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subtus sursum scabris; spicis breviter linearibus; utriculis ros- 
tratis, setosis, demum rostro recurvo divaricatis; nuce obovoidea, 
obtusa, erostri, seta quam bractea 5plo longiore.— Desv. in Gay, 
Chile, vi. p. 231, tab. 72. fig. 5; Beck. in Linnea, xli. p. 852.—U. 
longifolia, Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 527; Beck. in Linnea, xli. p. 848, 
non Desv. in Gay.—U. Philippii, Hohenack. in Pl. Philippi, n. 177 ; 
Steud. Syn. Cyper. p. 243.—U. longearistata, Steud. Syn. Cyper. 
243.— Carex erinacea, Cav. Ic. v. p. 40, tab. 464. fig. 2; Schk. 
Carex, ii. p. 32, tab. Nnnn. fig. 201. 
Stolonifera. Culmi 5-8 dm., robustiores, foliati; vaginze summe 
sepe in parte superiore culmi sitze, interdum distantes. Folia 
culmum superantia, lata 5-15 mm. Spice longe 6 cm., late 
9 mm., basi breviter aut longius acutate ; pars foominea superne 
parum clavata, subito in partem masculam brevem attenuata. 
Bractez inferiores longs 4-3 mm., late elliptic, vix acute, ima 
rarius nervo excurrente aristata, virides, 3—4-nervie, marginem 
versus subcastanes, margine ipso scariose ; bractes superiores 
sensim minores in glumas masculas breves consimiles transeuntes. 
Utriculi longi 4 mm., obovati, inflati, compressi, in rostrum an- 
guste conicum subito angustati, ferruginei, viridi-striati aut magis 
fuscati, superne parce hirtuli aut (in C. longifolia, Boeck.) dense 
nigro-fusco hispiduli. Nux utriculo minor; stylobasis anguste 
oblonga, obscure trigona. Seta luteo-viridis, valida, fructus 
tempore horizontaliter divaricata—In U. erinacea, typ. Beeck., 
bractez fæmineæ superne parce hirtule, sete utriculo 5plo lon- 
giores: in U. longifolia typ. Bock. (= U. Philippii, Hohenack.), 
utriculi ferruginei in rostrum longum attenuati superne ubique 
bispiduli, setze utriculo plus duplolongiores. Ex Boott (in Herb.) 
U. longifolia, Kunth, ab U. erinacea solum differt spica angustiore, 
perigyniis sordide rufis, rostro longiore, foliis angustioribus lon- 
gioribus glabriusculis. 
Chili: ab Arica usque ad Ins. Chiloe (Bridges, n. 824; Lechler, 
nn. 567 partim, 3214; &c.). 
B. longifolia (sp., Kunth, Enum. 2. p. 527) : spica angustiore, 
utrieulis angustioribus dense hispidulis, seta quam utriculus triplo 
longiore. 
Chili (Philippi, n. 177) ; Chiloe (Capt. King in herb. R. Brown). 
19. U. MULTIFARIA (Nees in Herb. Lindl.; Boott in Hook. f. 
Fl. Antarct. ii. p. 369): foliis longis, planis; spicis late oblongis 
basi attenuatis, superne clavatis; nuce anguste oblonga; seta 
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