CYPERACEAE JUSS. (Carex.) .397 



Uo/. 2. f),!'). Deivpy in SilUman's Americ. Journ. 8. 94. Torrey *) 

 in Schweinilz. I^Ionoip: of Carex in Annals of Ihe J^ycenm of 

 New-York 1. 313. Spica aiidro^yna, composita; spiculis sub- 

 quinis, altornis, clllpticis, oblusis, subapproxiniatis, infcrne mas- 

 culis ; stigmatibus 2; fructibus ovato-oblongis, marginatis, bi- 

 cuspidatis; bractcis oblongis, mucronatis. Willd. C. lcporina 

 Mich. Flor. 2. 170. (fde Torrey. **) C. ovalis IVilld. herh. n. 

 171-45. fol. i. — Anii'rica borcalis. — Squamae fcmincac ob- 

 longo-lanccolatac, acutalo -mucronatac, unincrviac, byaiino-albi- 

 dac , apicc fcrrugincac, carina viridi. Utriculi squamam paulo 

 supcrantcs, ovato-cUiptici, attcnuato-rostrati, plano-convexi, iiiar- 

 ginato-subalati, membranacci, nervosi, ad latcra spongiosi, gla- 

 bri, stramineo-flavidi ; alis unincrviis, viridibus, bispidulo-ciliola- 

 tis; rostro bidentato. Aclicuium cUiplico-oblongum, compres- 

 sum, obtusangulum, subtilissime punctulatum, straminco-flavi- 

 dum, nitidulum. Stylus bifidus, basi acqualis. (Descr. juxta 

 spccimcn novo-eboracense, a Jacqucmontio mccum communic.) 

 Vere distincta a C. Icporina et C. ovali (Torrcy) ; hujus forma 

 borcali-amcricana. (Ktli.) Affinis C. slramincae (Torrcy et Dc- 

 Avey.), differt forma fructus ct spicarum. (Dewcy.) Pursli huc 

 ducit cum dubio C. viridulum Mich. Flor. 2. 170. Conf. C. tri- 

 cipiti n. 166. 



76. C. MUSKINGUMENSIS Schweinilz. Anal. Tuhle in Annals 

 of Lyceuni of N. York 1. 66. Dewey in Americ. Journ. 10.281. 

 tab. L. fg. 35. Spica composita ; spiculis androgynis, inferne 

 staminifcris, distigmaticis, ovali-oblongis, utriiique acutiusculis, 

 suboctoni"f, approximatis ; fructibus lanccolatis, compressis, ner- 

 vosis, alatis, glabris, acuminatis, bidentatis, squama ovato-Ian- 

 ccolata plusquam duplo longioribus. Dewey. C. arida Torrey in 

 Schweinilz. Monogr. of Curex in Annuls of ihe Lyceum of New- 

 York 1. 312. t. 24. /. 2. Beck. Flor. 43i. — Ad Ohio, Mis- 

 souri et Musliingum, a fl. Ohio rcccptum. — Valde similis C. 

 scopariae, dilTcrt forma et magnitudine spicarum, fructibus et 

 squamis, cojore et magiiitudine. (Dewcy.) 



77. C. FOEINEA IVilld. Enum. 2. 957 et herh. n. 17167. 

 (specimina mncra.) (Mnehlenb. Gram. 'i^l ? Flliott. Bot. 2.533?) 

 Dewey in Sillimaii^s Americ. Jonrn. 10. 284. 25. 142. /. S. Jig. 60. 

 Torrey in Schweinitz. Monogr. of Carex in Annals of ihe Lyceum 

 of New-York 1. 315. Spica androgyna, composita; spiculis 

 subquatcrnis , inferne masculis, approximatis; fruclibus ovatis, 

 acuminatis, marginatis, bidentatis, squamam oblongo-lanceolatam 

 subaequantibus. Willd. C. ovalis JYilld. herh. n. 17145. fol. 5? 

 — Amcrica borcalis. 2|, — Squamae oblongo-lanceolatae, acu- 

 tiusculae, uninerviac, hyalino-albidae, carina viridi, glabrae. Utri- 



*) C. scoparia Torr. Caricis lycopodioidis Willd. specimina macra 

 et oligostachya sistere videtur. (Schlechtend. in Liunaea 10. 259.) 

 **) A cel. Deweyo cum ? allegatur. 



