CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 399 



of N. YorJc 1.314. Spic.i androgyna, composita; spiculis sub- 

 quiiiis, snbrohindis, infernc niasculis, subapproximaiis; slii^ma- 

 iibus binis ; fructibus subrotundo-ovafis , rostratis, bidcntatis, 

 marginc ciliato-sorratis, squama lanceolata majoribus. IVilld. 



/?) brevior Dewey l. c. 11. 158. (C straminca IVahlenh., 

 Schkiihr. t. G. fg. 34.) 



r) minor Dewey l c. 11. 318. t. N. fg. 45. 

 — America borealis. 2^ — Squamae fcmincac oblongo-Ianceo- 

 latae, acutato-subulatac, uninerviae, byalino-pallitlae, superne fer- 

 rugineae, glaI)rao. Utriculi ovati, apice attenuato-rostrati, plano- 

 convexi, niarginato-alati, aiis membranaceis, marginc scabris, la- 

 teribus spongiosi, utroquo mcdio membranacci ct ncrvosi, gla- 

 bri; rostro bidentato, antice fisso. Achenium ovato-oblongum, 

 compressum, punctulatum, fuscum, utriculo tripio brevius, styli 

 basi terminatum. (Descr. juxta specimen incompletum herb. 

 Willd.) Figura Schkuhriana plantam robustiorem, C. scopariac 

 simillimam exhibet. Specimina Willdcnowiana affiniora C. stel- 

 lulatae. C. albo-lutescens Schiveinilz. Anal, Table in Annals of 

 ihe Lyceum of N. Yorh 1. 66 varietas hujus speciei videtur. 

 (Dewcy 1. c.) 



80. C. INVERSA Brown. Procl. 242 ei ? Sieb. hcrb. Nov. 

 Holl. n. 543. (Spica composita, androgyna.) Spiculis (sessili- 

 bus) ovatis, approximatis, 2-3, involucratis, basi masculis; squa- 

 mis acuminatis; stigmatibus 2; fructibus plano-convexis: acu- 

 mine bidentato. Brotvti. — Nova Ilollandia. — Culmus trian- 

 gularis, glaber, basi foliatus. Folia anguste graminea, carinafa, 

 rigidula, niargine scabriuscula, culmum subaequantia. Spicae 

 tres, in apice culmi approximatae, duac infcriorcs folio sufTuI- 

 tac, scssiles, ellipticae, androgynae, basi masculae, 3-4 lineas 

 longae; foliolo infcriore longissimo; superiore spicas duplo su- 

 perante. Squamae fomineae ovato-cllipticae, acutatae vel acuto- 

 mucronatac, uninerviae, hyalino-albidae, carina viridi, superne 

 ad marginem fuscescentes, glabrae. Utriculi (immaturi) elliptici, 

 utrinque breviter attenuati, apice bidcntati, plano-convexiusculi, 

 angulis submarginatis, viridibus, scabriusculis, enervii, hyalino- 

 pallidi. Stylus bifidns, basi subbulboso-incrassatus. Stigmafa 

 fusccscentia, puberula, longe exserta. Achenium immaturum 

 obovatum, compressum. (Descr. juxta specimen Sicber.) 



9) Spicae 4-8, spicatim dispositao, androgynae, inferne mascu- 



lae, rarissime dioecae. Utriculi rostrati, nervosi, acutanguli, basi 



spongiosi. (Stellulatae.) 



81. C. STELLULATA Goocl. in Linn. Trans. 2. 144. Schkukr. 

 Car. 1. 45. 2. 48. i. C. f. 14. Ilost. Gram. 1. /. 53. Wahlenh. 

 in Act. Holm. 1803. 147. excl. var. /?. Engl. Bot. t. 806. Willcl. 

 Spec. 4. 235 et herb. n. 17157. Cand. Gall. 3. 112, Gaudin. 

 Agrost. 2. 100. Deivey in Silliman's Americ. Journ. 11. 306. Tor- 

 rey in Schweinitz, JMonogr. of Carex in Annals of ihe Lyceum of 



