472 CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 



nilz. J}Ioiiogr, of Cavex in Annals of Ihe Jjyceum of N. Yorh 

 1. 351. Spica mascula solifaria; fcniiiicis subquaternis, remo- 

 <is, liliformibus, pciliiiiculatis, ccnmis ; sligmatibus 3; fi'uctibus 

 <listantibus, altcrnis, oblon:^is, rostratis, bifidis, squania ovata mu- 

 cronata duplo lonsioribus. JVilld. C. ilcbilis Mich. Flor. 2. 172. 

 ijide Pnrsh. ct Ell.) C. tcnuis Ihidge in Jjinn. Trans. 7. 97. 

 {Jide Dluehlenb. et Pursh.) — Anicrica borcalis. 7\, — Squamae 

 unincrviae; masculac oblongo-Ianccolatac, acutae, hyalino-albidae, 

 carina viritli, scabriuscula; fcminoae oblongo-Ianccolatae, acumi- 

 iiato-submucronatac, glabrae, liyalino-albidae, carina viridi. Utri- 

 culi squamam duplo superantes, lanceolali, attenuato-rostrati, 

 rostro bidentato, b.inc plani, inde convcxo-obtusanguli, membra- 

 iiacei, obsolete nervosi, glabri, pallide oliyacei, punctulis minu- 

 tissimis ferrugincis conspersi. Aclienium oblongum, longc stipi- 

 tatum, triangulare, basi styli terminatum, subtilitcr punctulatum, 

 straminco-|)aIlidum. (Descr. sccundum specimcn C. dcbilis Mich.') 

 Valde similis C. Drymcjae. (Willd.) 



277. C. LOXGIFOLIA Brown. Prod. 242. Sieh. Agrost. n. 14. 

 Spicis cylindraccis, pcndulis, indivisis : pedunculis capillaribns ; 

 inferioribus 4-5-nisve; suporioribus 3-2-nis soliiariisve ; fructibus 

 iiervosis. lirown. — Nova Ilollandia. — Culnius hinc planus, 

 indc convcxus, scabriusculus, foliatus. Folia angustc graminca, 

 plana, supra margincque scabriuscula, longis:sima, duas lineas 

 lata. Spicae por senas c vaginis cxsertae, longissime pcduncula- 

 tae, omncs foinincae (androgynac, basi masculae, fide Brovvn.), 

 pcndulae, graciles, subbipollicares. Squamae femineae ovatae, 

 acuto-mucronatac, iininerviac, glabrae, hyalino-albidac, margine 

 fusccsccntcs, carina viridi. Utriculi oblongi, utrinquc attenuati, 

 hinc plani, inde convcxo-obtusanguli, mcmbranacei, nervosi, vi- 

 ridcs ; rostro pracscrtim ad angulos scabriusculo, orc bidcntato. 

 Stigmata 3, villosula, ferruginca. Achcnium cllipticum, stipita- 

 ium, triangularc, basi styli inflcxa tcrminatum, punctulatum, 

 fuscnm, angulis pallidioribus. (Descr, sccundum spccimen Sieb.) 

 An rccte huc collocata, praccedenti tamcn similis; affinior in- 

 dicis ? 



12) Spica mascula solitaria; ,fcmineae 2-4, pauci- ct laxiflorae. 



Utriculi submembranacci , saepissimc rostrati , glabri vcl 



pubcsccntes. 



278. C. CAPILLARIS Linn. Spec. 2. 1386. Scop. Carn. n. 

 1152. /. 59. Flor. Dan. t. 168. IVahlcnh. in Act. llolm. 1803. 

 155. Schknhr. Car. 1. 97. 2. 73. /. O. fg. 56. IIosl. Gram. 1. 

 f. 62. Wmd. Spec. 4. 290 et herb. n. 17271. {e.rcl. fol. 3.) fVah- 

 lenh. Lupp. 238. EJiisd. Flor. Suec. 2. 600. Caud. Agrost. 4. 177. 

 Iloppe, Car. 87. Itcichenb. Germ. 68. Richards. App. 36. Torrey 

 in Schweinifz. Monou^r. of Care.v in Annals of the Lycetini of N. 

 Yorlt- 1. 350. Dewry in Silliman's Americ. Journ. 11. 149. Engl. 

 Bol. t. 2069. Ledcb. Flor. i. 227. Spica mascula solitaria; fc- 



