420 CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 



Ihe Lvceum of New-Tork 1. 65. Dewey in SilUman^s Americ. 

 Journ. 9. 62.^aJ. C fg. H. Torrey in SchweinU^.Monog,. 

 ofCarex in Annals of the Lyceum of N. lork 1. 310.^ Bec^. 

 Flor 433 Spiculis subtcrnis, sessilibus, ovalis, alternis, sub- 

 distantibus, apice femineis ; suprema ebracteata; fructibus ob- 

 lon-o-lanccolatis, rostratis, acuminatis, bifurcatis, plano-conyexis, 

 ma?-ine subscabris, squama oblongo-lanceolata breve aristata 

 hvalTna paulo longioribus. Deivey. — America boreahs. — &i- 

 miUs C remotiusculae, distinguitur numero spicularum, squamis 

 pistilliferis et fructibus ; differt a C. tenuiflora spiculis, fructi- 

 hus et foliis et a C. disperma positione flosculorum stammife- 

 rorum, fructibus et squamis. (Dewey.) 



136 C. GIBBA iVahlenh. in Act. Holm. 1803. 148. Willd. 

 Spec. k. 238. Schkuhr. Car. 2. 22. Spica androgyna, compo- 

 sWa- spiculis altcrnis, infcrioribus subternatis, remotis, mferne 

 masculis, hractcis foliaceis longissimis sufl"ultis; stigmatibus 2; 

 fructibus ellipticis, compressis, rosteUatis, bifidis, squama lon- 

 cioribus. Willd. C. remota Thunb. Jap. 37. — Japonia. 2|. 

 —. Sprengel (Syst. 3. 812) cum C. axillari Good. compmgit. 



c) Spicae sexu distinctae. 



137. C. MUTICA Brown in Bichards. App. 35. Torrey in 

 Schweinitx. Monogr. of Carex in Annals of ihe Lyceum of N. 

 York 1. 327. Dewey in Amcric. Journ. 11. 310. Spica mas- 

 cula (solitaria): squamis obtusis; femineis 3, distantibus, sub- 

 cxserte pedunculatis, erectis, raris; stigmatibus 2; capsulis ova- 

 libus, muticis, laevibus, squama ovata mucronata longioribus ; 

 foliis bracteisque planis. Brown. — America arctica. ^ 



138. C. PHYSOCARPA Presl in Bel. Haenk. 3. 202. Spi- 

 culis masculis terminalibus, binis tribusve; femineis subternis, 

 pedunculatis, erectis, cylindricis; glumis oblongis, acutis, peri- 

 gynio ovoideo inflato hrevitcr rostrato bidentato nervoso aequi- 

 longis; stigmatibus 2; culmo triquotro, scabro, foliis margine 

 scabris breviore. Presl. — Sinus Nootka, nisi portus Mulgraa- 

 xe. 2\. — A C. vesicaria facile distinguenda. (Presl.) 



139. C. CHILENSIS Brongn. in Duperrey, It., lot. 156. Caule 

 tripedali, folioso; foliis linearibus, longissimis; spicis femineis 

 subquaternis, distantibus, ovato-oblongis, sessilibus ; inferioribus 

 folio caule longiore suff"ultis ; superioribus bractea subulata, spi- 

 cam vix superante; spica mascula solitaria, cylindrica; squamis 

 femineis lanceolato-subulatis, basi dilatatis, urceolum fusifoi-mcm 

 acutum bidentatum superantibus; masculis subulatis, acutissimis; 

 stigmatibus duobus. Brongn. — Cbilc. — Parum affmis C. re- 

 curvae Forst., baec difl"crt spicis (fructiferis) inferioribus longe 

 pedunculatis fructibusque inferioribus recurvatis. (Brongn.) 



140. C. PIIACOTA Spreng. Syst. 3. 826. Nees ah Esenh. in 

 Wighl. Bot. 126. {Wight. Cat. n. 1920.) Spicis cylindricis, sub- 



