Carex. cyperage^ 4?ij 



foliis rigidis pallidis convoliilo-canaliciilatis, spica masciila fusiformi, 

 femineis S-S-ovato-obloiii^is densiiloris sessilibiis ad basiii spiciilae 

 masciilce. cotigestis iiiriina stepe subremotiore breviler pedunculata, 

 bracteis foliiformibus spiculas et culmum longe superantibus infima 

 subvaginata, glumis ovatis oblusis spepe mucronulatis fulvis viridi- 

 riervalis fruCtu (eiiuilatis et subbrevioribus, stigmatibus tribus. utri- 

 culis ovatis nervatis utrinque convexis in rostrum breve bidentaiiim 

 margine glabrum contractis %. Ic. Scbk. fig 72. — Rchb. fig. 274. 

 — C nervosa Desf. Atl. 2, 237. — C. Bcilhim Spr. 



Hnb. in pralis et arenosis marifimis, GrcPcia in Argolide (Heldr !), CretA 

 (Sieb!), Macedonia ad Kara Bouriiu prope Thes.salonicain (Janka !), Anatolia 

 occidentalis ad Smyrnani (Bal !), Egyptus inferior (Schweinf!) Tuuna, (Beau- 

 pr6), littora Caspica prov. Falysch (C. A. Mey.). 



In hac specie et C. diliUd utricu!i rostram breve quidem sed bidentatnm, 

 affir.itasque omnino cum C. distanti et C. punctatd. 



Ar Geogr. Littora Europse mediae el anstraiis ab Anglia et Germanii ad 

 Dalmatiam, Africa borealis, America borealis et auslralis (ex Boott). 



76. G. diluta (M. B. Taur. Cauc. II, p 388) cespiiosa glatica. 

 culmis acule Iriquelris erectis la^vibus, foliis tirmis plariis carinatis 

 culmo l)revioribus,spicula terminali pallida cylindrica mascula, femi- 

 rieis 3-4 glauco-viridibiis suprema subsessili brevi cfeteris cylindricis 

 remotis eiTCtis peduncnlatis, bracteis foliaceis vaginantibus iriferiori- 

 bus spiculas superantibus, glumis pr-aeler nervum vir-ens pallide fus- 

 cis ovatis aculis vel oblusis mucronatis fructu brevioribus, stigmati- 

 bus tribus, ulriculis ovalis obtuse trigonis elevatim et aequaliter 

 nervatis basi attenuatis et apice in rostrum breve bi-eviler et subdi- 

 varicatim bidentatum margine scabridum conlr-actis %. Buott tab. 

 448. — C. dilatata Hohen. sched (sphalmate). 



• Hab. in pratis et graminosis, ArmeniaTurcica prope Baibut (Bourg !\ Tau- 

 ria el Caucasus (^Ledeb. C A. Mey). Iberia (Stev! Hohenl) Persia borea- 

 lis ( ;uhse!), orientalis et australis (Bge!j, Affghania (Griff!) Belutschia 

 (Stocks !). 



Afffnis C. extensce differt culmo triquetro, foliis plnni<, spiculis remotis, 

 bracteis brevioribus et vaginuntibus, rostro uiargine scabro; a C. distante 

 spiculis longins pedunculatis, utriculis tequaliter nervatis, rostro brevi, foliis 

 brevius ligulatis. 



Ar. Geogr. Transylvania (ex cl. Janka), Turkestania borealis, Songaria, 

 Sibiria. 



77. G. distans (L. Sp. 1387) radice cespilosa fibrosa, culmis 

 elatis rigidis laevjbus. foliis firmis glaucescentibus culmo br*eviori- 

 bus, ligula opposirifolia oblonga. spicula termiuali mascula fusiformi 

 lemirieis 3-4 oblog^gis densifioris remotis ereclis breviler peduncula- 

 lis, bracleis longe^^^aginatis spicula longior-ibus, glumis caslaneis ova- 

 tis obtusis mucn nalis fructu cequilitis et brevioribus, sligmalibus 

 lerriis, utriculis cvatis subinllalis obtuse trigonis nervatis nervis 

 lateralibus crassit)''ibus in rostrum reclum acule bifidum margine 



