CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 421 



quinls, approxioiatls , nutaniibus; infcrloribus rcmlncis , aplcc 

 niasculis ; tcrminali binisquc terminallbus masculis ; bractcis fo- 

 liaceis, cvaginatis ; stigmatibus 2; fructibus obovatis, basi cu- 

 iieatis, brevissimc rostcliatis, papilioso-micantibus , dcpressis; 

 squamis obcordatis, e sinu setaceo-aristatis; arista fcmlnca squa- 

 ma fructuquc longiore, mascula brcviorc; culmo angustissimc 

 triquctro; foliis bracteisque culmum supcrantibus, lincaribus, 

 planls, margine carinaque scaberrimis. Nees. C lenticularis Don. 

 Flor. Nepal. 43. — Nepaliae alpes, Peninsula Indiae orientalls. 

 — Don llores masculos in apice splcularum fcrtillum liaud ob- 

 servavlt. Squamac masculae castancae, carlna virldi j fcmineac 

 virides, margine castaneo, pallidlore. (Necs.) 



141. C. NOTHA. Spica mascula solitaria; fcmlncis tcrnis, 

 subcylindricis, basi attenuatis, approxlmatls, subfastigiatls ; infe- 

 rioribus pcdunculatls ; superlore subscssili; bractels setaccis, 

 cvaglnatis, auriculatls; stlgmatlbus 2; stylo exserto; fructlbus 

 ovallbus, convexls, brcvirostrlbus, 5-nervibus, glabris, sangui- 

 iico-punctatis, squamls ovatls obtusis longioribus; culmo triquc- 

 tro, angulis follisque planls rlgidis margine scabcrrimls. Nees. 

 C. punctata Nees ab Esenh. in Wight. Bot. 127. — Nc[)aIIa. — 

 Ob puncta fructuum haud absimills C. lcnticulari Don., sed dif- 

 fert squamls obtusls ct fructus figura, maximc autcm splculls 

 inferioribus haud androgynis (quod semper in lenticulari vldc- 

 bis). Squamae sunt fuscae, Ilnea media lata virente. An tamcu 

 C. lcntlcularls var. ? (Nces.) 



1 42. C. SPHAERICA Lapeyr. Afrr. pyr. 570. Spreng. Syst. 

 3. 820. Cand. et Duhj. liot. Gall. 2. 1012. Culmo basi foliato, 

 stricto ; spicis supcrloribus subscssilibus, approximatis ; inferlo- 

 ribus pedunculatis, remotis ; fruclibus acuminatis, bliobls, lacvi- 

 bus, squamas lanccolatas aristatas supcrantibus. Sjireng. — Py- 

 renaci mcridioualcs. 



II) Stylus trlfidus. {Cakex Rcichcnb.) 

 1) Spicae solltariae, dloccae. 



143. C APHYLLA. Dloeca; culmls cacspitosis, icretibus, 

 rigidis, glahris, basi vaglnatls, aphyllls; splca (femlnca) solita- 

 rla, oblique inserta, ovato-oblonga, bractca spathlformi suiluHa; 

 utriculis floriferis oblongls, compressis, apice angustatls ct acu- 

 te bldcntatls, angulis cillolatis; stigmatlbus 3, longlssimls; squa- 

 mis ovatls, apicc rotundatls, convexls, trinerviis, hyallno-albidis, 

 dorso vlridulls, apicc margineque pallidc fcrruginels, glabris. 

 Schocnus marginatus Knnze, Syn. pl. Americ. austr. mss. Poeppig. 

 CoU. pl. Chil. 3. — Chllc australls, ad Antuco. — Culmi rigldi, 

 striati, glauccscentes, 10-15-poIlIcarcs, basi vaginati. Vaglnae 

 aphyllac, fcrrugineac, acutatae, fissac, glabrac. Spicac 5 lincas 

 longac; suppctentes merc femincae. Utrlculi immaturi membra- 

 nacci, hyalino-albidi, augulis viridibus. Ovarium oblongum, pal- 



