500 OYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 



340. C. XATNTHOPHYSA Wahletih. in Act. Ilolm. 1803. 152. 

 Dewey in Sillhnan's Avieric. Journ. 7. 274. 14. 353. ial. D. 

 /i"'. 15. Torrey in Schweinilz . Monogr. of Carex in Annals 

 of the Lyceum of N. Yorh 1. 339. Beck. Flor. 439. Spicis 

 disiinctis: spica staininifera; solitaria; spicis fructiforis (ristig- 

 maticis crassis, subtcrnis, distantibus, laxifloris, ovatis, cxserle 

 vol inclusc podunculatis, folioso-bractcatis ; fructibus oblongo-co- 

 nicis inflatis, magnis, rostratis, divergentibus, ore bifurcatis, 

 squania ovato-lanceolata subarislata longioribus. Dew, C. folli- 

 culata /3 xantbopbysa Muehlenb. Gram. 244. {fide Dewey et Tor- 

 rey.) C. loncbicarpa fVilld. herh. n. 17255. Spreng, Syst. 3. 

 817. C. rostrata Mich. Flor, 2. 173. (fde specim.) C. foUi- 

 rulata Bosc in herb. IVilld. 



/5) nana: sj)icis fi"uctifcris subbinis, subapproximatis, sub- 

 exserte pedunculatis, folioso-bractoatis ; fructibus subin- 

 flatis, rostratis, squama ovata aciita duplo longioribus. 

 Dew. l. c. tab. R. fg. 57. 

 y) minor; spicis frucliforis binis, aggregatis. Dew. l. c. t. 

 R. /.58. 



America borealis ; /5 ad radices montium: White Moun- 



iains. 24i — Squamae byaiino -albidae, carina virides; mas- 

 culae oblongae, obtusae, mucronatae, glabrae; femineae ovatae, 

 acuminato-mucronatae. Utriculi elongati, squamam duplo su- 

 perantes, ovato-lanceolati, apice bicuspidati, trigoni, mombrana- 

 cei, nervoso-striati, viridcs, glabri. Acbenium ollipticum, bre- 

 vissimc stipitatum, basi styli torminatum, triangulare, subtilis- 

 sime punctulatum, stramineo-viridulum, utriculo triplo brcvius. 

 (Descr. juxta specimina C. lonchicarpac herb. Wilbl.) 



341. C. SUBULATA 3Iich. Flor. 2. 173. Pursh. Flor. 1. 40. 

 iVilld. herb. n. 17235. Torrey *) in Schweinitz. Monogr. of Ca- 

 rex in Annals of the Lycetim of JV. YorJi 1. 340. /. 26. f. 1. 

 Spica mascula solitaria; femineis 3^ remotis, subsoxfloris; suprc- 

 mis sessilibus ; infima subexsorte pedunculata ; stigmatibus 3 ; 

 fructibus tereti-subulatis, sqxiama multo kuigioribus, patentibus, 

 apice bicuspidatis; cuspidibus reflexis. JVilld. l. c. C. Collin- 

 sii Nutt. Gen. 2. 205. {secundum Torrey et specim. in herb. reg. 

 Herol.) Detvey in Sillima7i's Americ. Journ. 11. 317. (fide sy- 

 •non.y Sprengel. Syst. 3. 818. (excl. synon. fVilld. Fnum. suppl. 

 et LinJt. ) C. Michauxii Deivey in SiUinian's Americ. Journ. 

 10. 273. /. G. fg. 21. (fde stjnon.) — Amcrica borealis. 

 — Squamae longe mucronatac, Jiyalino-albidae, carina viridi, 

 glabrae ; masculae oblongae, dorso fuscoscentes ; fomincae ova- 

 iae, dorso vix fuscoscontos, longius mucronatac. Utriculi elon- 

 gati, angustc lanccolati, attcnuato-rostrati, hinc plani, indc cou- 



*) Specimen Torreyanuni a Willdcnowiano haud differt. (Sclilech- 

 tend. in l.innaca 10. 203.) 



