348 
OUjra. Carex, 
talla, patda, ^abra, ftriata, inferne ftriato- li- 
neata. Vcigincd pubefcentes. ^ 
Panicula terminalis, ere8:a, patens, multiflora» 
Rami angulati, fcabri, flexuoii,. 
Spiculas mafculos numerofse , ramis paniculae ad- 
preffae, alternae, pedicellar^, plerumque 3 con- 
tiguae. 'Pedicelli flexuofi, filiformes, breves. 
Flos femineus folitariiis, terminalis in fpicis mafcu^ 
liSf 3-plo major. 
Incolit fruticeta arida Jamaic^. 
Floret a menfe Januario in Julium, 
CAREX. S.V.842. 
CAREX Uthqfperma, S. V. 84<5. n. 45. 
Obs. Efl: genus graminis, fub Scleris no- 
mine in Aa, Ilolm, ip6^. p, 1^4. a Cei. Ser- 
gio defcriptuin , habitu & fructificatione a Ca- 
ricibus alienum. Schoenis quidem in multis affi- 
milatur, floribus vero femper monoicis &c. 
difHnftum, et pluribus fpeciebus conflans, cha- 
raftere in prodromo (p. ig,) obvio, proprium 
conflituere potefl genus. 
Carex lithofperma Syft. veg, & Schoenus lithofper- 
mus Spec. piant, ed. 2. fimt Scleria flagellum 
(prodr. p. 18. I.) diftin^a a Scirpo lithojpermo, 
Spec. pl. ed. i. p. 51. 
Flures hujus generis fpecies enumerat Cl. Retzius 
Gbf. Bot fafc. IV. 
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