CARICINEjE 5 I t 



nec a Gaxjd: enumeratam, specim: mea ex agro Nicceensi 

 non differunt a planta Gaxjdini. An igitur hic duae 

 species distinctae? Ita censuit Balb: in cit: el: C. BaU 

 hisii et C. exlensam separatim enumerans. 



* 4^' C. Jlava — L. sp: i384. = Spr: syst: III. 

 819. = Schk: p. 98. n. 60. t. H n. 36. (Eur: pas- 

 sim, Amer: bor: Pedem: in humidis pratorum et syl- 

 varum frequens All: n. 2343. Pie fl: segus: p. 77. et 

 fl: tor: II. p. 117. Biroli fl: acon: II. p. 112.). Spi- 

 cula mascula oblonga sub - clavata demum linearis , 

 spiculse foemineae ssepius 2. sub-globosae sub-sessiles 

 approximatae bracteis foliaceis elongatis patentissimis 

 suffultae , fructus ovali glabri curvirostri ita dense 

 imbricati ut totse spiculae echinatae sint , maturitate 

 flavi; variat fructuum rostris elongatis rectis (C. re- 

 ctirostra Ser: ex ic: ined:). 



% 43« ^- Oederi = Ehrh: gram: 79. = W. act: 

 acad: Berol: 1794- P» 44- *• ^- f- ^. = Schk: p. 84. 

 n. 55. t. F n. 26. C. Jlava varr: y 5 W. sp: IV. 819. 

 Spi" syst: III. 819. (Passim cum priore. Pedem: spe- 

 ciatim in pratis montanis macilentis humidiusculis 

 Balbis misc: alt: In sylvis vallis Ticini Biroli fl: acon: 

 II. p. 112. pro var: C flavce). Vix differt a C. Jlava 

 statura generatim valde minori^ spiculis foemineis con- 

 stantius arctiusque approximatis , fructibus duplo mi- 

 norihus glohosis rectirostris , radice mere fibrosa nec 

 repenie. Cl: Bertol: am: ital: p. 421. observat stir- 

 pem hanc frequentissimam esse in uhginosis Lunen- 

 . siuin lapidicinarum totius litoris maris superi ubi num- 

 quam occurrit C.Jlava. Eandem plantam possideo ex 



