176 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 
E. Inflorescence similar; stigmas 3. 
(2.) Terminal spikelet male in the lower, female in the 
upper half; leaves flat, linear:—C. fulzgznosa, Schk. ; 
fruit lanceolate, beaked (elliptic, not beaked, in the 
remainder); dry. C. alpina, L. (Vahliz, Schk. ; spikelets 
short, crowded, fruit green; dry, local. C. nigra, All; 
spikelets short, crowded, fruit black; dry, local. C. 
atrata, L.; spikelets 3—5, distant, very dark, stem 8-15 in., 
leafy ; pastures. C. aterrima, Hoppe; spikelets 3-5, nearly 
black, crowded, stem rough; rare. C. dzstachya, Willd.; 
spikelets 2-3, brown, stem slender, leafless; Salzburg, 
very rare. C. castanea, Miel. ; spikelets stalked, chestnut- 
coloured, stem thick, flat, leafless ; Salzburg, very rare. 
(0.) Upper spikelets male; fruit not beaked or beak 
very short :—C. ericetorum, Poll. (membranacea, Hoppe); 
male spikelet 1, fruit finely hairy, leaves rather broad; 
rare. C. brevifolia, Host.; fruit ciliate (glabrous in the 
remainder), male spikelets 2, distant, stalked; moist; 
Tirol. C. spadicea, Host.; spikelets elongated, on long 
stalks, fruit elliptic, leaves channelled; Tirol (Monte 
Baldo). C. zvvigua, Sm.; spikelets elliptic, on long 
stalks, fruit trigonous; moist; Tirol, Carniola. C. pal- 
lescens, L.; spikelets elliptic, on short stalks; bushy, 
frequent. C. ornithopodiordes, Hausm.; spikelets small, 
capitate, involucral leaves composed only of a mem- 
branous sheath; Tirol, rare. C. claveforme, Hoppe; 
involucral leaves with amplexicaul sheaths; Styria, Car- 
niola, rare. C. sparsiflora, Steud. (vagznata, Tausch.); 
sheath of involucral leaves I-2 in. long; rare. C. ustulata, 
Whilb.; sheath of involucral leaves not more than + in. 
long ; local. 
(c.) Upper spikelets male; fruit with a long beak :—C. 
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