275 
892. C. oligosperma Michz. 
Pergracilis; rhizom. brevissimo; culmo strieto firmo 
1-2-pedali, superne filiformi, paueifoliato obtusangulo 
laevi v. apice seabriuseulo, inferne vaginis elongatis 
membranaceis purpurascentibus v. decoloribus vestito; 
foliis perungustis erectis firmis culmo non raro longi- 
oribus, marginibus dentieulato -seabris “woltis; spieula 
mascula gracillima ferruginea longe peduneulata tereti- 
Kliformi utrinque attenuata 1%,/—°/, poll. longa bracteata, 
altera interdum minore sessili; foemineis 2— 1 brevibus 
erassis oblongo-ovatis suborbieulatisve pauci- (6—10-) floris 
subsessilibus; bracteis foliaceis evaginatis; squamis mem- 
branaceis ferrugineis hyalino-pallidis: masculis dense im- 
brieatis ampleetentibus obovato-oblongis obtusis, foemineis 
late ovatis; utrieulis squama longioribus inflatis late ova- 
tis flavidis castaneo-maseulatis nitidulis breviter rostratis, 
ore emarginato bidentieulatis, nervosis laevibus 21/, lin. 
long.; car. laxe inelusa utrieulum fere aequante obovata 
obtusangula ferruginea dense punctulata, stylo porrecto 
fusco. 
C. oligosperma Michx. Fl. 2. 174. — Boott, 25. t. 68. 
— Sartwell, no. 156. — C. Oakesiana Dew. 
‚America septentr. 
393. C. Gunniana Boott. 
Glaueescens,; caespitosa; rhizomate brevissimo, fibrillis 
tenuibus fuseis rigidulis; eulmis tenuibus rigidis 1, — 1! 
ped. altis, triangulis laevibus v. apice scabris, basi folio- 
sis; foliis rigidis Zatiusculis culmum subaequantibus cari- 
nato-planis nervis duobus prominentibus, margine superne 
earinague acuta serrulatis, 2—3 lin. lat.; vaginis herbaceis 
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