488 CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 



iis, cylindraceis; siigmaiibus 3; utriculis paienti-recurvatis, obo- 

 valo-cllipiicis, plauo-convcxis, rostratis, subl5-nerviis , subco- 

 riaceis. impresso-punctulatis, glabris, squamam ovatam mucro- 

 nato-subaristatam | longioribus et latioribns ; rostro bicuspitlato. 

 — Cap. b. spci, ad rivulum propc Paarlberg, locis lutoso-uligi- 

 iiosis. Drcge lcgit. 24. — Culmi subquadripedales, superne ad 

 angulos serrulato-scabri. Folia graminea, subtus striato-nervosa, 

 apicem versus marginc serrulato-scabra, 4 lineas lata. Vaginae 

 trangularcs ; angulis scabris. Spica mascula subbipollicaris ; fe- 

 niineae subsesquipollicarcs. Sqnamae masculae obovato-oblon- 

 gae, emarginatae, mucronatae, uninerviae, byalino-fuscescentcs, 

 carina viridula, ferrugineo-punctulata, apicem versus ad margi- 

 nes byalinae ibique ciliolatae, glabrae ; femineae ovatae, apice 

 bilobae, inter lobos acutiusculos mucronato-subaristatae, hyalino- 

 ferrngineae, carina trinervia, viridula et ferrugineo-punctulata, 

 glabrae^ utriculo \ brcviores. Uhiculi olivacei, fcrrugineo-puuc- 

 tulati. Achenium subobovato-cllipticum, triangulare, basi siyli 

 terminaium, castaneo-fuscum, subpunctulatum, nitidulum, uiri- 

 culo dimidio brevius. Praecedenii pi*oxime affinis, dilTert prae- 

 serlim utriculis patenii-recurvalis. 



316. C. NUTANS llosl. Gram. 1. 61. /. 83. WiM. Spec. 

 A. 299 el herl. n. 17287. Biehersl. Flor. 2. 391 et 3. 618. SchJcuhr. 

 Car. 2. 82. /. Q(/qq' /g- 205. Ledeb. Flor. i. 220. Hoppe, 

 Caric. 63. Reichenh. Germ. 69. Spicis masculis gcminis; fe- 

 mincis geminis, oblongis, sessilibus, remotis; stigmatibus 3; 

 fructibus ovatis, nervosis, bifurcatis, ventricosis, squama ovato- 

 lanceolala majoribus ; culmo florifero nutante, fructifero erecto. 

 JFilld. C. melanostachya Bieherstein in JVilld. Spec. 4. 299 

 (fide Bieberst.) et herb. n. 17286. /o/. 2 rf? 1.*) Schkuhr. 

 Car. 2. 81. C. distans irHtd. heih. n. 17216. fol. 3 et 5? — 

 Austria, Tauria, Caucasus, Tataria. 2j. — Squamae masculao 

 oblongae, acutatae, longe mucronatac, supcrne ciliatae, fusco- 

 sangumeae, carina viridi ; femincac ovatae, acuminato-aristatae, 

 dorso virides, trinerviae, latcribus sanguineo-fcrrugineae, glabrae; 

 arista bispidulo-scabra, longifudine squamae, utriculum jiaulo 

 supcrante. Utriculi cllipfici, apice bidentafi, dentibus acutatis, 

 •subcoriacei, sulcati, olivacei, glabri. Ovarium oblongum, trian- 

 gularc, stipitatuin. Sfylus mcdio parum incrassafus, apice trifidus. 

 Siigmata villosa, casfanco-fusca. (Descr. juxfa specimina olim 

 in hort reg. Berol. culi.) C. filiformi affinis, scd folia laiiora, 

 culmus triqueter, scaber, bractcac elongafae, fructus striati, 



•) C. melanostacliya Willd hcrb. n. I7'286. fol. 1. differt a fol. 2. 

 et a C. niitante: squaniis niasculis acutis, mutfcis, non ciliatis. Utriculi 

 sunt maturi, subrotundo-elliptici, breviter rostrati, subcoriacei, sulcati, 

 ])unctulati, glabri, includentes achenium subrotundo-ellipticum, triaiifju- 

 lare, breviter stipitutum, stylo tenninutum, subtilissiine punctuiutuiu, 

 oiivaceum. 



