157 
In alpestribus saxosis montis Serra da Piedade, Jan., 
Febr. fl. (Wrmg.). 
2. C. Bonariensis Desfont.  Boott Illustr. of the Genus 
Carex II. 76. t. CCIX:: C. vulpina papillosa. et C. tuberculata 
Nees (fide Boott). 
In vallibus ad rivulos, in pratis etc, ad Lagoa Santa; 
floret Sept., Oct. (Wrmg.). 
3. C. Wahlenbergiana Boott Il. c. II. 401. t. CCCI. (formå 
typica). C. indica Wahlbg. (non L.). Schk. f. 206. 
In silvis ad Lagoa Santa, Febr. Martio fl. (Wrmg.). 
4.  C. Brasiliensis St, Hilaire. Boott 1. c. 1. 89. t. CCLX. 
C. procera Kunth 1. c. 491. Nees I. c. 205. 
In paludibus ad Mugy das Cruzes, Nov. (Lund). 
5…. C. polysticha Bcklr. n. sp. 
Læte viridis; radicis fasciculatæ fibrillis validis sed molli- 
bus perlongis; culmis pluribus stricte erectis gracilibus foliosis 
20—12 poll. alt., medio %4 lin. crassis, triangularibus, 
lateribus striatis, angulis acutiusculis apicem versus subtiliter 
serrulatis; foliis subremotis herbaceo-rigidulis carinato-planis, 
basin versus complicatis, longe angustato-acuminatis, 209—11/9 
lin. lat,, marginibus carinaque serrulato-scabris, dorso subtiliter 
striatis, superioribus longioribus culmum superantibus v. eo 
brevioribus; vaginis plerumque pictis, margine tenui-membranaceo 
subinde reticulato-fissis; spicis unisexualibus 4 in culmi apice 
confertis multifloris: apicali mascula breviter pedunculata lineari 
utringque parum attenuata 4—4%/4 poll. longa lineam crassa, reli- 
quis foemineis pedunculatis tardius subnutantibus exacte 
cylindraceis obtusissimis 14—1's2 poll. longis 3 lin. crassis ; 
pedunculis setaceis compresso-trigonis scabriusculis, infimo 1—%4 
poll. løngo, superioribus brevioribus; bracteis inferioribus binis 
foliaceis plerumque elongatis, 10—6 poll. long., suprema setacea 
spicam subæquante; squamis conformibus membranaceis 
-obovatis breviuscule acuminato-cuspidatis, dorso angusto 
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