fusco-brunneis approximatis eylindraceis utrinque attenuatis 
v. oblongis 2— 3 bin. lat., suprema majori 11, —1-— 13, 
poll. longa; foemineis 35—4—2 brunneo-olivaceis remotis 
ereetis eylindraceis densilloris 3—1 poll. long. 31/,—21/, lin. 
lat., inferioribus peduneulatis; pedunculis setaceis scabris, 
infimo interdum 1—2 pollicari; bracteis foliaceis eraginatis, 
inferioribus elongatis; squamis masculis membranaceis 
brunneo-fuseis oblongis obtusis v. acutiusculis mutieis 
v. mucronulatis, foemineis brunneis lineari- lanceolatis 
acutis v. obtusiuscülis mucronatis muticisve, non raro 
elongatis longe acutato -cuspidatis; utrieulis fuseo-olivaceis 
deuse imbricatis squama longioribus et brevioribus stipita- 
tis sublanceolato -ovatis v. ovalibus compresso - trigonis 
breviter rostratis ore bidenticulatis, nervosis obsolete gra- 
aulatis laevibus v. rostro (sub vitro) asperulis, opacis 11, 
—2 lin. long.; caryopsi laxe vestita utrieuli dimidio parum 
longiore obovata basi attenuata triangula lutea obsolete 
punetulata. — Variat spiculis intermediis androgynis foe- 
mineisque basi subramosis. 
©. seutiformis Ehrh. — C. paludosa Good., 202. — 
Schk., t. Oo et Vv. no. 108. — Hoppe et Sturm, B. 63. 
— ERchb. ic. 644. — Boott Ill. p. 214. — Variatio squa- 
mis cuspidatis: C. spadieea Roth. — C. Koehiana DC. — 
Hoppe et Sturm, B. 62. — Rehb. ic. 651. — Poeppig 
coll. pl. Chil. no. 245. — Drege, n. 3962. — Falconer. 
hb. no. 1198 (aliis speciebus intermixta). 
Germania. Helvetia. Caucasia. Altai. Algeria. Prom. 
bon. spei. India orient. 
407. 'C. mierodonta Torr. et Hook. 
Rhizomate abbreviato, stolones tenues duros squamis 
