mt 
222250 
325 
planis laevibus margine subtiliter serratis, 2—4 lin. lat., 
supremo culmum longe excedente; spieulis <—6 approxi- 
matis: masculis 7—2 rufulis gracilibus linearibus acutis 
 brasteatis, terminali majori pedunculata 1—2 poll. longa 
i—1'/ lin. lata, foemineis stramineo-lutescentibus eylindri- 
eis obtusis densifloris, inferioribus (basi interdum ramosis) 
breviter (raro exserte) peduneulatis cernuis, superioribus 
sessilibus, %/,—3 poll. long. 4—6 lin. erassis; bracteis 
inferioribus latis culmum longe superantibus, infima 
vaginata; squamis conformibus inaequalibus rufescentibus 
oblongis acutis Aaud ceilatis, foemineis parvis saepiss. 
perlonge euspidatis; utrieulis dense imbricatis divergentibus 
tenui-membranaceis squama longioribus v. aristam subae- 
quantibus stramineo-viridulis v. lutescentibus 21/,— 22], lin. 
long. oblongo-ovatis v. ovalibus inflatis in rostrum lon- 
gum tenue attenuatis, ore subobliguo bidentato, tenwiter 
parce nercatis celluloso-reticulatis 1aevibus; caryopsi laxe 
inclusa utrieuli dimidium subaequante Zate obovata stipitata 
obtusangula faciebus concaviusculis subtiliter reticulata 
ferrugineo-Iutea, in stylum validum ceurvatum attennata. 
C. Schweinitzii Dew. — Beott, 90. t. 266. — Sartwell, 
no. 15]. 
America septentr. 
441. C. tentaculata Mühlb. 
Rhizom. subrepente stolonifero; eulmis 8—28 poll. 
alt. validis v. tenuibus rigidis superne acutangulis laevibus 
v. apice scabris inferne paueifoliatis; vaginis infimis 
subaphyllis purpurascentibus margine reticulato-fissis; foliis 
laete viridibus rigidulis apice breviuscule angustatis, planis 
supra asperrimis margine serrulatis 2—2!/, lin. lat., supremo 
