CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 387 



oblongo-laiiccolaiis. IVilld. — America borealis. 7\. — Squa- 

 mae femineac ovalae, acuto-submucronalae, unincrviac, hyalino- 

 fuscescentes, glabrae. Utriculi squamam J supcrantcs, ovati, 

 plauo-convexi, rostrati, inforne nervosi, membranacei, basi spon- 

 giosi, virides, undique angulis ipsis ^labri ; rostro bifido ; lobis 

 acutatis. Stylus profunde bifidus, basi conico-incrassatus. Stig- 

 mata clongata. Achenium ovatum, compressum , subtilissimc 

 jjunctulatum, stramineo-flavidum, nitidulum. C. roseac proxima, 

 forte hujus varietas, (Elliott.) Si ad C. roscam reducerc velis 

 banc specicm, liaud renitercr, sola cnim obstat squamarum figura 

 in C. rosea obtusarum, in C. retroflexa acutarum. (Scblechtend. 

 in Linnaca 10. 260.) DilTert quoque forma et glabritie utriculi. 



d) Multiflorac. 



50. C. MULTIFLORA Mueldenh. mss. Schkuhr. Car. 2. 14. 

 t. Lll. fi^. Ui. Wdld. Spec. 4. 243 et herb. n. 17178. Pursh. 

 Flor. 1. 36. Muehlenh. Grum. 222. Elliott. Bot. 2. 530. Dewey 

 in SiUimau's Americ. Journ. 9. 60. 11. 317. Torrey in Schwei~ 

 nilz. Monogr. of Carex in Annals of ihe Lyceum of New-Yorlc 

 1. 306. *) Spicis androgynis, angustc paniculatis, supcrne mas- 

 culis, oblongis, obtusis ; stigmatibus 2; fructibus ovatis, acumi- 

 iiatis, bicuspidatis : squamis ovatis, mucronatis; bracteis folia- 

 ceis, filiformibus. IVilld. 



(j) microsperma Dewey l. c. iah. F. JJg. 19. C. micro- 

 sperma VVahlenh. in Act. Ilolm. 1803. 144. 

 — Amcrica borealis. — Spica oblonga, decomposita. (Elliott.) 

 wSquamac femincae ellipticac, acuminato-aristatae, uninerviac, 

 hyalino-albidae, carina viridi, supcrne ad latcra fuscescentes. 

 Stylus bifidus, basi bulboso-incrassatus. Utriculi ovati, acumi- 

 iiato-rostrati, plano-convcxi, mcmbranacei, angulis spongiosis, vi- 

 riduli vel fuscescentes, antice (?) binervii, glabri, superne ad, 

 angulos hispidulo- scabri ; rostro bidcntato ; dentibus acutatis. 

 Achenium (immaturum) subrotundum, comprcssum, stramineo- 

 flavidum. C. bracteosa (quam nusquam inveni) ct C. polymor- 

 pha Schweinitz. Anul. Table in Annuls of the Lyceum of IVew- 

 YorJi 1. 65. nonnisi varietates C. multiflorae, secundum Torr. et 

 Dewey. 



51. C. CEPHALOPHORA Muehlenh. mss. Schkuhr Caric. 2. 

 4. i. Ilhh. fg. 133. Willd. Spec. 4. 220 et herh. n. 17128. 

 Muehlenh. Grum. 218. Pursh. Flor. 1. 35. (excl. sy7i. Mich.) El- 

 liott. Bot. 2. 526. Dewey in Silliman's Americ. Journ. 7. 269. 

 10. 268. Torrey in Schweinilz. Monogr. of Carex in Annals of 

 ihe Lyceum of New-Yorlc 1. 300. Spicis androgynis, superne 

 masculis, iu formam elliptfcam aggregatis ; stigmatibus 2 ; fruc- 



*) Speciniina Torreyana eadem ac Muehlenbergiana in herb. Wilkl., 

 fide Sclilechtendal. (in l^inuaea 10. 261.) 



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