382 CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 



Annals of ihe Lyceitm of New-1'orA: 1. 305. Spica androgyna, 

 coniposita; spiculis niultifloris, suboctonis, ovalis, subapproxi- 

 matis, supernc niasculis ; stigniatibus 2 ; iructibus ovatis, com- 

 pressis, marginatis, bifidis, margine ciliato-serratis, horizontali- 

 bus. IViUd. — America borcalis. 7\. — Squamae subrotundo- 

 ovatae, acuminatae, uninerviae, hyalino-albidae, carina viridi, gla- 

 brac. Utriculi subrotundi, breviter rostrati, plano-convexi, mar- 

 ginc membranacco-alati, basi emarginato-subcordati, mcmbrana- 

 cei, enervii, viriduli, glabri; alis angustis, superne ad margineni 

 hispidulo-scabris; rostro bidentato; dentibus acutatis. Stjlus 

 basi vix bulboso-incrassatus. Achcnium subrotundum, compres- 

 sum, subtilissimc punctulatum, stramineo-pallidum. 



39. C. STIPATA Mueldenh. mss. Schktihr. Car. 2. 12. t. 

 Hhh. Jig. 132. Willd. Spec. 4. 233 el herh. n. 17263. Pnrsh. 

 Flor. 1. 35. 3Iuehlenl. Gram. 220. {Elliott. Bot. 2. 529?) Be- 

 wey in SiUiman's Americ. Jotirn. 7. 271. 10. 277. Torrey *) in 

 Schweinifz. lHonogr. of Carex in Annals of ihe Lyceum of JVew- 

 York. 1. 304. Q.n lUroque excl. C. vulpinoidea J\Iich.) Spica an- 

 drogyna, composita; spiculis subquinis (5-10 **), oblongis, superne 

 masculis, aggregatis ; stigmatibus 2; fructibus patcntibus, ovatis, 

 acuminatis, bicuspidatis, convexo-planis, nervosis ; culmo trique- 

 tro, asperrimo. WUld. C. Boscii Willd. herb. n. 17264. Spreng. 

 Syst. 3. 812. Schlechtend. in Linnaea 10. 265. C. setacea Frank 

 in herh. Lucae ^ nec? Dewey et Torrey. C. sparganioidcs Le 

 Confe (fide specim. authenf.), nec Muehlenh. C. vulpina WiUd, 

 herh. n. 17 iA8. fol. 3. — America borealis. — Squamae femi- 

 neae ovatae, acuto-mucronatae, uninerviae, hyalino-albidae, su- 

 perne pallide ferrugineae, cai'ina viridi. Utriculi squamam su- 

 perantes, ovato-oblongi, superne attenuato-rostrati, plano-con- 

 vexi, membranacci, nervosi, glabri, angulis hispidulo-scabris, vi- 

 riduli, rostro bicuspidato, superne pallidc ferruginei. Achenium 

 subrotuadum, compressum, subtilissimc nunctulatum, stramineo- 

 flavidum, utriculo dimidio brcvius, styli basi terminatum. Inflo- 

 resccntia in speciminibus nostris amplior, quam in figura Schkuh- 

 riana. Torrey et Devveyhuc ducunt C. vulpinoideam Mich., quam 

 Pursh cum C Muchlenbergii conjungit. C. Boscii WiUd. herh. 

 differt a C. stipata nonnisi squamis mucronato-aristatis ; cul- 

 mus ccrte triqueter (ncc anceps, ut Schlechtcndalius scripsit.). 



40. C. SETACEA Dewey in SiUiman's Americ. Journ. 9. 61. 

 /. Ji. fig. 5. Torrey in Schweinitz. Monogr. of Carex in Annals 

 of the Lyceum of New-York. 1. 307. Spicis sessilibus, altcrnis, 

 approximatis, bracteatis ; spicuiis apice masculis, ovatis, obtusis, 

 conglomeratis, bracteatis; fructibus ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 



*) Specimina Torreyana Muehlenbergiano respondent, teste Schlech- 

 tend. in Linnaea 10. 265. 



**) 10-15 ex Torrcy. 



