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433. C. rostrata Wither. 
Rhizomate abbreviato stolonifero; culmo 2—!/, pedali 
tenui obtusangulo inferne folioso apice scabriuseulo; va- 
ginis elongatis membranaceis fuscis v. purpurascentibus, 
subomnibus laminiferis; foliis confertis ungustis subflexuo- 
sis subglauco - viridibus culmo longioribus firmis longe 
angustato-cuspidatis cunuliculatis margine denticulatis, ?/, 
—1!, lin. lat.; spieulis masculis 2-—3—1 subeontiguis 
rufescentibus gracilibus acutis, suprema longiore 1’,-—-1 
pollicari lineam circ. lata, infima setaceo-bracteata; 
foemineis 2 -—-8—1 remotis cylindraceis, suprema non 
raro oblonga, densifloris, infima peduneulata, 2—%/, poll. 
longis 3—3!/, lin. erassis; pedunculis trigonis laevibus; 
bracteis foliaceis subevaginafis culmum excedentibus; 
squamis conformibus hyalino-membranaceis oblongis ob- 
tusis v. acutiusculis muteis; utrieulis divergentibus per- 
dense dispositis membranaceis stramineo- v. luteo-viridulis 
nitidulis squama longioribus wnflatis ellipsoideo - ylobosis 
subito in rostrum sublongum breviter bieuspidatum atte- 
nuatis, nervosis subtiliss. eelluloso-subreticulatis laevibus 
glabrisve 21f,— 2'/, fin. long.;, car. laxiss. inclusa utrieulo 
multo minore ellipsoidea breviter stipitata triangula dense 
punctata brunneo-ferruginea stylo curvato terminata. -- 
Variat folüs latioribus planis spiculisque raro ramosis. 
©. rostrata Wither. (test. Gareke et Aschers.) — C. 
obtusangula Ehrh. —- Ü. ampullacea Good. — Boott, t. 
501 (sine deser.). — Schk. Tt. no. 107. — Hoppe et 
Sturm, B. 65. — Rchb. ic. 659. — Ejd. Exs. 534. 
Germania. Helvetia. Galli. Armenia (alt. 5000 
ped.). America boreal. India or., Sikkim (alt. 512000 
ped.). 
