430 CYPERACE^ CarecB-. 



(Buhse!), prope Siaret Persiae bor. orientalis (Bge !); AfFghania in- valle Kur- 

 rum (Aitch). 



Ar. Geogr. Gallia media, Germania austro-orientalis, Italia borealis, regio 

 Danubialis, Rossia australis, Sibiria Uralensis et Altaica. 



89. G. Songarica(Kar.etKir.Biill.Mosc. 3,521) radice repente 

 stolonifera, foliis firniis planis carinatis culmo brevioribus, culmis 

 ereclis triquetris, spiculis masculis 1-3 stramineis lenuibus approxi- 

 matis, femineis remotis oblongis erectis subsessilibus vel infima lon- 

 gius pedunculata, bracteis oblongis vix vaginatis infima culmum 

 sequanle. glumis membranaceis a basi ovala lanceolatis cuspidatis, 

 stigmalibus ternis, utriculis glabris auranliaco-purpureis lucidis ele- 

 vatim nervosis ovato-oblongis terelibns abrupte vel sensim in ros- 

 trum breve cylindricum ore bifurcatum abeuntibus %. C. Gebleri 

 Boott Lin. Trans. XX, 141. 



Hab. in regno Gabulico (GriiT. in herb. Hook.). 



Affinis C. nuianti differt utriculis lucidis elevatim nervosis nec opacis lon- 

 gitudinaliter sulcatis. 

 Ar. Geogr. Songaria. 



90. C. paludosa (Gooden. Trans. Linn. Soc. 2, 202) rhizomate 

 repente, culmis elalis triquetris ad angulos acutos scabris, foliis late 

 linearibus elongalis acuminatis planis margine scabris, spiculis mas- 

 culis 2-4 approximatis sessilibus inaequalibus, femineis 2-3 ereclis 

 cylindricis densifloris remotis superiore sessili interdum apice mas- 

 cula inferiore breviler pedunculata, bracteis erectis foliaceisnon vagi- 

 natis culmo longioribus, glnmis fuscis lanceolatis acuminalis fructu 

 anguslioribus et brevioribus, stigmatibus tribus, utriculis ovato- 

 oblongis lividis compressis subtriquetris margine acutiusculo ulrin- 

 que nervosis stipitatis in rostrum breve bidentatum sensim acumi- 

 natis %. Rchb. Germ. fig. 644. 



Hab. ad fossas et aquas prob. fere ubique in ditione, indicata Byzantii 

 (Sibth.), Syria interTripoli et Hama(Bl !), Tauria, Gaucasus et Transcaucasia 

 (M. B. Ledeb.). 



Ar. Geogr. Europa omni.s, Sibiria, regio Himalaica, Africa borealis, Amc- 

 rica. 



91. C. riparia (Curl. Fl. Lond fasc. TV, tab. 60) rhizomate longe 

 repente, culmis crassis clatis acutangulis ad angulos scabris, foliis 

 lalissime liuearibus planis acuminatis carinatis scabris, spiculis mas- 

 culis 3-5 approximatis sessilibus, femineis 3-4 ovalis vel cylindricis 

 erectis compaclis superioribus sessilibus erectis inferiore peduncu- 

 lata sffipe cernua, bracteis foliaceis non vaginatis culmum superanti- 

 bus, glumis lanceolalis in cuspidem rigidam plurinerviam fructus 

 aequantcm vel supcrantcm acuminatis, stigmatibus tribus, ulriculis- 

 flavido-brunneis ovalo-conicis utrinque convexis margine obtusis in; 

 roslrum breve bicuspidalum altenuatis ;?^..Rchb^ Germ. fig. 647. 



