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 SECTIO IL SCHOENOPRASUM, 



39. A. ScJicenoprastim L., bulbonim aggregatomm obloDgomm 

 tunicis membranaceis, albis, deinde laciuiatis fuscis; caule 1 — 2 folio, 

 folia iistulosa teretia v. semiteretia circiter aequante y. iis paullo longiore 

 V. breyiore; umbella capsulifera, hemisphaerica v. globosa; pedicellis pe- 

 rigonio brevioribus v. paulio longioribus; s-palis ovato-lanceolatis v. lan- 

 ceolatis v. lineari-lanceolatis, acutis v. acuminatis v. rarius obtusis, lae- 

 vissimis, nitentibus; filamentis perigonio 7^ — "i-plo brevioribus, simpli- 

 cibus, subulatis, ima basi tantum inter se et ;um perigonio connatis. 



Bulbi aggregati, ovato-oblongi v. oblongi v. elongato-oblongi. Cau- 

 lis teres, glaber v. scaber, basi tantum v. usque ad tertiam partem fo- 

 liorum vaginis invo utus, 8 — 50 c. m. altus: Folia viridia v. glauca, 

 glabra v. scabra. Umbella plerumque multiilora v. rarius pauciflora, he- 

 misphaerica v. subpyramidata v. globosa, densa v. laxa. Spatha demum 

 in valvas 2 — 3 rumpens; valvis saepissime late ovatis, acutis v. subito 

 breviterque acuminatis, hyalino-mtmbranaceis, albis v. coloratis, um- 

 bella brevioribus. Pedicelli basi nudi, saepissime perigonio breviores v. 

 interiores id aequantes, v. rarius omnes perigonium aiquautes v. paullo 

 supcrantes. Sepala laevissima, nitentia, saepissime acuta v. acuminata, 

 rarius exteriora obtusa, rosea v. roseo-violacea, v. carnea v. rarissimo 

 alba v. saturate roseo-purpurea, semper nervo intermedio obscuriore 

 picta, 7 — 14 m. m. longa. 



Habitat in Europa, Asia media et iu America boreali. 



A. ScJioenojjrastcm L. spec. pag. 432. — Koch. syn. fl. germ. 

 pag. 832. — Ledb. fl. ross. IV. 166. — Gr. et Godr. fl. de Fr. III. 

 202. — 



Variat: 

 oc. typicum; caule 20 — 50 c. m. alto, folia saepissime superante, 



foliisque glabris; umbella densa, hemisphaerica v. subglobosa; pedi- 



cellis perigonio brevioribus v. rarius id subaequantibus ; sepalis ob- 



lougo-lanceolatis usque ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis v. acutis v. 



rarius obtusis. 



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