Carex. cvPERACEiE 405J 



17. C muricata (L. Sp. 1382) cespitosa, radice fibrosa, foliis 

 viridibus planis atteniiato-aciiminalis, culmis folia superanlibus tri- 

 quetris scabris gracilibus firmis. spica composita oblonga densa 

 vel basi inlerrupla, spiculis 6-8 globosis simplicibus apicc masculis, 

 bractea spiculis breviore, glumis acutis vel acuminatis dorso viridi- 

 bus late membranaceo-caslaneis fructu brevioribus, stigmatibus binis, 

 utriculis viridibus squarrose divaricatis plano-convexis obsolete ner- 

 vosis in rostrum crebre serrulato-scabrum acuminatis bicuspidalis 

 y. Rchb. Germ. tab. 215. 



Hab. in pratis etsylvaticis totiusfere ditionis in regione inferiori, montana 

 et subalpind, Graecia (Marg I Heldr !), Macedonia et Thracia (Friv ! Griseb !), 

 Anatolia, Cilicia (Ball), Syria ad Damascuin (Gaill!), Mesopotamia ad Orfa 

 (Haussk !), Libanus in monte Sanin GOUO' (Schweinf !), Pontus Lazicus (Bal! j, 

 Caucasus et Transcaucasia (Ledeb.) 



Ar.Geogr. Europa omnis, in australioribus tantum montana, Sibiria Altaica 

 Madera, Africa borealis, America borealis. 



18. C. divulsa (Gooden. Trans. Linn. Soc. If, p. 160) cespitosa, 

 radice fibrosa, foliis viridibus planis apice attenuato-acuminatis, cul- 

 mis gracilibus superne cernuis, spica composila elongata, spiculis 

 globosis apice masculis inferioribus remotis inlerdum conipositis 

 superioribus approximatis, glumis pnneter nervum viridem albidis 

 mucronatis fructu brevioribus, stigmatibus binis, utriculis albidis 

 erecto-patulis plano-convexis obsolete nervosis in rostrum margine 

 scabriusculum acuminatis %. Rchb. Germ. tab, 220. — C. miiricata 

 var. dwulsa Boott. 



Hab. in sylvaticis humidis totius fere ditioais, Grgecia in Peloponneso 

 lOrph!), Greta (Sieb !), Thracia (Friv!), Anatolia (Tchih!), Syria liltoralis 

 (Bl ! Gaill I), Armenia Turcica (Huet !), Tauria et prov. Caucasicre (Ledeb.), 

 Persia borealis (Bge ! Ky. 7(3 !). 



Affinis praicedenti cujus ex multorum sententiA varietas distinguitur j^rse- 

 ter spiculas remotiores utriculis minorilnis non divaricatis et apice vix scabris. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa media et australis ab Anglia et Gothia ad Rossiam me- 

 diam, Sibiria, Africa borealis, Madera, insulae Cauarienses. 



19. C paradoxa(Willd, Act. Acad. Berol. 1794, pag. 30, lab. 1 ) 

 cespitosa. radicc fibrosa, foliis planis angusle linearibus altenuato- 

 acuminatis cnimoselatos strictos convexe triquelros basi fibris vesli- 

 tos requantibus, spiculis piuribus apice masculis paniculam elonga- 

 lam lanceolatam striclam lormanlibus, bracteis brevibus, glumis fuscis 

 acuminatis fructu subfcquilongis, stigmalibu.s binis, utriculis parvis 

 gibbo-convexis basi truncatis utrinque nervatis in roslrum conicum 

 breve bidentatum margine scabrum abruptiuscule altenualis %. 

 Rchb. Germ. tab. 122. 



Hab. in pratis paludosis, Transcaucasia (Eichw. ex Ledeb.). Non vidi. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa borealis etmedia ad Galliam mediam, Italiam borealem, 

 regionem Danubialem usque, Sibiria Altaica. 



