Cypcracese. 
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3. Fr. apiculate through the base of the style. C. myosu- 
roides Yill. = Elyria . 
— Fr. terminating in a beak ..... 1 
4. Fr. obovate, erect Glumes of the fem. fls. persistent. — 
Alp., rare; G. T. W. 0 A. 7 . rupestris All. 2288. 
— Fr. lanceolate-subulate, bent down. Glumes deciduous 5 
5. Spikelets composed of 10 —12 fls. Fr. with a long green 
bristle at the base!—Alp., rare; G. W. Appenzell. 6 
microglochin Wahlb. 2289 
— Spikelets composed of 4—6 fls. Fr. with no bristle at 
the base.—Peat-swamps, especially of the Jura, rare in 
other parts (wanting in S.). 6 pauciflora Lightf. 2290. 
6 (2). Spikelets androgynous. Fr. nerveless, narrowed at 
both euds PI. loosely tufted with smooth stems. — Marshes ; 
distrib. but not common. 5 . . pulicaris L. 2291. 
— Spikelets 1-sexual, rarely varied to androgynous. Fr. 
nerved, broader at the base ..... 7 
7. PI. forming a dense tuft. Stems numerous (often as 
many as 100), rough above as also the edges of the Is. 
Fr. lanceolate, finally horizontal, the points turned down. 
C. Custoriana Heer (f. androgyna).—Damp meadows; 
distrib. 4.Davalliana Sm. 2292. 
— Rt-stock creeping. Stems more isolated, smooth, as also 
the Is. Fr. oval, finally spreading, straight. — As the last, 
but much rarer (wanting in S.). 4 . dioica L. 2293 
8(1). Spikelets all androgynous, i. e. gen. containing 
both male and fem. fls at the same time (in 2297 they 
are gen. 1-sexual) ....... O 
— Spikelets 1-sexual, i. e. some containing only male, 
others only fem. fls; the terminal, or the 2—5 upper 
spikelets are male, the others (lower) are fem.; the 
male spikelets rarely contain fem. fls at the top, or the 
fem. male fls at the base; in 2318, 2323—2327 the ter¬ 
minal spikelet is androgynous, with fem. fls at the 
base, the others are male ..... 20 
II. Homostaehyae. 
9. Stigs 3. . . . . . • . .10 
— Stigs 2 ........ - 11 
10. Spikelets forming a h ead or dense oblong spike. Glumes 
acuminate.—High Alp.; fairly distrib., but not common. 7 
curvula All. 2294. 
— Spikelets forming a longer spike. Glumes not acuminate. 
C. mirabilis = Xobresia. 
11. Rt-stock producing elongated stolons . . . 12 
— Rt-stock tufted, without, or with very short, stolons lo 
12 Spikelets clustered in a globular or ovoid head. Stem 
smooth. (Spikelets bearing the male fls at the top) 13 
