458 CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 



stellalis ore obsololc oinarginato, squama ovaio-lanceolata lon- 

 "■ioribns. JVillfL — Amcrica borealis. 2^ — S<jnamac mas- 

 culac oblongo-spatbulatae, acutae, nniuerviae, glabrae, byalino- 

 albidae tlorso fusccscentes ; fcmineae ovatae, mucronato-arista- 

 tae hvalino-albidae, carina viridi , glabrae. Utriculi obovati, 

 obtusi ore integro, trigoni, membranacei, nervosi, glabri, oliva- 

 ceo-fusci. Achenium obovatum, triangulare, punctnlato-scabrius- 

 culum, fuscum. (Descr. sccundum specim. in horto Berol. cult.) 

 Pursh infaustc huc ducit C lenticularem Mlcliaux. Flor. 2. 

 172, lam intcr distylas enumcratam. C. grannlarioides Schivei- 

 nitz. nonnisi spica feminca snmma remotiore diflert. (Sprcng. 

 Syst. 3. 822.) 



242. C. STRIATA Brown. Prod. 243. (Sieh. Agrost. n. 16.) 

 Spicis lemineis 2-3, cylindricis, erectis : tertiae pedunculo vagi- 

 nam longam superante; squamis acuminato-aristatis; fructibus 

 globosis, multinervibus : rostro brcvissimo. IJrown. — Nova Hol- 

 landia. — Squamae masculae oblongo-spathulatae, apice rotnn- 

 dato - emarginatac, arisiatae, liyalino-albidae, carina viridi, gla- 

 brae; arista scabra; fcmincac subroiundo-ovaiae, robuste arisia- 

 tae, glabrae, hyalino-albidae, carina viridi. Utriculi squamam 

 superantes, obovati, brevissime rostellati, rostello obsolete bi- 

 dcntato, membranacei, multinervii, olivaceo-fusci, glabri. Acbc- 

 nium subrotundo-cUipticum, triangulare, rudimento styli basim 

 versus incrassato tcrminainm, punctulatum, stramineo- palliduni. 

 (Descript. juxia spccimina Sieber.) 



243. C. PALLESCENS Liim. Spec. 2. 1386. Leers. Herb. t. 

 15. f. 4. Flor. Ban. t. 1050. WaMenh. in Act. Ilolm. 1803. 161. 

 Jlost. Qram. 1. /. 74. SchA-Hhr. Car. 1. 108. 2. 77. t. Kk. fig. 

 99. Enii^l. lioi. t. 2185. IVilld. Spec. 4. 291 et herh. n. 17272. 

 Iloppe, Caricol. 73. Reichenh. Germ. 66. Gaud. Agrost, 2. 159. 

 Dewey in Sillimans Amcric. Journ. 7. 267. Torrey *) in Schtvei- 

 nitz. .Mo7togr. of Care.v in Annals of the Lyceuju of N. York 

 1. 354. Beck. Flnr. 441. Spica mascula soliiaria; fcmineis snb- 

 tcrnis, pcdunculatis, cernuis, ellipiicis; stigmatibus 3; fructibus 

 obovato-oblongis, obtusis, squamam oblongam cuspidato- mu- 

 cronatam ac<piantibns ; foliis pnbescentibus. IFilld. — Europa, 

 litiora maris Caspium, America boroalis. Zf. — Sqnamae mas- 

 culac obovato- oblongae, cuspidato-mucronatae, byalino-albidae, 

 carina fusccsccnte, glabrac (noc apice ciliatae, ut Schkuhr pin- 

 xii); fominoae ovatae, acuminato-mucronatao, nninorviac, hyalino- 

 albidae, cariiia viridi, glabrae. Utriculi subobovato-oblongi, ob- 

 tnsi, orc bidcnticnlaio , mombranacoi , ncrvosi , glabri , viriilcs. 

 Achoninin oblongum, triangularo, l»asi styli terminatuin, obso- 

 lcte punctulatum, olivaceo-viridulum. (Dcscript. secundum spcci- 



") Propter spiras fructusquo solito iitinnros in sicciuril)iis tcnis Sdii 

 oxpositis onatii Juisse videntur speciinina Torreyana. (Schlechtend. ia 

 liiiinaea 10. ■H)b.) 



