a 
Carex. } CYPERACEAE. 487 
2. C. Oahuensis (Wahuensis), C. A. Meyer, in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. I, 
218, tab. 10. — Stems tufted, '/.—2 ft. high, obtusely trigonal, slightly 
scAbrous in the upper portion, or smooth, foliose at the base besides 
having the closely sheathing long bracteal leaves of the spikes. 
leaves from short open darker sheaths, as long as the stem or longer 
and 2—4“ broad below, flat, long pointed, stiff chartaceous, subcarinate, 
scabrous along keel and margins. Spikes male and androgynous. Male 
spike single, terminal, supported by a setaceous bract, ferruginous, sora’ 
fusiform, 1—3‘ long and 2” broad, on a peduncle of 1e—11/2/, An 
gynous wiikes 3—5, at variable distances, the lowest a ioe ees only 1%, 
at others 9—11‘ from the terminal one; the uppermost ones often branch- 
ing or fascicled, all suberect on scabrous peduncles of 1/2—4‘ which are 
partly enclosed in their leaf-sheaths; the lower pistillate portion olivaceous, 
cylindrical, 1—2‘ long and 6” broad (including the awns of the glumes) ; 
the upper staminate portion 1/2—*/« of that length and 2“ broad. Male = 
Glumes obovate-oblong, 2!/2—3“, obtuse or truncate, even emargina 
l-nerved, with a eaten: awn of Wz their length or more, greenish, ae 
a brown streak on each side. Stamens 3; anthers short. Lem fl. Glume 
broadly ovate, flattish, thin, pale, 1-nerved, with a long awn equalling 
or exceeding them in length. Utricle 21/2", ovoid, ventricose, with a 
bidendate or bicuspidate scabrous beak, subcoriaceous, many- ined, im- 
cludes a short awn besides the ovary. Achene obovate, trigonal, ridged at 
the angles, encircled by a transverse furrow about the middle, dark brown 
or blackish. Style geniculate at the base, trifid. — Boott, Ill. Gen. Car. UI, 
111, gan 351—354. — Kunth, Enum. Pl. Il, 515. —-Beklr., in Linnaea, 
XLI, 
a. of Oahu! Maui! Hawaii! Kauai! from 3000 ft. ward, — Has been 
found also in Corea by Wilford. — The circular groove of the acne although not 
adverted to by Meyer or by Boeckeler, is constant in in all my specim sae pants oe 
the higher regions of Maui and Ha 
gynous spikes, all simple, are approxim ate to the “apex, except sometimes a Pr tea 
pees one near . middle or base of the stem. In the mu Oahu 
ne anch, sometimes ate the sheath, so as 
at fasciculate, * The awns of the eso glumes are always the longes 
. C. Sandwicensis, Boeckeler, in Flora, 1875, p- 265. — Stems stout, 
ap ft. high, sharply a smooth, or slightly scabrous in the 
upper portion, foliose at the base, besides having 3—5 almost sheathless 
shorter floral leaves. Leaves as myst as the stem or longer, fiat, eek i 
broad below, slightly scabrous along the margins, subcoriaceous, carinate. 
Spikes male and androgynous. Male spikes terminal, generally single but 
nd 
the lowest not rarely 5—6‘ remote from it, shortly aes cylindrical, 
4—8' long, often drooping; the female portion chocolate- -brown and 3—4” 
