456 CYPERACEAE juss. (Caiex.) 



C. nematosperma IVilld. herl. n. 17256. (sperlmen juvenlle.) Schlech- 

 iend. in JAnnaea 10. 264. C. planfaginea Mnehlenh. Gram 235. *) 

 Ell. Bot. 2. 547. (^auct. Deivey et Torrey.) C. Vlocliii (Schweinifz. 

 Anal. Tah. in Annals nfihe Lyceuni of JVeiv-Yor/i 1. 69? Sprengel. 

 Syst. 3. 821?) Dr. Frank. in herh. Unio7iis ilin. 1835. (speci- 

 mina juvenilia.} C. oligocarpa var. Van Vleckii Dewey in Silli- 

 man''^ Americ. Journ. 10. 2S1. t. 3. f. 20? C. plantaginca Dr. 

 Frank. in herh. Unionis itin. 1835. — America borealis. 2|* — 

 Sqnamae mascnlae oblongac, apice rofundatae, uninerviae, nervo 

 apice evanescente, glabrae, hyalino-albidae, carina viridulo-fus- 

 rcscente; femineae subrotundo-ovatae, acuto-mncronatae, hya- 

 lino-albidae, carina viridi, glabrae. Utriculi sqnama ' longiores, 

 elliptici, utriuque attcnuati, ore integro, trigoni, nervosi, mcm- 

 branacei, olivaceo-fuscescentes. Achenium subrotundo-obovatum, 

 triangulare, basi styli terminatum, punctvilatum , fuscescens. 

 (Descr. juxta specimina herb. W^illd., iconi Schkuhrianae simil- 

 lima.) Variat squamis femineis muticis, utriculis apice haud 

 attenuatis. (C. plantaginea Dr. Frank. in herh. Unionis itin. 

 1835.) Elliott (I. c. 549) et Torrey (1. c. 347) C. striatulam 

 Mich. ad C. tctanicam trahunt. 



237. C. OLIGOCARPA SchMihr. Car. 2. 58. t. Vvv. fig. 

 170. Willd. Spec. 4. 279. Ptirsh. Flor. 1. 41. Mnehlenh. Gram. 

 242. Torrey in Schweiniiz. Monogr. of Carex in Annals of ihe 

 Lyceum of N. York 1. 344. Dewey in Silliman's Americ. Journ. 

 10. 281. Spica mascula solitaria; femincis 2, tri- vel quadri- 

 lloris ; inferiore pedunculata; stigmatibus 3; fructibus snbro- 

 tundo-triquetris, obovatis, rostellatis, ore integris, squama ob- 

 longa mncronata longioribus. VVilld. — America borealis. 2|j 

 — Planta, praesortim juvenilis, similis C. ancipiti depaupera- 

 tae (Torrey.) ; ejus forma? Specimina authentica mihi hand 

 suppetunt. Dewey (I. c. 281. t. F. fig. 1) distinguit varietatem 

 P, Van Vleckii. (C. Van Vleckii Schweinitz. Anal. Talle in An- 

 nals of the Lycemn of N. York 1. 69.) 



238. C. CHEROKEENSIS Schweinitz. Anal. Tahle in Annals 

 of ihe J^yceum of N. York 1. 71. Torrey in Schweinilz. 3Io- 

 nogr. of Carex l. c. 369. /. 25. f. 1. Dewey in Silliman's 

 Americ. Journ. 11. 160. /. Jj. fig. 34. Spicis staminiferis sub- 

 ternis, subcyliiulraccis ; suprema majore ct pedunculata; spicis 

 frucfiferis tristigmaticis, qnaternis, cylindraceis, snblaxifloris, di- 

 sfantil)us, exserte et sublongo-pedunculati.s, superne staminiferis; 

 frucfibus ovatis, glabris, subtriquetris, subcompressis, nervosis, 

 longo-rosfrafis, bifidis, squama ovata longo-acuminata paulo ma- 

 joribus. Dcivey. C. anonymus herh. Mnehlcnh. n. 382. (fide Tor- 

 rey.) C. recurva Muehlenh. Gram. n. 55? nec Schk. {/ide Tor- 



*) Muelilenbergius ipse C ancipitem Schk. cum? ad C. plantaRi- 

 neam suam ducit; planta ab ilio cuni Elliottio communicata cst C. flc- 

 xuosae simillima et huic dubia, (Ell. 1. c.) 



