Im Gebiete der Art gera an sumpfigen Stellen: Prinz Edward Insel (J Macoun 

 n. 10702!). Neuschottland (J. Macoun!). Neuengland (Faxon') Manitoba- 

 Lake Winnipeg Valley (Bourgeau!). 



415. C. varia Muehlenb. ex Wahlenb. in V«t.-AkwL Nyt Hand! Stockholm XXN 



'1803) 159; Willd. Spec. pi. IV. (1805) 259; Schkuhr, Riclgr. II. 1800 is i.'n.u' 

 fig. 167; L. H. Bailey in Mem. Torr. bot. Club I. (1889) 40 el in A. Gray Man 

 ed. 6. (1890) 611; Britton a. Brown, I.e. 334, fig. 7 "Mi, nee Uontf i 

 G. alpestris Dew. in Amer. Journ. of Sc. VII. (IS 24 268, non ali.-niin. — r Ih'irisii 

 Dew. |. c. X. (1826) 279, non Schwein. et Torr. — C. EmmonsX Dew. ex Tow. in 

 Ann. Lye. N. York III. (1836) 411; Boott, Illustr. II. (i860) 97 I. 280 : liail.'v in ]W. 

 Amer. Acad. XXII. (1886) 124; Macoun, I.e. 1 59. — C. novac-angliar var. Emutnmii 

 Carey in A.Gray, Man. ed. 1. (1848) 556. — C. htcorum var. ' Emiwmsii Cliapm. 

 Fl. South. Unit. States (i860) 539. — G. pikdifera forma americana Bocck. in Linnaea 

 XLI. (1877) 216 pro maxima parte. — G. varia var. minor Moeck. I.e. 218, non 

 Boott. — Bhizoma caespitosum et stolones tenues emittens. Culnuis 10— 30 cm altus 

 filiformis decumbens obsolete triqueter sursum scabriusculus. Folia culmo breviora 

 I — I i 2 mm lata plana longe attenuata mollia, vaginae inferiores purpureae reticulatini 

 fissae mox marcidae. Spiculae 3 — 4 sessiles, terminalis q* linearis '/j — 1 cm longa, 

 latcralt-s 2 — 3 Q globoso-ovatae 4 — 6 mm longae subdensi-pauci-lflorae, ima vix 

 paullo remota. Bracteae squamiformes rariua ima sctacea. Squamae Q lanceolato- 

 ovatae acuminatae pallide fuscae vel omnino pallescentes marginibus albo-fayalinae e 

 carina viridi mucronatae. Utriculi squamas aequantes suberecti membranacei obovati 

 vel obovato-oblongi vel fere elliptici obtuse trigoni 2'^ mm l° n "' P*Hide virides parce 

 pubescentes, in utroque latere nervo elevato percursi caeterum enervii, in stipitem 

 spongiosum longe attenuati, in rostrum sublongum conicum marginibufl seabrum ore 

 livalino bidentulum abrupte eontracti. Nux arete inehisa olmvala. Shit basis incrassata 



Trockene Walder im Atlantischen No rda merika : Von Neuscbolfland bis Mani- 

 toba, siidlich bis Georgia, Louisiana und Texas verbreilet (z. 15. Sartwell n. 105!, 

 Drummond n. 425!, 429!, Fernald in pi. exsicc. Grayan. n. 89!, J. Macoun 



forma 1. australis L. H. Bailey in Bot. Gaz. XVII. (1892) 153. — Spicula c? 

 conspicua, laterales segregatae longiores. 



Mississippi und Texas. 



forma 2. distincta Howe in 47. Ann. Bep. N. York Stale Mus. (1895) 176 

 (sub G. Emmonsii). — Laete viridis. Spiculae Q distinctae ima foliaceo-bracteata. 

 I'triculi brevius rostrati. 



forma 3. colorata Bailey in Mem. Torr. bot. Club I. (1889) 41. — Squamae Q 

 fuscescentes. 



Pennsylvanien (Moser!). Missouri (Bush n. 704!). 



Var. fi m novae-angliae (Schwein.) Kukcnth. — G. Napae-Angliat Schwein. in 

 Ann. Lye. N. York I. (1824) 67; Dew. in Amer. Journ. of Sc. IX. (1825) 64 t. B, 

 fi g 7; Schwein. et Torr, in Ann. Lvc. N. York I. (1825) 328; Kunth, 1. c. 408; 

 ] '^ley in Mem. Torr. bot. Club I. (1889) 44 et in A. Gray, Man. ed. 6. (1890) 612; 

 Britton a. Brown, 1. c. 334 fig. 797. — C. colkcta Dew. in Amer. Journ. of Sc. 

 XI - (1826) 314 t'. N, fig. 44; Kunth, 1. c. 442. — Graeilior. Rhfcoma laxe caespitosum. 

 Culmus debilis. Folia culmum aequantia perflaccida. Spicula rf filiformis plerumque 

 breviter pedunculata, g pauciflorae ima remota breviter pedunculata bractea fohacea 

 su ffulta. Utriculi squamas superantes. 



An feuchten schattigen Stellen der Walder von Neuschottland, Neubraun- 

 schweig, Neuengland (Fernald n. 150!) bis Nord-New ^ork. 



q Mem. Torr. bot. Club V. (1894) 87 et in 

 Phil, ( f varia var. perliccllata Dew. in 



