CYPERACEAE juss. (Caiex.) 423 



structl. Spica 4 lincas longa. Squaniae masculac lineari-lan- 

 ceolatac, acuto-submucronatac, uninerviac, subcarinatac, glabrac 

 hyalino-albidac, carina viridi, marginibus supcrnc fusccscenlibus; 

 squamac lcmineac uninerviae, glabrac , hyalino-albidae, carina 

 viridi, marginc superiic ferrugineae. Utricnli straminco-pallidi, 

 nervis viridibus. Stigmata longissima, ferruginea, villosa. Acbc- 

 nium immaturum obovatum, trigonum, mucronatum, laeviuscu- 

 lum, stramiuco-flavidum, ad basim exteriorem rudimcnto rhacbeo- 

 lae filiformi ciliato viridulo instructum. Spccimina Poeppigiana 

 uostris tcnuiora, vix florifera. Conf. cum C. Sellowiana. 



Ii6. C. Fraseriajna Bol. Mag. t. 1391. Ait. Keiv. ed. all. 

 5. 238. Spica simplici, androgyna, supernc mascula; stigmati- 

 bus 3; fructibus ovatis, ventricosis, divaricatis ; culmo vaginato; 

 vagina suprema cucullata, foliacea. Ait. C. Fraseri Andr. Rep. t. 639. 

 Pursh. Flor. 1. 39. Torrey in Schweinitz. Monogr. of Carex in 

 Annals of the Lyceuni of N. York 1. 295. Deivey in SilUman's 

 Americ. Journ. 11. 155. Beck. Flor. 431. C Lagopus Mueh- 

 lenh. Gram. 265. (test. Ton^ey, Dewey [l. c. 25. 146.J et Beclc.) 

 Mapania sylvatica Pnrsh. Flor. 1. 47. {fide Nutt.) — Carolina, 

 Pennsylvania. 2{i — Squamae masculae obovato-oblongae, obtu- 

 sae, uninerviae, hyalino-albidae, glabrae; femincae masculis si- 

 miles, sed latiores. Utriculi inflati, brevissime rostrati, mem- 

 branacci, binervii, viriduli, glabri; rostro truncato. Stylus tri- 

 fidus. Stigmata castaneo-fusca. 



147. C. POLYTRICHOIDES Muehlenh. mss. Schktihr. Car. 2. , 

 34. i. lii. f. 138. IVilld. Spec. 4. 213 et herb. n. 17116. Ptirsh. 

 Flor. 1. 39. Muehlenh. Gram. 230. Dewey in SiUiman's Americ. 

 Journ. 9. 258. Torrey *) in Schweinitz. Monogr. of Carex in 

 Annals of the Lyceuni of N. YorJc 1. 296. Spica androgyna, 

 simplici, supcrne attcnuata, mascula; stigmaiibus 3; fructibus 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, compresso-triquctris, obtusis, emarginatis; 

 squamis oblongis, obtusis, mucronatis. IVilld. C. leptalea IVah- 

 lenh. in Act. llolm. 1803. 139. C. microstachya Mich. Flor. 2. 

 169. (secundum Pursh et specim. authent-) — America borcalis. 

 — Squamae masculac remotac, subdistichae, carinatae, mucro- 

 natae, glabrac, lateribus ferrugineae, carina viridi; fcmineae cl- 

 lipticae, acuto-submucronatae, virides, glabrae, superne ad mar- 

 gines fuscescentes. Utriculi squamam triplo superantes, aiigu- 

 ste oblongi, ohtusi, apice pro stigmatum cmissione perforati, 

 plano-convexiusculi (?), nervosi, membranacei, glabri, viridcs. 

 (Dcscr. secundum specimen a Jacquemontio mecum communic.) 

 Stigmata 2 v. 3, teste Willd. C. Willdenovvii Dewey in Silli- 

 m.an's Americ. Journ. 9. 258 est C. polytrichoidis varietas. (Tor- 

 rey 1. c.) 



148. C. AFFINIS Brown in Richards. App. 35. Torrey in 



*) Specimina Torreyana cum Muehlenbcrgianis herb. Wllld suiit 

 congrua. (Schlechtend. in Linnaea 10. 259.) 



