Cyperace®. 
891 
— Stems feebler, with flat faces, the angles not so rough 
as in the last. Ls 2—4 mm broad. Fr. indistinctly nerved. 
—The following forms are good species: a. contigua 
Hopp. Spikelets crowded; glumes with brownish edges; 
stems fairly stiff, almost erect, b. virens Lam. (C. divulsa 
Gaud, not Good?; Spikelets more distant, paler; stems 
slenderer, at last drooping; later and flowering longer. 
— c. Pircei F. Schultz. Spikelets as in the var. b.; stems 
stiff, almost erect; ls narrow, very long, longer than 
the stems; ligule shorter; stems obtuse-angled, only 
rough above; fr. small, with a broader and shorter beak; 
flowering period as in b.—Road-sides, slopes; a. dis- 
trib.; b. less common, near Bern, Bale and probably in 
other places; c. Orbe, Bale. 5 . muricata L. 2804. 
20. Fr. dull, nerved on both sides. Faces of the stems 
slightly convex. Rt-stock tufted with clustered fibres. 
— Marshes (wanting in T. \V.). 5 paradoxa Willd. 2305. 
— Fr. shining, without nerves or only faintly nerved at 
the base of the upper face ..... 21 
21. Stems stout, with flat faces. Ls rather broad. Paniclo 
lax, with a grayish sheen.—As the last; distrib. 5 
paniculata L. 2306. 
— Stems feeble, with slightly convex faces. Ls narrow. 
Spikes gen. dense, only rather panicled at the base, 
without the grayish sheen.—As the last (wanting in 
T. S.). 5.teretiuscula Good. 2307. 
22(16). The 2—4 lower spikelets very distant, with 
elongated foliaceous bracts which exceed the stem.— 
Damp, shady places; distrib. 5 . . remota L. 2308. 
— Spikelets more or less crowded, with bracts which are 
scarious and do not exceed the stem . . . 23 
23. Fr. lanceolate, spreading. Spikelets oblong-cylindric, 
8—12 in number, brownish. Stem triangular, rough.— 
Damp meadows; not common (wanting in G. T. W. A.). 5 
' elongata L. 2309. 
— Fr. oval. Spikelets oval-oblong or globular . . 24: 
24. Fr. surrounded by a rough winged margin, pro¬ 
longed up to the tip of the beak. Spikelets crowded, 
obovate, grayish brown, rarely (v. argyroglochin Horn.) 
whitish or yellowish. — Damp meadows, woods; distrib. 6 
leponna L. 2310. 
— Fr. without the winged margin .... 23 
25. Fr. spreading-divergent, with a bidentate beak. Spike¬ 
lets gen. 4, crowded. C. stellulata Good. —b. grypus 
Schk. Spikelets more crowded, darker; beak of the fr. bent 
inwards.—Damp meadows; distrib. 5 echinata Murr. 2311. 
— Fr. erect-spreading ...... 20 
26. Spikelets 3—4, crowded. Fr. smooth . . . 27 
