 11/,—2 lin. lata, foemi- 
neis ovatis 3—6-, raro 9-floris (suprema non raro 1—3- 
Hloris); bracteis squamiformibus membranaceis amplecten- 
tibus v. oblongis angustato- cuspidatis v. late auriculatis 
apice emarginato folio setaceo terminatis; squamis hya- 
lino-membranaceis concoloriöus purpureo -brunneseentibus 
v. fuseis aut purpurascentibus margine late plerumque 
pallidis: masculis oblongis obtusis v. interdum acutis v. 
breviter euspidatis, foemineis oblongo-ovatis lanceolatisve 
aeutis v. euspidatis; utriculis squamam aequantibus eanes- 
centibus v. flavescentibus subcoriaceo-rigichs obovatis V. 
ellipsoideis attenuato-stipitatis rostratis, rostro reeto mar- 
gine ciliolato ore hyalino saepiss. bidentato, subangulato- 
teretibus costato-marginatis obsolete striatis dense subad- 
presso-hirtellis 11/,— 1}, lin. long.; car. perarete vestita 
utrieulum aequante obovata inferne attenuata obtuse trian- 
gula subtiliss. punctata fuscescenti-flavida, s/ylo parum 
exserto basi subaequali terıninata; stigmatibus elongatis 
validulis dense fimbriatis. 
C. pennsylvanica Lam. — Boott, 98. t. 290, 291, — 
Sartwell, no. 107. — C. marginata Mühlb., 237. — Schk., 
f£. 143. — Drumm. herb. sine nro. — Herb. Union. itin. 
1837. — Her. Moser, sine nro. — In herbariis sub 
nomine C, variae Mühlb, non raro oceurrit. — For- 
mae: 1) Culmis folisque setaceis 5—3 pollic., spi- 
