390 CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 



Aclienium ulriciilo tlimidio brcvius, subovato-rotumlum, bicon- 

 vcxum, obtusan^ulum, punctulatum, ferrugineum, nitidulum. Sty- 

 lus bifidus, basi bulboso-incrassatus. 



56. C. DEC03IP0SITA Muehlenb. Gram. 264. Dewey in Sil- 

 lima7i's Americ. Journ. 25, 140. /. S. fig. 58. Spica decom- 

 posita vel paniculata; spiculis androgynis, superne staminiferis, 

 altcrnis, confcrtis, permultis, distigmaticis; fructibus ovatis, tri- 

 quetris, brevi vostratis vel acutiusculis, parvis, nigris, glabris, 

 squamam ovatam acuminatam albam subaequantibus. Deivey. 

 C. paniculata |? decomposita Deivey l. c. 10. 276. — America 

 borealis. — Diffcrt a C. paniculata. Fructus in hac ovato- 

 lanceolati, latiores et longiorcs; squamae longiores et angustio- 

 res, dorso fusccscentes. (Dewcy.) 



57. C. TERETIUSCULA Good. in Linn. Trnns. 2. 163. /. 19. 

 /. 3. Schktihr. Car. 1. 30. 2. 11. i. D. fig. 19 el t. T. f. 69. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1065. Willd. Spec. 4. 244 et herb. n. 17169. fol. 

 5 et? 4. Dewey in SiUimans Americ. Journ. 7. 265. Torrey 

 in Schiveitiitz, Monogr. of Carex in Annals of the Lyceum of 

 New-York 1. 308. Gaudin. Agrost. 2. 88. Hoppe., Caric. 19. 

 Beck. Flor, 433. Spicis androgynis, coarctato-paniculatis, su- 

 perne masculis; stigmatibus 2; fructibus ovatis (subcncrviis, 

 breviter pedicellatis), bidentatis, margine ciliato-serratis ; culmo 

 infcrne tereti, supcrne obtusc triquetro. IVilld. C. panicuiata 

 p teretiuscula IFahlenb. in Aet. Uolm. 1803. 143. C. diandra 

 Schrunk. Bav. 281. Hoffm. Germ. 327. Sut. Flor. 2. 246. C. 

 paniculata IVilld. herb. n. illlO. fol. 7. 8. 9? C. fulva Thuill. 

 (fde Pers. Syn. 2. 539.) Vignea teretiuscula Beichenb. Germ. 

 60. — Europa, Amcrica borcalis. 7\. — Squamae femineae 

 ovatae, acutae, unincrviae, dorso ferrugincac, marginibus hyali- 

 nac, carina viridi, glabrae. Utriculi brevilcr pcdicellati, ovati, 

 attenualo-rostrali , plano-convexi , coriaceo-spongiosi, obsoletis- 

 sime nervosi, luteo-ferruginci, maturi spadicei et nitidi, glabri, 

 superne ad angulos hispiduli; rostro subtruncato, antice (isso. 

 Slylus bifidus, basi acqualis. Achenium subovato -rotundum, 

 basi attcnuato-subpedicellatum, biconvexum, subtilissimc punc- 

 tulatum, laete fuscum, nitidulum. Torreyana C. paniculata var. 

 teretiuscula cst nostra (Willd. herb. n. 17169.), quae revcra C. 

 paniculatac apparet forma minor depaupcrata. (vSchlechtendal in 

 Linnaea 10. 261.) 



58. C. PARADOXA Schkithr. Car. 1. 32. 2. 15. t. E. fg. 21. 

 IVdld. in Act. Berol. 1794. 39. t. \. f. i. IVahlenb. in Act. 

 Holm. 1803. 142. Willd. Spec. 4. 243 et herb. n. 17168. fol. 

 1 et? 7. (relicpia dubia vel jfalsa.) Jjedeb. Flor. 4. 214. Gaud. 

 Agrost. 2. 90. Hoppe, Caric. 20. Spicis androgynis, anguste 

 paniculatis, superne masculis ; ramis infcrioribus remotiusculis ; 

 stigmatibus binis ; fructibus subrotundo-ovatis, rostcllatis, bi- 

 dentatis (costato-nervosis ) , marginc supernc ciliato-serratis. 

 Willd. C. canescens Host. Gram. 1. 43. t. 57. Vignca para- 



