wy 
278 0. Böckeler. 
posita e spicularum fasciculis 6—4 structa cylindrica angusta continua v. 
interdum pl. m. interrupta 10—414 l. longa 14!/,—2!/; 1. lata; fasciculis 
superioribus confertis, sequentibus remotis; bracteis infimis (2) elongatis 
linearibus setaceisque, infima 3—2pollicari; spiculis androgynis perminu- 
tis 11/5—2 long., ovatis acutis apice extremo masculis; squamis membra- 
naceis dense imbricatis adpressis dimidiato-ovatis breviter acutatis sub- 
mucronulatis nervo carinali viridi, lateribus ferrugineis, margine pallidis; 
utriculis luteolis erecto-patentibus squama parum longioribus 1!/, l. long. 
ovato-oblongis lanceolatisve compressis plano-convexis, basi contraetis, 
sensim in rostrum longiusculum angustum ore acute bidentatum margine 
scabrum attenuatis, enervibus. — Juxta C. nubigenam Don locanda. 
Argentinia, pr. Concepcion de Uruguai. P. Lorentz Fl. entreriana 
no. 1685, no. 15614. 
14. C. fuscolutea Bekir. 
Laete viridis; rhizomate elongato duro perpendicular. descendente, 
v. interdum repente, tenui fusco superne saepiss. ramoso, vaginis fusco- 
sanguineis tunicato; culmis paucis erectis statu florenti 9—7 poll. alt. 
tenuibus triangulis apicem versus scabridis supra basin plurifoliatis; 
vaginis subomnibus laminiferis, antice membranaceis albidis; foliis her- 
baceo-mollibus approximatis patentibus subaequilongis (7—5 pollic.) per- 
longe angustato - euspidatis inferne planis lineam circ. latis, superne acute 
carinatis ibique seabridis; spiculis 6—5 brevibus erectis androgynis fus- 
cescenti-luteis v. omnibus in eulmi apice confertis v. infima parum remota, 
(subanthesi) ovatis acutis teretibus modo infimis foemineis; bracteis in- 
fimis foliaceis elongatis, 2—3!/,—!/; poll. long., linearibus setaceisque 
basi dilatata fusca amplectentibus, reliquis squamiformibus cuspidatis; 
squamis magnis membranaceis dense imbricatis late ovatis lanceolatisve 
fusco-luteis e carina viridi valide nervata mucronato-cuspidatis. — Affinis 
C. Fendlerianae. | 
San Luis Potosi. Scuarrner Fl. mexicana no. 2241. (1877). 
15. Carex Johnstonii Beklr. 
Viridis; culmo parte superiore suppetente stricto (c. infloresc. (li ped.) 
lineam diam. triquetro laevi; panicula (statu florenti subpedali) stricte 
erecta angusta e ramorum fasciculis paucis (4) constructa, superne densius- 
cula, inferne longe interrupta; rhachi universali ad angulos perscabra; 
panieulis secundariis strictis breviter pedunculatis, terminali pluri -brevi- 
que ramosa, reliquis longiuseule biramosis; ramis simpliciter paucispicu- 
latis; braeteis foliaceis erectis vaginatis longe angustato-cuspidatis mar- 
gine carinaque scabris, infima 8—9 poll. longa 3 lin. circ. lata, reliquis 
gradatim decrescentibus; bracteolis squamiformibus cuspidatis; spiculis 
tenuibus androgynis alternis subfasciculatis rectis in anthesi cylindrico- 
filiformibus, parte mascula elongata, acuminatis, suprema elongata, sub- 
