699 



43. C. laevis Kit. in Willd. spcc. IV. p. 298. Spicis: 

 masc. obovata, fem. snbbiuis oblongis remotinscnlis , inferiore 

 peduncnlata, bractea vaginante foliolacea suffulta ; v.tlvis ova- 

 libns obtnsinsculis ; perigyniis vaiva longioribns, laevibns, ob- 

 longis, piano -convexis, in rostrum longuni, marginibns riiiato- 

 serratnm , ore bidentatiira atteiinatis; ciiimo teretiiiscnlo lae- 

 yissimo, folia convoluto-setacea snperante. 



Schnh. Oest. I. p. 155. Reichenb. Germ. n. 474. 



Radix raespitosa, fibris yalidis lignescentibns firmata. 

 Squamae ad radicis eollum brnuneae striatae, nitidae. Folia 

 radicalia angnstissima setacea, snpra canaliculata, dorso von- 

 Texa striata laerissiraa, superue soium marginibns quidquara 

 scabrinscula. Cnlmi basi tantnm foiiis paiicis brevissirais 

 vestiti, maxima parte nudi, teretiiisculi , snbliliter striati, lae- 

 yissimi, erecti, superne demum incliuati aut cernui, palmares 

 aut spithamales. Bractea spicae inferioris vaginans in folio- 

 tum tenne setaceum, spiram snam subaequans terminatur; 

 snperioris brnnneo-pnrpurea in setam brevem aut mucronem 

 abit. Spica masc. uuica obovata, primum creeta, demum in* 

 clinata aut cernua, vix 3 lin. longa, nna latior est: valvac 

 ovato-oblongae, obtusae, brunneo - purpureae glaberrimae ni- 

 tidae, nervo dorsali viridi. Spicae fem. plernmque nna, raro 

 2, tuncque snperior snbscssilis, inferior aut si solitaria pe- 

 duncnlo insidet se longiore, subangulato, glabro, obiongae, 

 remotae erectae aut cernuac, magnitudinis spicae masc. — 

 Valvae ovato-oblongae obtusiusculae, brunneo -purpureae, ni- 

 tidae, glaberrimae, nervo dorsali viridi. Perigjnia valvis 

 longiora, glabra, piano- convexa, oblonga aot oblongo-lan- 

 reolata, in rostrum longum, roargine ciliaio-serratum, ore 

 snbmembranaceum, bidentatnm aut bifidum, coloratum atte- 

 nnata. Stigin. 3. 



Hab. in alpibns Croatiae. Jul. 2f. (Kit.) 



