llowcrcd pislillnlc .s])il<(', starling diicrtly IVom llu' hasc on a slender stalk. /'. /7i;ro(////(a. 

 S()MU> of the speeiincns are dislinetlv intermediate lo C.arcx s/xirsijIoKt (\\'aiii.i:nij.) 

 Stkui), aiul may possiiily iiave lo Ije regarded as bastards between these two species. 

 Quite lypieal sjx'eimens oi Cnrrx spdisipora do not, however, orrm- in my collcetions. 



Distribution: Tiie species is distributed nearly all over Europe, except the extreme 

 south, western and northern Asia from Caucasia through Turkestan and Siberia to 

 Baikal. Introduced into Noilli America. 



Carex displodoiis nor. spec. [Tab. 1\'. V\<>,. 2\. 



Ciilnuis ">j-'il) cm. (illii.s. tener. plus minus inclinidus, Iriulcr tiiuiuhilus. sulcaliis. 

 Fulid dimidium longiludinis culmi. la.vd. (ingustissima, /-'?,.> mm. lulu — fere /,.;-2 //i/;i. 

 laid — pliiiid. iti dcunwn loiu/um. pdcnc 

 (iliforme productd. mdigine scabni. 

 colore oleagineo. uuginis su/fuscis. Spi- 

 culde vulgo ,'i, diskintiores: termiudlis 

 mascula, (S'-i? /7ini. longa. 2-.'i mm. laid, 

 lalerales femineae, 10-15 mm. longde. 

 :i-'i mm. Idlae. mulli/lorde el densi- 

 florne, perlonge peduncukilue, peduncu- 

 lis capilldribus. plus minus hi.ris, lereli- 

 bus, gldbris vel puree .sc(d)ris. liructeue 

 folidcede, longe iHiginunles. contructne, 

 laminis angustis, attenuatis, spiculum 

 superantibns. Squdmne /loris femineue 

 Idle ovatae, parvuhie, plus minus 1-1, J 

 mm. longue. slrumineo-virides. paene 

 omnino hgdlinue, apice rotunddlo vel 

 late acuminato.S nerviae, media distinc- 

 ta. Idterales minus conspicuae. Utriculi 

 immaturi cum squamis aequilongi. ma- 

 hiri circa V3 longiores. late fusiformes. 

 :/,.)-? m777. longi. Irianguhili, chire uiri- 

 des, fere membrduacri, hdnslucidi, 

 glabii, enervii, in summis Utleribus spi- 

 culi.-t panels, e.iiguis prnediti, adversus 



basin in slipitem brenem, crassum dltenudli. apice obluso, integro, eroslrato. Ulriculi 

 semper directi. niuKpiam obli(pii. \uce adolescente. ulricnlus disploditur. Xu.v late 

 ovdld. dislincle trigoiui. Idlerihus concdvis, inferne breviler slipitala. supcrne slglo breviore, 

 subcglindridco praedila. Stigmata 3, longiludinis mediocris. 



The species is especially distinguished by its slender, frequently slightly relaxed 

 and recurved culms that arc glabrous, nearly round, and slightly furrowed. The re- 



rig' 77. (Uirc.v displiidcn.'; nov. spec. .'■'!). a ami h. 

 Glumes of i)i.stillate flowers. — c. Young flower, 

 d— g. Various stages oi fruit formation; in h tlie 

 ])erigynium has been burst by the nearly mature 

 nut, in i the nut is visilile thiough the nearly hy- 

 aline perigyniuni. — I and g. Nuts. 



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