524 CYPERACEAE jlss. (Carex.) 



392. Spicis fcmineis crectis, paucifloiis ; inferioribus distanti- 

 bus, lon^e poduuculatis ; supcrioribus subsessilibus ; foliis an- 

 gustissimis. Lani. — Barbaria. — Radix fibris crassis clonga- 

 tis nit^resccntibus repentibus composita apiceque filamentis cre- 

 bris fuscis cincta. Cuhni complures, 6-7-poilicares, filiformes, 

 compresso-triangulares, foliati. Folia culmo longiora. Spica 

 terminalis oblonga, acuta, rufescens ; fcmineae erectae, pauciflo- 

 rae, viridi-rufoscentcs, distantes ; supei*ior sessilis, masculae ap- 

 proximata; reliquac pedicellatae, axillares ; infima subbasilaris; 

 pedunculo capillari. Squamae ovato-oblongae, acutiusculae, vi- 

 ridcs, dorso striatae, margine ferrugineae. (Lam.) Affinis C. alpe- 

 stri AIL (n. 289.) 



437. C. BINATA Poir. Encycl. stippl. 3. 257. Culmo tri- 

 quetro ; spiculis subbinatis, sessilibus, approximatis ; terminali 

 androgyna; fominea sessili, laxe imbricata; squamis margine ru- 

 fescentibus. Poir. C. distachya Desfont. Flor. Atl. 2. 336, nec 

 Willd. — Barbaria. 2ji — Culmi subpedales, angulis supcrne 

 denticulatis. Folia angustissima, carinata, margine scabra. Spi- 

 cae 2, interdum 3, approximatae, sessiles, graciles, rectae; ter- 

 minalls rufa, androgyna, apice mascula; inferiores femineae. 

 Squamae laxe imbricatae, carina prominente, marginibus ferru- 

 gineae. (Poir.) 



438. C. BADIA Persoon. Syn. 2. 541. Spica mascula soli- 

 taria ; femincis subternis ; infima longius pedunculata ; fructibus 

 globosis , glabris , nitidis, spadiceis. Pers. C. globularis Vill. 

 Delph. 2. 211. — Dolphinatus, Pedcmontium. — Culmus sub- 

 nudus. Praeter bractoam filiformem , spiculam subaequantem 

 squama scariosa ovata ad basim spiculae adest. (Pers.) Post 

 C. rotundatam et C. globularem Linn. posuit Persoon. 



Species mihi nonnisi nomine nota. 



439. C. COMPACTA Brown. App. Ross's Voyage. Richards. 

 App. 35. Torrey in Schweinilz. Monogr. of Carex in Annals of 

 ihe Lyceiim of N. York 1. 327. — America arctica. — Spicae 

 sexu distinctae; mascula solitaria. Stigmata 2. Proj^e C. saxa- 

 tilem ponct Brown. 



UNCINIA PERS., BROWN. 



Spica androgyna; superne mascula, simplcx; inferne fe- 

 minea, subcomposita. Squauiae uiulique iuibricatac, uniflorac. 

 Setae squauiulaeque calyciuac uuUae. Stauiiua tria. Pistil- 

 lum atl basim exteriorcui arista hauiata (nuliuicnto axis sivc 

 rhacbcolac) suff"ultuui, inclusum squama altcra interiorc (axi 

 coutigua) bicarinata, uiarginibus couuatis utriculum refercntc. 

 Stylus tri-, rarissime bifidus. Achcuiuui plano-convexuin vel 

 triangulare, squama utriculiforuii aucta tunicatuui ; arista per- 



