Cyptraceae. 317 



rigidifolia (f. dense caespitosa, foliis rirridis, subpungentibus); Bois. fl. 

 or. V. p. 425 ; Heldr. fl. cephal. p. 72, Fl. Aegina p. 39 B ; Spreitz. 

 in z. b. G. 1887 p. 670; Hal. in 6. b. Z. 1897 p. 99; Bald. riv. 

 coU. bot. alb. 1896 p. 97; Haussk. syml). p. 36. — C. fnha Sieb. 

 avis rem. p. 6, non Good. — Icon : Fl. dan. t. 2434. — Exsicc. : 

 Orph. herb. n. 2693. 



Differt a praecedente, cui persimilis, spicis femineis remotioribus, 

 glumis femineis latioribus, mucronatis, utriculis brevius rostratis, rostri 

 dentibus lierbaceis, liiargine externo et iiiterno serruhito-scabris. 



In pratis, dumosis, silvaticis regionis inferioris et montanae, sat 

 frequens. Epirus: pr. Vromonero (Bald.); Thessalia: iii oropedio Neu- 

 ropolis (Haussk.); Aetolia: pr. Aetolikon (Reis.); Attica: mt. Fentelicon 

 (Ung.), Parnes (Fraas), ad Phaleron (Sart.), insula Aegina (Heldr.); 

 Achaia: pr. Patras (Chaub.), mt. Chelmos (Hal.), Kyllene (Orph.); 

 Messenia: pr. Methone (Chaub.); Argolis : pr. Vromolimni, Troezene 

 (Friedr.), Tyrins, Nauplia (Haussk.), Epidaurus (Zucc); Sporaduni insula 

 Skopelos (Leon.); Creta: pr. Rumata, Kladiso, Murnies, Mahixa, Rhamni, 

 mt. Psiloriti, Lassiti, Aphendi Kavutsi (Raul.); Cephalonia (Heldr.); 

 Corcyra: pr. urbem (Spreitz.), Potamos, Pyrgi, Ipso, Benizze (Baen.). — 

 Apr. Jul. %. 



;; Bracteae longissimae, cuhnum valde supe- 

 rantes ; rostrum laeve. 



8. C. exteiisa Good. in trans. linn. soc. II. p. 175 t. 21; Raul. 

 cret. p. 873; Bois. fl. or. V. p. 424; Haussk. symb. p. 36, v. graeca 

 (f. elatior, foliis elongatis, flaccidis, spicis cylindricis, utriculis pallidio- 

 ribus, crassius nervosis). — C. nervosa Desf. fl. atl. II. p. ;^37. — 

 Exsicc: Heldr. pl. fl. hellen. a. 1899. 



Rhizomate fibroso; cuhnis obtusangulis ; foliis convoluto-canaliculatis 

 spicis femineis 2 — 3, ovato-oblongis, sessilibus, masculae approximatis, 

 infima saepius remotiore; bracteis fohiformibus, cuhnum longe supe- 

 rantibus, infima breviter vaginata; glumis ovatis, acutis, fulvis; utricuhs 

 ovatis, biconvexis, glabris, in rostrum brove, hieve, bidentatum contractis. 

 — Habitus praecedentis, a quo fohis convolutis, bracteis elongatis, rostro 

 laevi facile distinguitur. 



In pratis arenosis, maritimis. Ehs: pr. Lintzi (Heldr.); ArgoHs: 

 pr. VromoHmni, Naupha (Haussk.); Creta: pr. Suda (Rauh). — Maio, 

 Jul. 4. 



. . Spicae femineae pauciflorae. 



9. C. ventrieosa Curt. fl. lond. VI. t. 68. — C. monilifera 

 Thuill. fl. par. p. 490. — C. depauperata Good. in trans. linn. soc. 

 IL p. 181; S. et S. pr. II. p. 229; Ch. et B. exp. p. 27, Fl. pelop. 

 p. 4; Schenk. cyp. graec. p. 24; Haussk. symb. p. 36. — C. triftora 

 Willd. phytogr. II. t. 1. — 



Rhizomate fibroso; cuhnis striatis; fohis planis ; spicis femineis 

 2 — 3, remotis, pedunculatis, plerumque 3 floris. rarius 2 — 4 vel 3 — 7 

 loris; bracteis foliaceis, vaginantibus, cuhnum aequautibus; glumis 



