514 CYPERACEAE jlss. (Carex.) 



SchweinUz. Monogr. of Carex in Annals of ihe Lyceum of N. 

 YorTi 1. 320. Dewey in Silliniun's Anieric. Jonrn. 11. 309. Spi- 

 cis androgynis, tcrnis, brevissime pedunculatis sessilibusve, ap- 

 proximatis, basi niasculis ; sligmatibus 3 ; capsulis ovatis, ro- 

 stcllatis, glabcrrimis , squama ovata obtusiuscula longioribus. 

 Broum. — America arctica. — Propc C. (Vigneam) bicolorcm 

 posuit BroAvn. 



3S1. C. AlopecukUS Lapeyr. Ahr. Pyren. snppl. 141. Spreng. 

 Sysf. 3. 814. Cand. et Duby. Bot. aall. 2, 1012. Spiculis sub- 

 quiiiis, incluse po«lunculatis, infcrnc masculis; tcrminalibus cer- 

 nuis; media sessili ; stigmatibus 3; squamis lanccolatis, obtusis ; 

 foliis culmum teretem supcrantibus. Spreng. — Pyrenaei meri- 

 dionales. 



382. C. HAEMATOSTOMA Nees uh Esenh. in IVighf. Bof. 

 12'). Spicis subsenis, alternis, exscrte pedunculatis, erectis, cy- 

 lindricis , basi mascnlis (an dioecis?); inferioribus bracteatis ; 

 stigmatibus 3 ; fruclibus oblongo-lanceolalis, pubcsccntibus, ore 

 fusco-sanguineo bidcntalis ; squamis ovatis, brcvi-cuspidatis, fus- 

 co-nitidis, albo -carinatis marginatisque; culmo compresso, stri- 

 ato , infcrne laevi; foliis linearibus, planis, margine et carina 

 scabris, culmum aequantibus. Nees.' — Nopalia. — In noslro 

 cxcmplo spicae omncs pure fcmineae, squamis paucis ad basini, 

 omnino stcrilibus, roliquis conformibus. Noii sufficit igitur lioc 

 unum specimen ad rite stabiliendam s|)cci«'m. Attamcn distinc- 

 tae spcciei esse in propatulo est. Ad C. atratam quodammodo 

 accedit. (Nees.) 



383. C. LONGISETA Brot. Flor. Lusit. 1. G3. Sprcng. Syst. 3. 814. 

 Spiculis subtcrnis, lanceolatis, superne masculis ; infima subses- 

 sili; bractea basilari setacea, longisslma; IVuctibus triquetris, 

 squamas ovatas acutas acquantibus. Spr. — Lusitania. 



384. C. OVATA Budge in Linn. Trans. 7. 96. t. 9. /. 1. 

 Pursh. Flor. 1. 39. Torrey in Schweinitz. Monogr. of Care.v in 

 Annuls of ihe Lyceum of N. Yorh 1. 309. Dewey in Sillimans 

 Americ. Journ. 10. 44. vSpicis androgynis, apice staminiforis, 

 quaternis vel quinis, ovatis, densifloris, podunculatis, pendulis, 

 bracteatis; fructibus tristigmaticis, ovatis, compressis, acumina- 

 tis, bitidis, squamae ovatae acutae acqualibus. Dew. — Canada, 

 Newfoundland. 2|. 



38o. C. MYOSUROIDES Jjowe in Transact. of Ihe Camhridge 

 Phil. Soc. 4. 1. 10. Spicis fomineis (apice masciilis), subsoptc- 

 iiis, remotissimis, solitariis, cylindricis, utrinque attcnuatis, don- 

 silloris, demuni pendulis, gracilibns, cloiigatis, simjdicibus; iiife- 

 rioriiius pedunculatis ; podunculo vaginani dnplo excedente; stig- 

 inatibus3; fructibus laevibus, ininimis, triquctro-oblongis, squa- 

 mas lanceolatas acuminatas aequantibus; rostro brevissimo, ob- 

 tuso, intcgro, saejtius incurvo ; cubiio triquetro, lacvi. Jjowe. — 

 Madera. 



386. C. ELATA Loive in Transact. nf ilie Camhridge Philos. 



