Cyperaceae. 303 



Radice fibrosa; culnio triquetro, inferne foliato; foliis cuhno sub- 

 brevioribus; umbella simplici vel saepius 3 — 7 radiata, radiis brevibus, 

 subinaequalibus ; involucri phyllis 3 — 4, umbellam superantibus; spicuhs 

 oblongo - linearibus, confertis; ghmiis ovato-oblongis , praeter carinam 

 virentem fuscis vel virescentibus, subenerviis, apice obtusiuscuhs, mucro- 

 nulatis; staminibus 2; achenio obovato, triquetro, albido, gluma sub- 

 breviore. 



Iu humidis regionis inferioris et montanae. Epirus: pr. Janina 

 (Bald.); Thessaha: pr. Karditza (Haussk.), Litochori (Sint.), mt. Pehon 

 (Hehh-.); Attica: pr. Athenas (Clem.), ad Cephissum (Orph.), mt. Pente- 

 hcon (Heklr.); Argohs: pr. Naupha, Argos, Troezene (Chaub.); Mes- 

 senia: pr. Kalamata (Zahn); Creta: pr. Canea (Sieb.); Corcyra: pr. 

 Botumia (Mazz.). — JuL Nov, Q. 



XX Ghunae suborbiculatae. 



8. C. difformis L. sp. ed. 2 p. 67; S. et S. pr. L p. 31, Fl. 

 gr. L p. 32 t. 4U; Ch. et B. exp. p. 24, F\. pelop. p. 3; Mazz. in 

 ant. ion. H. p. 462; Schenk cyp. gr. p. 4; Bois. fL or. V. p. 370. — 

 Exsicc: Bald. it. alb. a. 1892 n, 228. 



Radice fibrosa; cuhno triquetro, inferne fohato; fohis culmo saepe 

 longioribus; umbelhi simphci vel saepius 3-multiradiata, radiis brevibus, 

 inaequahbus; invohicri phylhs 2 — 4, umbellam superantibus; spicuhs 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, in capitula globosa dense congestis; ghunis minimis, 

 suborbiculatis, obtusis, muticis, subenerviis, viridi-rubelhs ; staminibus 3; 

 achenio obovato, triquetro, apiculato, albido, ghxmam aequante. — Spi- 

 culis in capitula globosa, pisi magnitudine densissime congestis, ghmiisque 

 minutis orbiculatis insignis. 



In paludosis, inundatis regionis inferioris, rare. Albania: pr. Berat 

 (BakL), jam extra ditionem nostram; Corcyra: pr. Levataio (Mazz.); 

 Achaia: pr. Patras (Sibth.); Creta (Sieb.). — Aug. Oct. ©. 



2. Sectio. Pi/crexs Kunth enum. II. p. 3. — Glumae omnes 

 floriferae; stylus bifidus; achenia compressa. 



a. Gh;mae in mucronem subsquarrosum attenuatae. 



9. €. pygmaeus Rottb. descr. p, 20 t. 14 1". 4; Haussk. symb. 

 p. 35. — Exsicc: Heklr. it. thessaL IV. a. 1885. 



Radice fibrosa; caule nano, triquetro, inferne fohato; fohis culmo 

 aequilongis; involucri phyllis 2 — 5 inaequahbus, elongatis; spicuhs ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis, in caj^^itulum globosum, simphcem vel compositum dense 

 congestis; glumis oblongo-lanceolatis, 5 — 7 nerviis, praeter carinam viridem, 

 in mucronem subsquarrosum attenuatum, albido-hyahnis ; stamine saepius 

 unico ; achenio oblongo, utrinque attenuato, ghima duplo breviore, — 

 Stylo interdum trifido et achenio tunc triquetro transitum ad species 

 sectionis praecedentis praebet. — Scirpo Micheliano L., glumis 3 ner- 

 viis, undique imbricatis, diverso, habitu valde simihs. 



In inundatis, rarissime. Thessaha: pr, Karditza (Hekh-.). — Jiii. 

 Sept. G- 



