414 CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 



fcrrugincap, oarina viruli. Utriculi immaiuri squama breviorcs, 

 obovaii, brevissimc rosirati, obtusi, compressi, membranacei, 

 encrvii, straminco-palliui, apicc fcrruginci, glabri. Ovarium ob- 

 longum. Stylus bifidus, longe exscrtus. Stigmata longissima. 

 (Descript. juxta spccimcn Wahlcnb. in hcrb. Willd.) Varietas 

 C. cacspitosae, nisi C. acutae? (Schkuhr.) Hoppe (Caric. 39) 

 cum C. siricta conjungit. 



115. C. STRKTA Good. in Linn. Trans. 2. 196. t. 21. 

 f. 9. Wahlenh. in Act. Ilolm. 1803. 165. Schkuhr. Car. 1. 60. 

 2. 27. f. V. fig. 73. IIosl. Gram. 1. 69. t. 94. Engl. Bot. t. 

 914. Willd. Spec. 4. 287 et herh. n. 17297. Iloppe, Caric. 39. 

 Dewey in Silliman's Am. Journ. 10. 269. Cand. Gall. 3. 144. 

 Gaud. Agrosf. 2. 121. Spica mascula solitaria; fcmineis cylin- 

 (Iraceis, attenuatis, subtribus, distantibus ; intima brevissime ex- 

 serte pedunculata; stigmatibus 2; fructibus ovatis, acutiusculis, 

 ore pertusis, squama lanceolaia acutiuscula majoribus; foliis 

 strictis. Willd. C. caespitosa Ihids. Angl. 412. (Jide Sch/cuhr. et 

 SmUh.) C. acuta a Leers. Ilerh. t. 16./. 1. (Jest. Smilh.) C. 

 melanochloros Thuill. Far. 1. 488. (Jide Cand.) C. verna ce 

 Lam. Encycl. 3. 395. {fide Cand.) C. clata All. Ped. n. 2344. 

 (fde Cand.) C. rigens ^ Thuill. ( fide Steud.) C compressa 

 Gaud. Etrennes 111. excl. syn. Schk. et Curt. {fde Gaud.) Vig- 

 nea stricta Reichenh. Germ. 60. — Europa et America borea- 

 lis, Kotzcbue's Sound (Brechey). 2\. — Squamae uninerviae, 

 ncrvo apiccm vcrsus evanesccnte, obtusae, glabrae; masculae 

 oblongo-subspathulatae, castaneo-sanguincae, carina pallidiore; 

 femincae oblongae, atro-sanguincae, carina viridula. Utriculi 

 squamam ^ supcrantes, elliptici, spice acutiusculi ibique perfo- 

 rati, conipressi, mcmbranacei, antice sub6-nervii, nervis latera- 

 libus superne evancsccntibus, intcrne quadrinervii, membrana- 

 cei, glaberrimi , inferne fuscescentes, supernc plumbco-cincrei. 

 Achenium immaiurum obovatum, compressum, laeviusculum, 

 stramineo-flavidum. A C. caespiiosa etiam reticulo fibroso va- 

 ginas intercedenic distinguitur. (Reichcnb.) Hoppe huc ducit 

 C. aquatilem Wahlenh. 



116. C, TRINEKVIS Degland in Lois. Gall. 2. 731. Pers. 

 Syn. 2. 546. Cand. Gall. 6. 291. Cand. et Duhy, Bot Gall. 1, 

 492. Radicc caespitosa; cvilmo humili, iriquetro, siriato, laevi; 

 foliis canaliciilaiis, superne irigonis; tloralibus scabris, amplec- 

 ientibus, elongatis ; spicis conliguis, cylindraceis; masculis 2-4, 

 subnudis, inaequalibus; femineis plerumque 3, axillaribus, apice 

 saepius staminiferis, acniis; fructibus compressis, ellipiicis, uirin- 

 que acuminatis, dorso 3-nervil)Us (4-5-ncrviis Kth.), ore integris, 

 squama lanceolata obductis. Degl. — In arenosis, uliginosis, 

 marilimis Vasconiae, Picardiae. 2|. — Caespitosa, 7-8-poIIicaris. 

 Culmi irigoni, sulcati, rigidi, glabri. Folia culmum superaniia, 

 angusiissinia, carinato-complicata, rigida, apicem versus scabra. 

 Vaginac fuscescentes, iardius fissac, rclictis iilis oblique trans- 



