260 
378. C. ustulata Whlb. 
Rhizomate laxe caespitoso stolones breves emittente; 
culmo validulo rigido saepiss. obtusangulo laevi 5—15 
poll. alto basi folioso; foliis laete viridibus confertis pa- 
tentibus firmulis latiusculis acuminatis planis apice margi- 
nibus serratis culmo plerumque multo brevioribus 2—1 
lin. lat.; vaginis infimis efoliatis fuscis; spieulis saepius 
pl. m. approximatis atro-brunneis subeoncoloribus opaeis: 
terminali abbreviata omnino mascula oblonga obtusa 4—6 
tin. longa, v. androgyna ovata v. obovata, sequentibus 
4—2 toemineis pedunculatis »utantibus ovallbus v. Tate ob- 
longis aut suborbiculatis rotundato- obtusis densifloris 4— 7 
(raro ad 9) lin. long. 3—Z Hin. Tat.; peduneulis setaceis 
laevibus; vaginis bractealibus ex ore obliquo ampliato 
colorato cuspidatis, guam spieulae mullo brevioribus; squa- 
mis conformibus ovato- v. oblongo-lanceolatis acutatis v. 
acuminatis atro-brunneis v. purpureo-atris concoloribus; 
utriculis membranaceis quam syquamae parum longioribus 
ac latioribus iisque concoloratis opaeis ovalibus subargu- 
Tuto-compressis ubrupte in rostrum breve bidentatum attenua- 
tis, enerviis laevibus v. apice marginibus scabriuseulis, 
2—15/, lin. longis; car. minuta perlaxe inelusa utrieuli 
dimidium vix aequante stipitata ellipsoidea apice vbtusa, 
acute triangulari subtiliss. punctulata testacea nitidula, 
stylo pertenui basi aequali terminata. 
C. ustulata Whlb. Fl. Lappon. p. 288. — Hoppe et 
Sturm, B. 47. — Rehb., 1. 615. — C. atro-fusca Schk., 
Y. no. 82. — C. ustulata var. minor Boott, t. 194. 
Norvegia. Lapponia. Groenlandia. — Sikkim, alt. 
12—16000 ped. (Hook. et Thoms.) 
ß. Major; eulmo valido v. graeili strieto 1- 2 pedali 
