CYPEUACEAE jlss. (Caiex.) 407 



gyiia, iiiferne muscula; iiifcriores femiiicao, pedunculaiac (infima 

 loiigius vcl loiij!;issimc pcdunculaia), inicrdum spica quaria sub- 

 basilari loii^issimc pcdunculaia auciac. Squamac fcmineac oho- 

 vato-ellipiicac, apicc roiuiidaiac, uninorviac, casianeo-fuscae, imo 

 margine pallidac, cariiia viridi, glabrac. Uiriculi squamam sub- 

 acquantcs, obovato-pyriformes, apice aiiiicc pcrforaii, subcoria- 

 cco-mcmbranacei, obsolete ncrvosi, plano-convcxi, obiusanguli, 

 sirainineo-pallidi, subiilissimc punctulaio-scabraii, foraininc fer- 

 rugiiieo-margiiiaio. Aclionium ellipiico-subroiundum, Icnliculari- 

 cumprcssum, punciulaium, fcrrugineo-stramiiicum, basi sivli mu- 

 cronatum. (Descr. juxta specimina vallesiaca, a col. Gayo mccum 

 communic.) C. bipartiia All. videiur varietas. (Sprcng. Syst. 3. 

 814.) C. paniceac inter iristigmaticas affiiiis. 



99. C. ELEUSINOIDES Turcz., C. A. 3Ieij. ined. Spicis li- 

 ncaribus, approximaiis ; summa basi mascula; perigyniis glabris, 

 planiusculis, cllipiicis, rosicllatis, orc subintogro, gluma obiusa 

 longioribus; siigmaiibus binis. C. A. Mey. — Alpes ad Baica- 

 lem. — Culini pedalos, glabri, triangulares?, apice scabriusculi, 

 basi foliati. Folia culmum subaequantia, angusic graminca, pla- 

 na, margine scabra. Spicac quatuor, pcdunculatae, approxima- 

 tae, cyliiidraceac, semipollicares, ercctae; torminalis androgyna, 

 basi mascula; rcliquae fomineae. Squamae feminoac oblongao, 

 acuiac, uninerviae, airo-sanguineae, carina viridi, apicem vcrsus 

 hyalino-albidae, glabrae. Uiriculi squamam ^ supcrantos, ellip- 

 tici, brevissimc rostraii, ore obsolete bideniato, mombranacei, 

 enervii?, pallidi, angulis viridulis, glabri. Achcnium (immatu- 

 rum) obovato-ellipiicum, comprcssum, basi styli terminatum. 

 (Dcscr. juxta specimina a cel. Mcy. mecuni communicaia.) 



100. C. LENTICULAUIS Mich. Flor. 1. 72. Spica terminali 

 androgyna, inferne mascula; femineis 2, pcdunculaiis, ereciis; 

 stigmaiibus 2; utriculis ovaio-cllipticis, brcvissime rostcllatis, 

 ore integro, plano-convcxiusculis, membranaceis, ncrvosis, gla- 

 bris, squamam ellipticam obiusam J supcraniibus. — Per trac- 

 ius mosiiium, a sinu Iludsonis ad Canadam, praeseriim ad la- 

 cum Cycnorum dicium. — Culmi graciles, triangulares, glabrius- 

 culi, 9-10-poIlicarcs. Folia angusie graminca, plana, rigidula, 

 sulcato-siriata, glabra, marginc scabra, orecta, longitudinc culnii. 

 Spica terminalis androgyna, cylindracoa, 9 lineas longa, apice 

 fominea; duae inforiores fcmincac, pedunculatac, erociae, cylin- 

 dracoae, 8-12 linoas longae, folio suffultae. Squamae masculae 

 ellipiico-oblongao, obiusac, ferrugineae, dorso liyalino- pallidae, 

 carina viridi, glabrac ; femineae hyalino-albidao, margine ferrugi- 

 neae, carina viriui. Uiriculi fuscescenios. Achonium subrotundo- 

 obovaium, apicaio-mucronatum, lonticulari-compressum, punc- 

 tulatum, castaneo-fuscum. (Doscr. juxia specimina auiheniica.) 

 Affinis C. paniceae. (Mich.) Pursh (Flor. 1. 42) cum C. gra- 

 uulari, Torrey (in Schweinitz. Monogr. of Carex in Annals of ihe 

 Lyceum of N. Yorlc 1. 358.) et Dewcy (iu SilHman's Americ. 



