160 T. Holm — Studies in the Cyperacece. 



C. cryptocarpa and C. Lyngbyei as independent species, 

 we insert the original diagnosis, written by C. A. Meyer 

 .as follows : 



Car ex cryptocarpa C. A. Mey. 



11 C. spicis masculis subternis, femineis subternis* distantibus 

 pedunculatis nutantibus, stigmatibus binis, perigyniis glabris 

 tenuissime granulatis ellipticis compressis brevissime rostellatis 

 ore integris, gluma oblonga mutica duplo brevioribus. Bracteae 

 in spicis femineis, foliaceae, basi auriculato-amplectentes (nee 

 vaginatae), summitatem culmi aequantes vel superantes; sum- 

 mae, ad spicarum mascularum basin, setaceae. Spicae omnes 

 exserte pedunculatae (pedunculis triquetro-filiformibus, sublaevi- 

 bus pollicem ad tres pollices longis) ; masculae duae vel tres; 

 rarius solitaria in speciminibus humilioribus ; subdistantes, sub- 

 elavatae, multinorae, y 2 poll, longaa vel longiores ; summa sub- 

 erecta; inferiores cernuae. Spicag feminese duae vel tres, 

 distantes, oblongae ; florentes cernuae, f ructif erae nutantes ; multi- 

 florae ;.non raro omnes apice flosculis aliquot masculis instructae, 

 saepius tamen infima ex toto feminea. Glumae arete imbricatae, 

 oblongae vel oblongo-lanceolatae, acutae, muticae, glabrae, laeves, 

 piceae, carina viridi pictae, margine, nudo oculo, concolores, oculo 

 armato vero masculae ex toto, femineae apice tantum margine 

 hyalino angustissimo cinctae. 



Perigynium ellipticum, subcompressum, hinc planum, illinc 

 convexum, rostro brevissimo integro apiculatum, flavescens, sub- 

 nervosum, sub lente tenuissime granulatum, gluma omnino 

 tectum et ilia plerumque duplo brevius. Caryopsis ovato-ellip- 

 tica, compressiuscula, hinc subplana, illinc convexa et obsolete 

 carinata, caeterum obscure fusca, tenuissime granulata. 



Habitat in Unalaschka et Kamtschatka. C. glauca Scop., 

 habitu proxima, satis distincta, foliis glaucis, glumis brevior- 

 ibus et stigmatibus tribus. C. crinita Lam., C. maritima Muell., 

 et C. salina Wahlenb. praeter alias notas distinguuntur glumis 

 mucronatis. ' ' 



While in the typical plant the pistillate spikes are 

 mostly situated near the apex of the culm, we have ob- 

 served in several specimens from Alaska, that the spikes 

 may be more remote, the basal being situated at about 

 the middle of the culm, or even below the middle. In 



* With respect to the number of staminate and pistillate spikes we found 

 in 71 specimens from Alaska, Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Island and 

 Washington: 30 specimens with 1 staminate spike; 27 specimens with 2 

 staminate spikes; 14 specimens with 3 staminate spikes; 31 specimens with 



3 pistillate spikes; 25 specimens with 2 pistillate spikes; 12 specimens with 



4 pistillate spikes ; 3 specimens with 1 pistillate spike. 



In 53 specimens there were from 1-4 androgynous (lateral) spikes, 1 and 

 2 being the most frequent. 



