CAREX. 2S5 



Habitat ia moiitosis^ floret Junio. Penns, Caro- 

 lina. 



Schkuhr. Car. n. 172. 



24. CAREX BuxBAUMii. 



Culmo exquisite triquetro glabro, inferne foliato 



purpurascente. 

 Foliis subradicalibus linearibus glabris. 

 Vagina glabra striata. 

 Ligula 



Spica composita subandrogyna, 

 Spiculis alternis 3, 4, sessilibus. 



Suprema mascula vel androgyna, superne femi- 



nea clavata, ceteris femineis, omnibus bractea- 



tis, bractea spicula duplo longiore. 

 Squama mascula lineari-lanceolata mucronata fus- 



ca. 

 Stam. 3, alba. 

 Squama feminea ovato-lanceolata mucronata ni- 



grescens, carina alba. 

 Stigmata 2 et 3. 

 Caps. ovata subtriquetra nervosa puncticulata gla- 



bra, ore subintegro, squamas sequalis vel bre- 



vior. 

 Radix V. 



Habitat in palustribus, floret Junio. Penns. 

 Schkuhr. Car. n. 59, 



