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vestitis; eulmis 1/,—2 ped. alt. tenuibus foliatis obtusan- 
gulis apice scabriusculis; vaginis purpurascentihus margi- 
nibus reticulato -fissis, superioribus saepe villosis; foliis 
herbaceis viridibus longe angustato-acuminatis planis 1--21f, 
(raro 31/,) lin. lat., eulmeis culmo brevioribus, illis fasei- 
eulorum sterilium eum subaequantibus; spieulis maseulis 
2—3, rarius 4, flavidis contiguis oblongis linearibusve 
18—6 lin. long. 2— 1'/, lin. Iat., infima bractea setacen 
basi membranaceo-dilatata munita; foemineis 2--3—1 
viridulis distantibus erectis, summa sessili, reliquis pedun- 
eulatis, oblongo cylindraceis cylindraceisve basi laxifloris 
22-9 lin. long. 2'/,—5 lin. cerass.; bracteis foliaceis 
vaginatis eligularis eulinum superantibus; squamis mem- 
branaceis pl. m. dense pilosis earina cuspideque hispidulis: 
masculis elongato-oblongis flavidis v. ferruginescentibus 
acufato-cuspidatis, focmineis ovatis oblongisve pallidis e 
carina viridi nervata longe euspidatis; utrieulis subcoriaceis 
squama longioribus 31/,—3 Kin. long. hirtis Juteo-viridulis, 
v. eonico-ovatis v. oblongis, elevafo-nercosis longe rostratis 
longeque bieuspidatis, partitionibusmargine scabris; caryopsi 
laxe inelusa utrieulo submulto breviore obovata acuminata 
attenuato-stipitata acutangula obsolete reticulata flavida. 
©, hirta L. Spee. 2. 1389. — Schk., U. u. £. 108. — 
Hoppe et Sturm B. 58. — Rehb., f. 628. Ejd. Fl. exsice. 
1123. — Boott, IH. p.209. — Variationes: 1) Glabrescens: 
C. hirtaeformis Pers. Syn. — Behb. Exsiee. no. 149. — 
C. ortbostachys Maxim. — non C, A. Meyer. — 2) Major, 
foliis latioribus, spieulis foemineis crassioribus, 4—5 lineal, 
— 3) Humillima, ceulmis setaceis 1—2 pollicar. foliis 
uumerosis confertis rigidulis carinato-subcomplicatis culmum 
subsuperantibus, spieulis perpaueis. 
Germania. Helvetia. Anglia. Suecia. Rossia. Amur, 
