CYPERACEAE Jiss. (Caicx.) 455 



234. C PUBESCENS MueUenh. mss. Schliulir. Car. 2. 60. /. 

 Eee.Jig. 126. fVlUd. Spec. A. 281 et heib. n. 17233. Pursh. 

 Flor. 1. 42. Muehleul». Gram. 2i4. I)ewey in Silllmans Am. 

 Journ. 9. 73. Torrey *) in Schweinilz. 3Ionogr. of Carex in An- 

 nals of ihe Lyceum of ^T. Yorh 1. 333. vSpica mascul.i solifa- 

 ria ; fciiiiiieis 4, scssilibus; iiifinia exserle pctluiicuiata; sliginali- 

 l>us 3 ; fruclihus ovato-tri([uetris, pubesceiilihus, rostratis, bideii- 

 tatis, squania obloni^a iiiucronata lon^ioribus ; culnio foliisquo 

 pubescentibus. WdUl. — America boroalis. 2|. — Squainae 

 masculac obovato-obloni^ae, acutiusculo-subniucronulatac, uniner- 

 viae, fuscescentes, carina viridulo-fusccscente, apicem versus 

 ciliatae; femineae ellipticae, mucronatae, albidae, carina fusces- 

 centi-viridula, superne ciliatae. Utriculi panlo longiores, obo- 

 vato-oblongi, triangularcs, rostrati, basi cnneato-attenuati, mem- 

 branacei, fusci, villoso-pubescentes. Acbeniuni ovato-ellipticum, 

 substipitatum. basi slvli tcrminatum, triangulare, punctulalum, 

 stramineo-ferrugineum. (Descr. secuiidum specim. herb. Willd.) 



235. C SCABKATA Schiveinilz. Anal. Tahle in Annals of 

 Ihe lAfcetim of N. York 1. 69. Dewey in Silliman's Amcric. 

 Journ. 9. 66. /. IC. Jig. 32. Torrey in Schiveinifz. Monogr. of 

 Carex in Annals of Ihe Lyceum of j\. l'ork 1. 345. /. 26. f. 

 2. Spreng. Sysl. 3. 826. Becfc. Flor. 440. Spicis distinctis, 

 Irisligmaticis; spica staminifera solitaria, triquetra. pedunculata; 

 spicis fructiferis subquinis, suhremotis, exserte pedunculatis, cy- 

 lindraceis. alternis, suberectis, cum longis foliaccis hracteis in- 

 structis; fructibus ovato-oblongis, rostratis, suhventricosis, sub- 

 l>iGdis, scahris, squama ovato-lanceolata acuminata margine sub- 

 ciliata apice scabra longiorihus. Detvey. — America borealis. 

 — Ab nonnullis pro varietate C pellitae sumta, sed cbaracte- 

 rihus pluribus longe diversa. (Dewej.) Ex iconc C puhescenti 

 affinis videtur. 



236. C ANCEPS Muehlenh. mss. Schknhr. Car. 2. 66. t. 

 Fff fig. 128. WlUd. Spec. 4. 278 ei heib. n. 17227. fol. 1. 

 (iiec 2.**) Piirsh. Flor. 1. 42. FJl. Bot. 2. 547. Deivey'in Sil- 

 liman's Americ. Journ. 10. 36. 11. t. N. fs;. Al. Torrey in 

 Schweinitz. Monogr, of Care.v in Annals of ihe Lyceum of N. 

 Yorlc 1. 343. Spica mascula solitaria; femineis 3, rcmotis ; in- 

 ferioribus peduncuiatis ; stigmalihus 3; fructihus ovatis, nervo- 

 sis, ore memhranaceis, squaina oblonga niucronata longioribus. 

 WiUd. C striatula i>/<c^,F/or. 2. 173. (fide rursh.) C heterosper- 

 ma Wahlenb. in Aci. Ilolm. 1803. 151. (^fide Wahlenb. Ijapp.2o0.') 



*) Speciniina Torreyana cum Muelilenbergiano herb. Willd. conve- 

 niunt. (Schlechtendal in Linnata 10. •203.) 



*') Specimina herbarii VVilldenowiani ad C blandam Dew. pertinent, 

 ijuacum Muehlcnbeiiiii C. conoideam fors haud iniinerito conjungere pla- 

 cuit, quamvis habitus satis sit diversus. rSchlechteiid. in Linnaea 10. 

 '26-2.) 



