448 CYPERACEAE juss. (C^aiex.) 



supcranics. Achenium subrotumlo - obovatum , basi attenuato- 

 substipitutum, triangularc, castaneum, punctulatum, nitidulum. 

 Nescio quo characterc a C. extensa distincta. 



216. C. INDECORA. Culmis iriangularibus, glabris ; foliis 

 culmo brevioribus, anguste gramineis, planis, rigidulis, margine 

 scabris ; spica niascula solitaria; spicis femineis subquatcrnis, 

 incluse pcdunculatis, parum rcmotis, cylindraceo-oblongis ; stig- 

 matibus 3; utriculis ovato-oblongis. supcrne attenuato-rostratis, 

 enerviis, ferrugineis, glabris, superne ad angulos scabris, squa- 

 mam subrotundo-ellipticam subaristato-mucronatam paulo supe- 

 rantibus; rostro truncato, posiice fisso. 



^) humilis. C. fuscula Urville, JMalonines 28. Brongn. in 

 Duperrey, It.^ bot. 15i. /. 28 J. 

 — Insulae Maclovianae. (Gaudichand ct Urville ded.) 2|i — 

 Caespitosa; sub20-podalis. Folia l^ lineam lata. Spicae femi- 

 neae semipollicares. Squamae fomincae ferrugineae, margine 

 hyalinac, glabrae, apice obiuso vel cmarginato, robuste subari- 

 stato-mucronaiac. Stigmata longe cxserta, ferrugineo-caslanea. 

 Achenium obovato-subroiunduni, iriangulare^ basi styli termina- 

 tum, impresso-punciulatum, casiancum, nitidum. (Descr. juxta 

 specimeu Gaudich.) Proxime affinis C. extensae. 



217. C. PUNCTATA Gaudin. Agrost. 2. 152, Hoppe, Caric. 

 68. Reichenh. Germ. 66. Spica mascnla linoari-lanceolata, sub- 

 gomina; fcniineis 3, distantibus, cylindraceis, longe bracteatis, 

 iniima longe pedunculata, roliquis sessilibus; fructibus glabris, 

 ovaiis, rosiralis. Hoppe. C. helvetica Schleich. Car. e.vsicc. {fide 

 Gaud.) C. Balbisii Spreng. {flde Heichenb.) C. disians IVilld. 

 hcrb. n. 17216. fol. 8. C. corsicana LinJc. Jlort. 1. 358. 

 {fide specim. in herb. reg. Berol.) — Helvetia, Italia, Salis- 

 burgia. 2|i — Squamae fusccscontes, carina viridula, glabrao, 

 obtusao, mucronulatac; femineae late ovatae. Utriculi elliptico- 

 oblongi, rostraii, glabri, siraminoo-pallidi, fuscescenti-puncticu- 

 laii, juniores obsolcte nervosi; rostro bidontato. Stylus trifidus. 

 Achcnium subrotuudo-obovatum, triangulare, basi styli termina- 

 ium, stramineo-fuscescons. (Doscr, juxta specimen Scbloich.) 

 Forma C. extensae? Gaudin huc ducit C. distantcm Schkuhr. 

 t. Yy^ absipie descr. 



218. C. DiLUTA Bieberst. Flor. 2. 388. 3. 61 i. Steven in 

 Mem. Soc. Blosff. 4. 69. (JFilld. herb. n. 17217. fol. 1, speci- 

 men de.xlr.2) Spica mascula solitaria; fomineis subquaternis, 

 oblongis; suporioribus incluse pedunculatis, disiantibus; stigma- 

 iibus 3; fruciibus triquetro-ovatis, brovissime rostellatis, bideu- 

 taiis, squamis ovatis acutis sublongioribus. Bieb. C. extensa 

 C. A. lMe\j. linum. pl. Caucas. Casp. 31. {fide ips. auct. in litt.) 

 C. axillaris UoH. Berol. 1832? — Iboria, Caucasus oricnt. — 

 Squamae masculae obovato-oblongae, obtusac, submucronulaiae, 

 fuscoscentos, glabrac; feminoae aibidae, suporno ad latora pallide 

 ferrugineac, apice inaequalitcr omargiuaio-bilobae, mucronato- 



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