432 CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 



inum oLlongiim, triangulare, immaturum stramhieo-pallidum. 

 StyUis trifidus. (Dcscript. juxta specimeu Lappon.) 



171. C. BuxBAUMII fVahlenh. in AcL Holm, 1803. 163. 

 (Buxh. Cent. 4. t. 59.) Willd. Spec. L 252 el herl. n. 171S4. 

 Schkuhr. Car. 2. 45. Pxirsh. Flor. 1. 40. Muehlenh. Gram. 325. 

 Ell. Bot. 2. 539. Torrey in Schweinitz. JMonogr. of Carex in An- 

 nals of the Lycetim of N, York 1. 323. Deivey in SiUiman's 

 Americ. Journ. 10. 39. Jloppe^ Caricol. 53. Iteichenh. Germ. 62. 

 Spica antlrogyna peduncuiata, obovata, inferne mascula; femi- 

 neis subternis, remotis, subpcdunculatis ; stigmatibus 3 ; fructi- 

 bus ellipticis, triquetris, obtusis, obsolete bidcntatis, squamam 

 oblongam mucronatam subaequantibus. IVilld. C polygama 

 Schkuhr. Car. 1. 84. t. X. Gp;. Jig. 76. — Ingria, Suecia, Lap- 

 ponia^ Norvegia, Germania, America borealis. 2|i — Squamae 

 femineae oblongae, acuminato-mucronatae^ atro-sanguineo-casta- 

 iieae, carina viridi, glabrae. Utriculi elliptici, ore bidentati, tri- 

 goni, nervosi, scabriusculi , virides. Achenium subrotundum, 

 triangulare, basi styii terminatum, obsolete punctulatum, fus- 

 cum, nitidum. (Descript. secundum spccimina agri berol.) Inter 

 specimina europaea Willd. herb. cst americanum Muehlenbergii, 

 sub nomine C. albo-atrae, quae omnia se Torreyanis adaequant. 

 (Sclilechtend. in Linnaca 10. 261.) C. polymorpha Muehlenh. 

 est probabiliter varietas C. Buxbaumii. (Dewey in SiIIiman's Am. 

 Journ. 11. 318.) Conf. cum C. Halseyana Dewey. 



172. C. MELANANTHA C. A. Mey. in Ledeh. Flor. 4. 216 

 et m. 4. 8. t. 317. Spicis subsenis, confertis, ovatis, sessilibus, 

 erectis ; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis subtrigonis, ellipticis, rostel- 

 latis, ore hyalino integerrimo terminatis, tenuissime granulatis, 

 crectis, glumam acutiusculam muticam subaequantibus. Mey. — 

 Regio Altaica. — Culmi superne scaberrimi. Spica tcrminalis 

 androgyna, basi mascula; reliquae femineae. (Mey.) Squamac 

 femineac elHpticae, acutiusculae, atro-sanguineae, carina strami- 

 jica, imo margine hyalino-albidae, glabrae. Utriculi obovati, bre- 

 viter rostrati, punctulati, apicem versus scabriusculi, stramineo- 

 pallidi; rostro purpurascente, ore emarginato-bidcnticulato. Ache- 

 nium obovatum, trigonum, rudimento styli ad basim tumidulo 

 terminahim, subtransvcrse undulato-punctulatum, fuscum, niti- 

 dulum. Stylus trifidus. (Dcscript. secundum spccimen authent.) 

 Proxime accedit ad C. atrofuscam Stev. (C. nigram All.'), scd glu- 

 mis oblongis et pcrigyniis ellipticis ore intcgcrrimis satis dif- 

 ferre videtur (Mey.) ; affinior C. atratae. 



173. C. SABULOSA Turczan., C. A. Metj. in litt. Spicis 

 quaternis , scssilibus, approximatis, infima magis minusve re- 

 mota, folio sunulta, oblongis ; tcrminali androgyna, apicc basi- 

 quc mascula; reliquis mcre femincis, intcrdum apice masculis; 

 stigmatibus 3; utriculis (imma<uris) anguste pyriformibus, ro- 

 stratis, punctulatis, glabris, squama clliplico-oblonga acuta bre- 

 vioribus; rostro bidcntato, angulis scabro; culmis foliisquc mar- 



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