454 CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 



solitaria, erec<a, pcdunculata, triquetra; spicis fructiferis tristig- 

 niaticis, subternis, oblongis^ cylinilraceis, subsparsitloris, alternis, 

 bracteatis; suprema subsessili; inlima longe pedunculata ; pedun- 

 culo ancipiti; fruclibus ovalibus vel obovatis, subtriquctris, ner- 

 vosis, apice recurvis et integris, glabris, squama ovata scabro- 

 niucronata vix longioribus. Deivey, C. conoidca Muehlenh. Gratn. 

 248. (nec Schkuhr., nec EllioU.) — Amcrica borealis. — Tor- 

 rey (in Scbwcinitz. Monogr. of Carex in Annals of Lyceum of 

 N. York 1. |346) ad C. conoideam Schk. ducit. 



232. C. DIGITALIS JVilld. Spec. k. 298 et herb. n. 17283. 

 (pars superior jjkmtae.} Schkuhr. Car.^. 75. Pursh. Flor. 1. 44. 

 Muehlenh. Crani. 25i). Ell. Bof.^. ^'cti. Deivey in SilUman's Americ. 

 Jouini. 11. 147. Torrcy in Schiveinilz. Monogr. of Care.v in 

 Annals of ihe Lyceum of N. York 1. 324. t. 36. fg. 1. (excL 

 C. gracillima.) {Beck. Flor. 436?) Spica mascula solitaria; fe- 

 mincis subtcrnis , rcmotis, filiformibus, pedunculatis , cernuis ; 

 fructibus ellipticis, obtusis, squama oblongo-lanccolata longiori- 

 bus. IVilUl. — America borealis. 2|. — Squamae masculae 

 lanceolatae, acutatae, unincrviae^ byalino-ferrugineae, carina vi- 

 ridi, glabrac; femineae ovatae, acutae, byalino-albidae, carina vi- 

 ridi. Utriculi squamam paulo supcrantes, oblique subelliptici, 

 brevissime rostellati, orc intcgro, trigoni^ subcoriaceo-membra- 

 nacci, ncrvosi, olivaceo-viridcs, glabri. Aclienium clliptico-sub- 

 rotundum, triangularc, basi styli tcrminatum, stramineo-fusccs- 

 cens. (Dcscr. juxta specimina bcrb. Willd.) Spccimina Will- 

 denowiana cxacte congrnunt cum varictate angustifolia C. oligo- 

 carpae SchJc. (Scblccbtcnd. in Linnaea 10. 267.) Potius forma 

 C. ancipitis? Torrey et Bcck infauste huc ducunt C. gracilli- 

 mam Dewey. 



233. C. GRACILLIMA Schweiniiz. Anal. Table in Annals of 

 ihe lyyccum of. N. York 1. 66. Deivey in Silliman^s Americ. 

 Journ.' 8. 98. iab. J. fg. 28. Spreng. Syst. 3. 816. Spicis 

 longis, gracilibus, distantibus, sublaxitloris, quatcrnis, exsertc 

 pcdunculatis; suprema (androgyna) infcrne mascula; omuibus 

 bractcatis; fructibus oblongis, triquetris, obtusis, ore obliquo 

 ct subbilobo, squama oblonga obtusa breve aristata majoribus. 

 Deivey. — ■ America borcalis. — Spica terminalis androgyna, in- 

 fcrne mascula; rcliquae femineae. (Dewcy.) Squamae femi- 

 neae ovatac, robustc mncronatae, hyalino-albidac, carina viridi, 

 glabrae. Utriculi fcre duplo longiorcs, oblongi, obtusi, ore pcr- 

 lorato, trigoni, mcmbranacci, ncrvosi, ncrvis 2 robustioribas, 

 viridcs, glabri. Acbcnium obovatum, brcvitcr stipiiatum, basi 

 styli tcrnunatnm, triangulare, imprcsso-punctulatum, fuscescenti- 

 flavcscens, nitiduhim, utriculo dimidio brcvius. (Descr. secundum 

 spccimcn Unionis it. 1835, in ditionc Miami civitatis Ohio lcc- 

 tnm.) Torrcy (in Schwcinitz. Monogr. of Carcx in Annals of 

 the Lyccum of N. York 1. 324) ct Jicck (Flor. 436) cum prae- 

 cc<Icnte conjungunt. 



