Georg Kukenthal. — Cyperaceae-Caricoideae. 



aufsteigend (Colenso!, Travers!, J 

 1614!, Cheeseman!). 



148. C hypandra F. Muell. Fragra. VIII. (1874) 259; Benth. Fl. austral. VII. 

 (1878) 439; Moore and Betche, Handb. Fl. New South Wales (l 893) 4 64. — G. bkolor 

 V. Muell. 1. e., non All. — Rhizoma elongatum lignosum. Culmus 8 — 20 cm altus 

 gracilis incurvus triqueter apice scabriusculus. Folia culmo longiora breviorave angusta 

 canalieulata rigida curvata, vaginae inferiores aphyllae brunneae. Spiculae 3—5 ellipticae 

 demum ovatae gynaecandrae 6 mm longae densiflorae, in spicam oblongam vel ovatam 

 lobatam congestae, setaceo-bracteatae, bractea ima basi dilatata inflorescentiam loDge 

 superans. Squamae ovatae subacutae castaneae marginibus late albo-hyalinae viridi- 

 carinatae. Ltriculi squamas paullo superantes erecti coriacei elliptici plano-convexi 

 4 mm longi straminei - bri nitlctuli ubsoletissime nervosi basi contracti, marginal) 

 marginibus e medio scabri, in rostrum mediocre antice sulcatum ore oblique sectum 

 sensim attenuati. Xux subobovato-oblonga brunnea nitida breviter stipitata. Stjh 

 basis aoqu.ilis. stigmata 2. 



Australien: Nur in Victoria in den Munyang Mts. von 6000—7000' (F. Mueller, 



Sect. 29. Sehellhammeria (Moench) Kunth. 

 ScheUhammeria Aloench) Kunth, 1. c. 392; Ascbers. Fl. Brandenb. I. (I86i, 

 761. — Schellhaminrria Moench, Meth. Suppl. (1802) 119 (pro genere). — Cyperoi- 

 deae Tuckerm. 1. c. 8; Fries, 1. c. 72; Pax, 1. c. 123 ex p.; Bailey in A. Gray, Man. 

 ed. 6. (1890) 591; Meinsh. 1. c. 321; Ascbers. et Graebner, 1. c. 18. — %<**" 

 cephalae Th. Holm, 1. c. 454. — Rhizoma caespitosum. Spiculae plures vel numerosae 

 gynaecandrae in capitulum lobatum dense congestae inferiores lunge bracteatae. Squamae 

 pallidae. l.'triculi erecti membranacci oblongo-lanceolati compressi obsolete neru- 

 stipitati marginibus alali et dense scabri longissime rostrati, rostrum bidentatum. Sty 

 basis vix incrassata. Stigmata 2. 



A. Folia culmo longiora. Spiculae 4 — 8 spicam ovatam vel 



obovatam formantes. ! triculi 5 — 6 mm longi breviter , 



stipiiah 149. C. syohno&f** 



B. Folia culmo breviora. Spiculae numerosae spicam globoso- 



ovatam formantes. Ltriculi 7— 8 mm longi longe 'stipitali 150. C. cypcroides. 



149. C. sychnocephala Carey in Amer. Journ. of Sc. ser. 2. IV. (* 8 * 7 L e ; 

 Boott, Illuslr. I. (1858) 46 t. 118; Boeck. in Linnaea XXXIX. (1875) 69; L. fl- * . 

 in Proc. Amer. Acad. XXII. (1886) 153 et in A. Gray, Man. ed. 6. (189°) JJJ 

 Macoun, Catal. canad. pi. IV. (1888) 121; Britton a. Brown, Illustr. Fl. I. (< 89 ° ' J 

 fig. 875; Fernald in Proc. Amer. Acad. XXXVII. (1902) 481 t. Ill, fig- 70 "" f L on , a 



C. cyperoides Dew. in Amer. Journ. of Sc. ser. 2. III. (1847) 171, non L. -; * 

 dense caespitosum. Culmus 10—30 cm altus infirmus compresso-triqueter laevis 

 Folia culmum superantia 2—3 mm lata plana mollia laete viridia. S P icU ! a *L con - 

 oblongae gynaecandrae densiflorae, in spicam ovatam vel obovatam lobatam de fr 

 gestae, inferiores 3 bracteis foliaceis longissimis basi multinervosa dill 



bus suffultae, ima interdum discreta. Squamae lanceolatae acuminato-aristatae strw ^ 

 albidae viridi-carinatae. Utriculi squamas longe superantes dense imbricati erec ^ 

 branacei anguste lanceolati plano-convexi 5—6 mm longi pallidi glabri utrinq "j n vir idi- 

 plunnervosi basi spongiosa attenuati breviter stipitati marginibus supra baS1 ° fuD de 

 alati scabrique, in rostrum longissimum utriculo triplo longius ore ferrugmeo p ^ 

 bidentatum sensim attenuati. Nux lav im-lusa parvula ovata stipitata. »y" 

 paullum incrassata. Stigmata 2. — Fig. 31 D— F. ise des 



Auf sandigen feuchten Platzen, in Sumpfen, auf Waldlichtungen vorzugs*t- ^ 

 atlantischen Nordamerika: In Canada von Ontario durch die Prainere, 



