CYPERACEAE jlss. (Carcx.) 405 



iicrvosi, .stramineo- palliili, glabri. Achcniuin ovato-elliplicnm, 

 hasi alteiiuatum, comprcssum, subtilissimc punctulatum, strami- 

 neo-davidum. StyUis bifidus, basi snbiiicrassatus. (Descr. sc- 

 cundum specimina germanica.) Spccimiiia nepalensia ab euro- 

 paeis tlifTcrunt: spiculis (iu cuimo solitac altitudinis) saepc mi- 

 noribus, apicem versus paulo confertioribus, squamis fructibus- 

 quc dimidio saepc minoribus, his magis vircntibus ; scd nullac 

 practerca invcniuntur diircrcntiac. (Nces ab Esenb.) 



11) Spicac 3 vcl 4, androgynac, inferne masculac. Utriculi ero- 

 strcs, nervosi, obtusanguli. (Tcnuillorae.) 



93. C. TESUIFLORA Wuhlenh. in Acl. Ifolm. 1803. 147. 

 Willd. Spec. A. 228 et herl. n. iliii. fol. 1. Schhuhr. Caric. 2. 

 17. (. Eeee. /ig, 187. Spica androgyna, c<miposita; spiculis al- 

 ternis, 3, subrotundo-ellipticis, approximatis, infcrne masculis ; 

 stigmatibus 2; fructibus cllipticis, obtnsis, compressis ; bractea 

 ovata cuspidata ad basim spiculac iuferioris. Willd. — Lappo- 

 nia. 2[. — ■ Squamac femineac ovatac, apice rotundatae, unincr- 

 viac, glabrac, byalino-albidae, carina viridi. Utriculi squamam 

 subacquantcs, oblongi, basi cuneali, apice obtuso, vix cmargi- 

 iiato, plano-convcxiusculi, nervosi, membranacei, fuscescenti-stra- 

 minei, punctulati, glabri. Achenium (immaturum) subrotundo- 

 obovatum, comprcssum, straminco-pallidum, basi styli termina- 

 tum. (Descript. juxta spccimcn herb. Willd.) 



94. C. LOLIACEA Linn. Spec. 2. 1382. Wahlenh. in Act. 

 Holm, 1803. 147. Willd. Spec. 4. 237 et herh. n. 17162. Schkuhr. 

 Car. 2. 18. Richards. App. 35. Torreij in Schweiniiz. Monogr. 

 of Carex in Annals of the Lycenm of N. lork 1. 311. Dewey 

 in Sillimaiis Americ, Journ. 11. 306. {Bcc/i. Flor. 433?) Spica 

 androgvna, coiiiposifa; spiculis subquaternis, inferne masculis, 

 subapproximatis; stigmatibus 2; fructibus ellipticis, obtusis, ner- 

 vosis, compressis, erectis. Willd. C. tenolla Schknhr. Car. 1. 

 23. i. Pp. ftg. 104. (fde Schk.) C. gracilis Ehrh, Gram. 78. 

 Schkuhr. Car. 48. i. E. f. 24. (J\de Sch/c.) C. tenuiflora Hartm. 

 (fide Reichenh.) Vignea loliacea Reic/ieuh. Germ. 57. — Suecia, 

 Lapponia, America arctica (Kichards.). (Germania?, Friaul?, 

 America borealis?) 2|. — Squamae fcinineae latc ovatae, obtu- 

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

 culi squamam ^ superantes, oblongi, basi subcuneati, apice ob- 

 tusi ibique anticc fissi, plano-coiivexi, multinervii, membranacei, 

 virides, glabri. Achenium (immaturum) ellipticum, compressum, 

 stramineo-pallidum, basi styli terminatum. (Descript. juxta spe- 

 cim. hcrb. Willd. fol. 2.) 



95. C. DISPERMA Dewey in SiUi7nun's Americ. Jonrn. 8. 

 266. t. A. fig. 3. Torrey in Schiveinilz, Monogr. of Carex in 

 Annals of ihe Lycetim of N. Yor/c 1. 303. Spreng. Sysi. 3. 808. 

 Bec/c. Flor. 432. Spicis circitcr 5, subremotis, plerumquc bi- 

 floris, suberectis ; infmia bractcata; fructu ovato, subobtuso, ner- 



