Carex. ] \ \ 



brevior anguste oblonga. Rhachilla secundaria setiformis basi dilalata ciliala utriculum 

 fere aequans. Stylus inclusus. Stigmata 3. 



Centralasien: In der subalpinen Region des Alatau am Flusse Sarehan (Karelin 

 et Kirilov n. 2063!); Turkestan (Litwinow!); Thianschan (Osten-Sacken ex Mein's- 

 hausen). — Himalaya von Kashmir (Winterbottom n. 636!), Kunawur (Jacquemont 

 n. 1752!), Nepal (Roylc n. 138 ex p.!) bis Sikkim 12000' (Hooker f.!); Osttibet: 

 Ptot. Batang, Yargong (Soulie n. 3467 ex p. !). — Centralchina: Yunnan auf Bergen 

 urn Tapin tze und Mo so yn (Delavay!). 



Subgen. II. Vignea (P. Beauv.) Nees. 

 Vignea P. Beauv. in Lestib. Essai Cyp. (1819) 22 (genus!) pro parte; emend. 

 Reichb. Fl. germ, excurs. (1830) 55; Heuff. in Flora XXVIL (4844) 529 (pro gen.). — 

 Vignea Nees in Linnaea IX. (1834) 305 (pro serf.): Aschers. et Graebner, 1. c. 21 (sed 

 incl. Sect. Schellhammena). — Vigneae Koch, Synops. ed 1. (1837) 748; Tuckerm., 

 !■ c 8. — Carex Ruppius, Fl. jenens. (1726) 258; Mich. Nov. pi. gen. (1729) 66 t. 33; 

 Hall. Enum. stirp. Ilelv. I. (1742) 243 (pro gen.). — SeheWuimnima Moench, Meth. 

 Suppl. (1802) 119 (pro (gen.). — Lrptantkrrur Tuckerm. I.e. 10. — Homostachyae 

 Fries, Summ. Veg. (18 45) 72; Pax, 1. c. 123 (excl. Loiigrhra<-tentac et Laxac). — 

 Heterostachyae O. F. Lang, 1. c. 505, non Fries. — Carwina St.-Lag. in Cariot, Etud. 

 des fleurs 8. ed. II. (1889) 854. — Vigmandra C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXXVII. (1904) 3. — Vigncgyne C. B. Clarke, 1. c. — Spiculae propriae bisexuales 

 (sive apice sive basi tf ) rarissime dioicae breves sessiles plerumque approximatae. 

 Cladoprophyllum nonnisi in speciebus perpaucis [G. armaria et affines) evolutum. Stig- 



Clavis sectionum. 



A. Spiculae apice tf t rarius dioicae (Acroarrhenae Fries, Summa 

 Veg. Scand. (| 8 45) 73). — Vide tamen Eerporrhi I as et Siccatas. 

 a. Stigmata 2. 



a. Rbizoma longe repens. 



I. Utriculi marginibus nunquam alat 1 , rostrum oblique 

 sectum vel demum bidentulum. 

 1. Spiculae paucae in capitulum dense cougestae. 

 Utriculi ±: mllali. 

 * Capitulum globoso-ovatum. Utriculi membra- Incurv ae 



nacei 3 1 2 mm longi subinflati oeci " 



** Capitulum oblongo-ovatum. Utriculi tenuis- 





Physodeae 



2. Spiculae plan-. Hri.-uli plann-eonvexi. 



* Spiculae in capitulum ovatum dense congestae. Foetidae . 



Utriculi membranacei obsolete nervosi . - • 

 ** Spiculae in capilulum ol>l<»ium-<>\aluni vel od- 



longum subdense congestae. Ltricuh conacei Divisae. 



valde nervosi mariuiiil'us inerassati . ■ • • " Aren ariae 



j IL Utriculi minibus alali. rnstnm. aeu.e bideniahun Sect. 19. Arenariae 

 ft Rhizoma caespitosum vel subrepens. (Vide tamen 

 O. confertam). Utriculi demum plerumque squarrosi 



Utriculi plai 



membranacei virides vel den 

 brunnei marginibus superne scabri vel laeves. 

 1. Spiculae nu.nerosissimae panulae plenmepe^ 

 plices spieam elongato-c^lindncam 

 lormantes 



