forma 2. pallescens F. Kurtz ex Kiikenth. ). c. 520. — Squamae utriculigue 



Argentinian: Cordoba, Sierra Achala (F. Kurtz n. 3080 li !'. 



Var. /?. platyearpa Phil, ox Kiikenth. I. c 520. — Culmus humilis. Folia 



breviora. Spicula unica subglobosa. Squamae rastancar uliimli- niulto angusliores 

 brevioresque. Utriculi orbiculato-ovati marginibus ila\is latins alati valde spinulnsi. 



Nordchile: Prov. Coquimbo, Bafios del Toro (Fr. Philippi!). 



350. C. melanantha C. A. Mey. in Ledeb. Fl. alt. IV. (1833) 216; Kunth, 1. c. 

 432; Boott, Illustr. IV. (i 867) 211; Boeck. in Linnaea XL. (1876 399: Boiss. M. 

 orient. V. (1884) 416; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India VI. (1 894) 733 ; Meinsh. 

 in Acta Horti petropol. XVIII. (1901) 348. — G. nigra var. ,1 Trevir. in Ledeb. Fl. 

 ross. IV. fl 852) 288. — O. melanantha a. genuma Turcz. Fl. baic.-dahur. II. 1. 

 (1856) 270. — C. niniUs Benders. Yark.md to Lahore (1873) 338, non Boott. — 

 ft nigra var. melanantha et var. oriental^ Kegel in Acta Horti petropol. VII. (1880) 

 •'i6 8. — Bhizorna stolones longos duros emittens. Culmus 10 — 45 cm altus firmus 

 rigidus triqueter apice scaber papillosus, ad basin vaginis aphyllis 

 plerumque dissolutis obtectus. Folia culmo breviora conferta 3 — 

 rigida cinereo-viridia papillosa. Spiculae 3 — 5 ovatae vel oblongae i 

 8— i 4 mm longae dense congestae, sessiles vel ima remotiuscula breviter pedunculata, 

 terminalis gynaecandra vel mere rf, laterales Q. Bracteae squamiformes, ima sub- 

 foliacea brevis evaginans. Squamae Q majusculae ovatae acutae vel subacutae atro- 

 sanguineae carina aspera straminea percursae marginibus anguste apice latins hvalinae. 

 I triculi squamis obtecti erecti membranacei late obovati inflalo-trigoni 2 ' 2 mm longi inferne 

 straminci superne afro-pur; - ibri subonenii. roslro brevissimo alro- 



purpureo ore hyaline truncal o vel eniargiuato apicolali. Xux nlriculum fere explens 

 obovata dense papillosa. Styli basis obliqua aequalis. Stigmata 3 satis longa. — 

 Fig. <i\E—G. 



Hochgebirge Centrala 



(C. A. Meyer! : Baikalien (Turczaninow!, Cajander!). Ferner in Pamir (Alcock!); 

 Yarkand (Henderson!); Kashmir (Duthie.n. 12158!, Meebold n. 2486!) und 

 Afghanistan. 



forma graeilescens Kiikenth. form. nov. — Culmus gracilis. Spiculae Q globoso- 



Var. p. Mooreroftii (Falc.) Kiikenth. — G. MooreroftH Falc. apud Boott in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. XX. (1846) 140 et Illustr. I. (1858) 9 t. 27; Boeck. in Linnaea XLL 

 (<877) 179; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit, India VI. (1 894) 733: Franrh. in Nouv. 

 Arch. Mus. Paris 3. ser. IX. 1897) 150; Meinsh. I. c. 347. — C. melanantha 

 (i. baicalensis Turcz. Fl. baic-dah. H. I. (1856) 270. — C. maerantha Boeck. 

 Cyper. nov. I. (1888) 49. — ft Prattii Franch. in Bull. Sor. philom. Paris 8. ser. 

 VII. (1895) 32. — Culmus 30— 60 cm altus. Squamae Q lannolalu-ovatae saepe 



obconico-stipitati in rostrum paullo longius emarginalum attenuate 



