Cyperaceae. 321 



linearihu:^, planis vel carinatis, niargine scabriusculis; spicis masculis 

 3 — 6, cylindricis, eroctis; femineis 3 — 4, remotis, cylindricis, crassis, 

 densissimis, iTectis, saepissime sessilibus vel infimo bn^viter pedunculato; 

 bracteis infVrioribus foliaceis, brevissime vaginantibus, culmum superan- 

 tibus ; glumis lineari-lanceolatis, cuspidatis, margine ciliato-serratis; utri- 

 culis obovatis, planoconvexis, subnervatis, scabris vcl laevibus, margine 

 denticulatis, abrupte et breviter rostratis. — Habitu C. ripariae similis; 

 praecedenti multo robustioi', cuhnis 40 — 150 cm. altis, foliis rigidis, 

 glaucis, ail 1 cm. latis, spicis femineis crassis, 6 — 10 cm. longis et ad 

 1 cm. latis, saepe acrandris, glumis viridibus, fusco-marginatis. 



(^. Soleirolii Dub. bot. gall. p. 471, pro sp. ; Asch. et Gr. syn. 

 II. p. 141. — Ghnnae muticae. — Exsicc: Rev. pl. cret. a. 1883. 



In paludosis, ad fossas, regionis inferioris et montanae. Thessaha: 

 mt. Ossa (Form.); Attica: ad Cephissum, pr. Podoniphti, Patissia, nit. 

 Pentclicon, pr. Buhasmcne (Heklr.), a^^l Phalerou (Haussk.); Argohs: 

 in pah;dp Lerna (Friedr.), pr. Naupha (Berger); EHs: pr. Lintzi (Heldr.); 

 — /?. Argohs: pr. Naupha (Haussk.); Creta: pr. Platania (Rev.); Zante: 

 pr. xVrgassi (Mai-g.). — Apr. Jun. 2\.. 

 .. Glumae atrae. 



16. C. atrata L. sp. p. 976; Bois. fl or. V. p. 415; Form. in 

 Ver. Brimn 1896 p. 27. — Icon: Fl. dan. t. 158. 



Rhizomate stolonifero; culmis tric|uetris; fohis latiuscule hnearibus; 

 planis; spicis 3 — 5, ovato-oblongis, approximatis, atris, terminali andro- 

 gyna, basi mascula, ceteris femineis, breviter pedunculatis, demum pen- 

 duhs ; bracteis breviter vaginantihus, inferiore fohacea, spicam superante; 

 ghimis ovato-oblongis, acutis; utricuhs ovato-orbicuhu-ibus,. compressis, 

 rostro l)revi, minute bidentato terminatis. 



In pascuis alpinis. Thessalia : mt. Dokimi in Pindo (Foimu.); 

 Aetolia: mt. Korax (Hekh\). — Jun. Aug. -^l. N. v. 

 XX Utricuh pubescentes. 



O Rhizoma repens, stoloniferum. 



17. C. caryophyllea Latour. chlor. p. 27. — C. praecox Jacq. 

 fl. austr. V. p. 23 t. 446; ^. et S. pr. II. p. 229; Ch. et B. fL pebp. 

 p. 4; Schenk cyp. graec. p. 20; Bois. fl. or. V. p. 410; Haussk. symb. 

 p. 36. — C. verna Chaix in VilL pL dauph. II. p. 204. — 



Rhizomate repente; cuhnis gracihbus, abbreviatis, obtusanguhs; 

 fohis planis, culmo brevioribus, spica mascula unica; femineis 1 — 4, 

 approximatis, ovato-oblongis , sessilibus vel inferiore subpedunculata ; 

 bracteis membranaceis, inferiore vaginante, in cuspidem subulatam, 

 erectam, spicula breviorem contracta; ghunis ovatis, mucronatis, brunneis; 

 utricuhs obovatis, trigonis, pubescentibus, brevissime rostratis. — Cnhni 

 5 — 20 cm. ahi, spicae femineae 5 — 12 mm. longae. 



In nemorosis montanis. Thessaha: in oropeiho N<au-opohs in Pindo 

 dolopico (Haussk.); Attica: in montibus circa Athenas (Sibth.). — Apr. 

 Maio. ^L N. V. 



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