CVPERACEAE jlss. (Uncinia.) 527 



mae ovato-oLlon^ao, ohfusae, coiivexiusculae, membrauaccae, plu- 

 rinerviae, glahrae, slraniineo-llavidae. Utriculi stramineo-])alli(1i, 

 loui^itudine squamae. Stylus trifidus, ferruo;ineus. Stigmata cx- 

 serta, villosula. Achenium immaturum elliptico-oblongum, pla- 

 no-convexum , dorso lineola proniinula instructum , straminco- 

 pallidum. Arista straminea. U. australi affinis? 



6. U. LONGiFOLiA. Culmo foliato, apice scabriusculo ; fo- 

 liis culmum duplo superantihus, ])lanis, glaucescenti-viridihuSj 

 margine supraque in nervis 3 j>rimariis scabris; s])ica cylindra- 

 cea, densiflora, hasi nuda; utriculis ohovatis, longe rostratis, hinc 

 jilanis, inde convcxo-angulafis, uninerviis, memhranaceis, ad an- 

 gulos laterales ciIiafo-hisj)idulis ; arisfa uncinata, glahra, utricu- 

 lum fere triplo sujjerante. — Peruvia, nisi Chile. Domhey legit. 

 — Culmus gracilis, triaiigularis, li j)ed. altus. Folia tres li- 

 iieas lata, rigidula, striato-nervosa ; ex nervis lateralihus duo 

 crassiorcs, suj)ra nervusquc mcdius suhtus prominentes. Spica 

 2.r j)olliccs longa, crassitie pennae anserinae, apice conico-atte- 

 nuata ihique mascula. Squamac femineae ohlongae, ohtusae, 

 iininerviae, convexae, pallidae, nervo viridi, apicem haud aftin- 

 genfe, glahrae. Ufriculi ferruginei, rostro suhtruncato, longitu- 

 dine fere utriculi. Achenium immaturum ohovatum, compres- 

 sum, glabrum. Stylus trifidus, basi conico-incrassatus, cum achc- 

 nio articulatus. Arista alhida. U. j)hlcoidi afGnis? 



Species a me haud visae. 



7. U. AUSTIIALIS Pers. Syiwps. 2. 534. Spica androgyna, 

 simj)lici, suj)erne incrassata, mascula; stigmatihus 3; fructihus 

 ohlongis. terefiusculis, breviter rostratis ; arista filiformi, uncinata, 

 squama obloiiga duj)lo longiore. IVilld. Carex uncinata Linn. 

 Stippl. 413. Ihrst. Prod. n. 338. Lam. Encycl. 3. 379. IVahlenh. 

 in Act. IMm. 1803. 140. Willd. Spec. 4. 209. Schktihr. Car. 2. 

 31. — Nova Zcelandia. 4 



8. U. PHLEOIDES Peis. Sijnops. 2. 5,34. Bron^n. in Dn- 

 perrey, It.^ lot, 158, e.rcl. V. macloviana. {Presl. in Hel. Ilaenlc. 

 3. 206?) Ilook. et Arnott. Bot. of Capt. Beechey's Voyage 2. 50. 

 Fructihus oblongis, friquefris, margine lacvihus. Pers. Carex 

 j)hlcoides Cavan. Icon. 5. 40. t. 464. y?g. 1. — Amcrica austra- 

 lis. — Presl huc ducit U. jamaicensem Pers. cum synonymis; 

 Schkuhr confra cum Caricc hamata IVahlenh. conjungif. 



9. U. ERlNACEA Pers. Synops. 2. 534. Spica androgyna, 

 simplici, suj)crne mascula, obtusa; stigmatibus 3 ; fructihus sub- 

 rotun<lo-ovatis, triquetris; arista filiformi, uncinafa, squama sub- 

 rotunda quintuplo longiore. IVilld. Carex erinacea Cavan. Icon. 

 5. 40. /. 464. f. 2. Wahlenb. in Act. Ilolm. 1803. 140. IViUd. 

 Spec. 4. 210. 'Schkuhr. Caric. 2. 32. tal. Nnnii. fg. 201. Poir. 

 Encycl. siippl. 3. 246. — Americae mcridionalis orae occidcnta- 

 les. 2\. 



10. U. COMPACTA Brown. Prod. 241. Spica oblonga, densa, 



