384 
Juncacese. Cyperacese. 
8 (4). Spikelets clustered into a (single) oblong spike, lobed 
and drooping, of a blackish brown. Ls channelled.— 
Alp. and Dole in the Jura. 6 . spicata Dec. 2246. 
— Spikelets arranged in an umbel-shaped anthela (some¬ 
times contracted into a lobed head). Ls flat. Type of 
L. campestris ........ f) 
9. Rt-stock stoloniferous. Stems gen. solitary or few, 10 to 
20 cm high. Anthers, after shedding their pollen, 8—4 times 
as long as their filaments.— Pasturages, wood-sides; 
everywhere. 3 .... campestris Dec. 2247. 
— Rt-stock without stolons. Stems gen. numerous, tufted, 
taller and stiffer than in the last. Anthers, after shedding 
their pollen, about as long as their filaments.—Varied 
with paler spikelets; also: b. uliginosa Grml. Stems 
several, slender; spikelets 5—6, peduncled or almost 
sessile; capsules blackish.—c. alptna Hopp. (nigricans 
Desv. not Polil., L. sudetica auct. helv. not Presl. *) 
Stems lower, few or solitary; spikelets 3—5; ls almost 
glabr.— Wood-clearings (especially on silicious soil), 
sometimes with the last; b. peat-mosses; c. Alp. and 
subalp.; 4, later than the last . multiflora Lej. 2248. 
OBS. Hybrid : L. angu&tifolia-nivea (Jorat). 
120. Cyperaceae. 
599. Cyperus. Cyperus. Ill, 73. 
1. Perenn. pis. Stems 50—100 cm . ... 2 
— Ann. pis. Stems 5— 20 cm ..... 3 
2. Stigs 2.—Marshes; Tess. 7 . . Monti L. 2249. 
— Stigs 3.—Marshy meadows, water-side, rare; shores of 
the lakes of Lugano, Geneva, Brienz, Sarnen, Lucerne 
and Constance (Lindau). 7 . • longus L. 2250. 
3. Stigs 2. Spikelets oblong-lanceolate, yellowish. Stem 
angular with obtuse angles.—Damp, inundated places; 
distrib. 7.flavescens L. 2251. 
— Stigs 3. Spikelets narrower than in the last, blackish 
brown. Stems angular with acute angles.—As the last. 6 
fuscus L. 2252. 
600. Schoenus. Schoenus. Ill, 73. 
1. Heads composed of 5 — 10 blackishbrown spikelets. Ls 
reaching to or exceeding the middle of the stem. Stems 
30-50 cm. —Marshes; distrib. 5 . nigricans L. 2253. 
*) L. sudetica Presl. and L. pallescens Bess, are different species, 
inhabiting' the north of Europe. 
