CYPERACEAE juss. (Caiex.) 503 



Prod. n. 550. — Nova Zeclamlia. 2}. — C. cxcclsae proxime 

 afniiis. Stcutlel liuc ducit C hamaiam Forst. 



348. C. DoMAXA Spreug. Sijst. 3. 825. Nees ah Esenh. 

 in JVighl. Bol. 128. {WalCCat. n. 3395.) Spiculis leuiincis 

 ternis quatcrnisve , crccfiusculis, cylindricis, brevipcdunculatis; 

 mascula solitaria; bractcis inferioribus foliaceis, cvagiuatis; 

 fructu patulo, ovato-lanceolato, margine acuto, in rostrum pla- 

 num bidentatum aKcnuato, obsolete ncrvoso, glabro ; squamis 

 e basi latiorc lanceolato - subulatis, scabris, albo -mcmbranaceis, 

 angustis, nervo carinali viridi , excurrente, fructu brevioribus ; 

 foliis linearibus, planis, margine et culnio tri<[Uctro angulis sca- 

 bris. Nees. C. chIoros<achys Don. Flor. JSep. 43. — Nepalia, 

 Sillet. 2|i — Squamac masculae ovato-Ianccolatae, sub apice ob- 

 tuso mucronatae, hyaliuo-albidae, carina fusccscentcs, glabrae; 

 femineae ovato- oblongae, acuminato-subaristatae, hyalino-albidae, 

 carlna viridi, glabrae. Utriculi squamam superantes, oblongi, 

 attenuato-rostrati, roslro bicuspidato, mcmbranacei, nervosi, vi- 

 rides. Stylus trifidus, castanco-fuscus. Sfigmala longe exscrta, 

 villosula. Achenium ovatum, basi cuneatum, triangulare, stra- 

 minco-fuscum. ^Descr. sccundum specimen W allich.) Est inter 

 Carices indicas tanquam C. Pseudo -Cypcri nostraiis aemula. 

 (Nees.) 



349. C. GIGANTEA Budge in Linn. Trans. 7. 99. t. 10. /. 2. 

 Muehlenh. Gram. 240. Etl. Bot. 2. 544. Deivoj in Sillimaus Am. 

 Journ. 11. 164. (Beyrich. in herh. reg. Berol.?) Spicis femineis 

 3-4, rcmotis, cylindricis, crcctis, incluse pcdunculatis ; bracteis 

 foliaceis, longissimis, glaberrimis; (sfigmatibus 3;) corollis ova- 

 tis, conico-rostratis, bifidis, nervosis, ventricosis, squama ovafo- 

 lancoolafa longioribus. Ell. C. lacustris (S Pursh. Flor. 1. 45. 

 — America borealis. — Squamae masculae oblongae, aristatae, 

 hyalino-albidac, carina fuscescente, glabrae ; arista hispidula ; fe- 

 mincae parvae, oblongae, arisfatae, hyalino-albidae ; carina arisfa- 

 que hispidula viridibus. Utriculi (immafuri) clliptico-oblongi, 

 attenuato-Ionge rostrati, ore emarginato-bidentato, postice fisso, 

 membranacei, punctulafi, glabri, straminco-flavidi. Ovarium par- 

 vum, oblongum, triangulare. (Descript. secundum specimcu a 

 Beyrichio ad fossas aquosas Georgiae inferioris lectum.) 



350. C. RETROKSA Schweinilz. Anal. Tahle in Annals of 

 the Lyceum of N. York 1.71. Dewey in Silliman^s Americ, Journ. 

 9. 67. t. L. jig. 36. Torrey in Schxveinilz. Monogr. of Carcx in 

 Annals of the ^Lyceum of N. Yorle 1. 366. t. 28. Jlg. 2. Becl: 

 Flor, 443. Spicis distinctis, tristigmaiicis ; spicis staminiferis 

 subternis, suprema longe pedunculata, tenui, ceteris brevibus, 

 parvis, saepe basi fructiferis, sessilibus; spicis fructiferis sub- 

 quinis, oblongis, cylindraceis, approximaiis, subfasciculatis, cum 

 bracteis ioliaceis, inclnse pedunculafis; infima saepe perremota, 

 longe et inclusc pedunculafa; fructibus ovatis, inflatis, rostratis, 

 bifurcatis, nervosis, rcflcxis, squama lanccolata duplo longiori- 



