CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 431 



disianilLus, cxscTte pcdunculotis , iiutan^ibus; suprcina infcrne 

 mascula; fruclibus ol)longis, triquclris, subinflatis, acutiusculis, 

 orc subintcgro vcl bilobo, squama ovata acuta iluplo majoribus. 

 Deivey. — Anicrica borcalis. — Cuhuus 12-18-poll. Folia in- 

 lerchim pubcsccntia. (J5cck.) Spicac 4, cylimlraccae, pcduncula- 

 tae ; terminalis androjajyna, basi mascula; rcliquae fcmineac (in- 

 icnhim ima basi masculac?). Squamac fcmincae ellipticac, acu- 

 iac, glabrac, byalino-albidae, carina viridi, supcrne ad latcra j)al- 

 lidc fcrrugincac. Utriculi squamam subacquantcs , subrotundi, 

 inflato-trigoni, brevissimc rostcllati^ rostcllo obtuso, basi sub- 

 cuncato-attenuati, membranacei, punctulati, bincrvii, glabri, fcr- 

 ruginei, patcntcs. Acbcnium obovatum, triangularc, faciebus 

 convexiusculis, mucronatum, punctulato-scabratum, fusccscens, 

 iiitidum. (Dcscript. juxta spccim. ab Unione itin. destributa.) 

 Stigmata 3 (cx Bock.). C. digitali affinis, diflert fructibus acu- 

 tis, spicis brevioribus, ovatis, cact. (Beck.) ; C. tricipiti et C. 

 hirsutae affinior? C. granulari babitu simillima. Carici Mie- 

 lichhofcrii arcte affincm putat Dcwcy. 



169. C. INFUSCATA JVees ab Esenh. in IVighl. Bol, 125. 

 Spicis 4-5, valdc approximatis, ovalibus, scssiiibus; incdiis mino- 

 ribus; suprema basi mascula; inferioribus fcmincis infimavc sola 

 foliacco-bracteatis ; bractca evaginata; stigmatibus ternis; fructi- 

 bus ovalibus, gibboso-trigonis, glabris, mucrone brevi, truncato, 

 squamas ovatas acutas fuligineo-nigras superantibus; culmo tri- 

 quctro, apice scabro, incurvo. Nees, 



/5?) niicrocarpa. (IVall, Cat. n, 3381, ex parte.^ 

 — Nepalia. — Squamae fcmiiicac subrotundo-ovatae, obtusius- 

 culae, atro- sanguincac. Utriculi (immaturi) squam.a dnplo lon- 

 giores, clavato-pyriformcs, irigoni, brevissime rostellati, mcm- 

 brauacci, punctulati, glabri, fusci, nitiduli; rostello subcmargi- 

 nato, castanco. Ovarium triangularc. (Descript. juxta spccimen 

 varietatis [^?) Diflcrt a C. Buxbaumii, cui affinis; var. /5 cst 

 fortasse diversae spcciei. (Nees.) 



b) Atraiae. 



170. C. Vahlii SchAuhr, Car. 1. 87. 2. 46. t. Gg. fg. 44 

 ett. Ppp.fg. 154. TVilld. Spec. 4. 254 >t herb, n. 17185. Le- 

 deb. Flor, 4. 217. (y. «.) Spica audrogyna, pcdunculata, oblonga, 

 inferne mascula; fcmineis subtcrnis, remotiusculis, subpeduncu- 

 latis, oblongis, obtusis ; stigmatibus 3 ; fructibus subrotundo-cl- 

 lipticis, triquctris, ore subindivisis, squama oblonga obtusa ina- 

 joribus. VVilld. C. alpina IVahlenb. in Act. Ilolm. 1803. 160. 

 Flor. Dan. t, 403. {excl. syn.) — Lapponia, Insulac Curaicae, 

 locis subalpinis, prope pagum Tschctschulicha, alpes ad Baica- 

 lem. (Mey.) 2\. — Squamae femincae cllipticac, acutae, totae 

 atro-purpureae, interduni imo margine hyalino-albidac, glabrae. 

 Utriculi obovati, breviter rostrati, trigoni, punctulati, stramineo- 

 pallidi, ore purpureo-castaneo et integro, supcrne hirtclli. Ache- 



