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CyperaceaS. 
— Stem rough (still higher). Fr. blackish violet, green at 
the edges and base.—Prim. Alp., rather rarer than the 
last. 7.aterrima Hopp. 2327. 
41 (36). A single terminal male spikelet . . . 42 
— 2 or several male spikelets (in impoverished pis some¬ 
times only 1) ....... 79 
42. Fr. glabr. (in 2345, 2353 and 2354 rather short-pu¬ 
bescent) ......... 43 
— Fr. covered with a dense pubescence or roughness (in 
2357 rarely almost or entirely glabr.) . . . 09 
43. Ls or 1 -sheaths hairy ...... 44 
— Ls and 1.-sheaths glabr. ..... 45 
44. Rt-stock stoloniferous. Ls of the flowerless leaf-clusters 
broad, ciliate, finally exceeding the, almost leafless, stem. 
Fem. spikelets linear, very lax, distant.—Woods, in 
patches, but not everywhere; V. B. J. Z. S. A. 6 
pilosa Scop. 2328. 
— Rt-stock not stoloniferous. Ls narrow, the lower ones 
and their sheaths hairy. Fem. spikelets oblong-ovoid, 
dense, crowded.—Woods; distrib. 5 pallescens L. 2329. 
45. Rt-stock tufted, without stolons .... 40 
— Rt-stock creeping ....... 00 
46. Fem. spikelets dense. 47 
— Fem. spikelets lax ....... 50 
47. Fem. spikelets finally drooping .... 48 
— Fem. spikelets always erect . . . . 50 
48. Fr. terminating in a long beak, almost as long as the 
rest of the fr , compressed, 2-fid, with diverging teeth. 
Glumes subulate.—Marshes, not common (wanting in 
G. T. U.). 6 . Pseudocyperus L. 2330. 
— Fr. terminating in a short beak, 3-cornered or cylindric, 
incised or shortly 2-lobed. 49 
49. Fem. spikelets 4—6, distant, elongated-cylindric (10 cm 
and more), slender. Glumes of a pale rusty brown. Fr. 
pale green. Stem 90 —120 cm. Ls 10—14 mm broad. C. 
maxima Scop.—Damp woods, here and there (wanting 
in G.). 6.pendula Huds. 2331. 
— Fem. spikelets 2—3, rather crowded, ovoid or ovoid- 
oblong. Glumes and fr. blackish brown. Stem 20 to 
30 cm. —Alp., very rare; G. W. O. (Fimberpass, valleys 
of Herens and Bagne, Rawyl). 7 . ustulata Wahlb. 2332. 
50 (47). Bracts with short sheaths, or the lower bract sup¬ 
porting a more distant spikelet and with a longer sheath, 
much exceeding the male spikelet, gen. spreading hori¬ 
zontally or bent back at the last. Fem. spikelets ovoid 
or globular when mature. L.-sheaths without appendages. 
Type of C. flava . 51 
