Cyperaceae. 
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— Bracts with long sheaths. Reaching to or hardly ex¬ 
ceeding the male spikelet, erect-spreading or erect. Fem. 
spikelets ovoid-oval-oblong or cylindric . . 52 
51. Fr. ovoid-elliptic, narrowed insensibly to a long beak 
which is curved downwards. Ls light green (almost 
yellowish).—Damp places, everywhere. 5 flava L. 2333. 
— Fr. smaller than in the last, globular-obovate, contracted 
suddenly to a short, straight beak. Ls of a darker 
green, gen. narrower. Stem gen. lower but sometimes 
as much as 40 cm .—Inundated and peaty places; dis- 
trib. 5. Oederi Ehrh. 2334. 
— An intermediate form between the 2 last. Fr. almost 
globular-ovoid, smaller, narrowed less insensibly than 
in C. flava to a shorter, less curved beak. Stem slenderer, 
rather rough above: the male spikelet gen. peduncled. 
—As the last, but rarer . lepidocarpa Tausch. 2335. 
52. Fr. oblong-lanceolate. L -sheaths without appendages. 
Stem almost leafless. Glumes brown. Ls short, stiff*, 
broad, spreading in 3 rows.—Dry and rocky places in 
the calc. Alp. 6 firma Host. 2336. 
— Fr. ovoid or almost globular. L.-sheaths with a scarious 
appendage opposite to the limb of the leaf. Glumes 
greenish or light brown ..... 53 
53. Fr. almost without nerves, wrinkled-spotted, smaller 
than in 2338; beak smooth, at the edges also, shortly 
2-dentate. Habit of 2339.—Damp places in transalpine 
Switz. 4, 5.punctata Gaud. 2337. 
— Fr. with longitudinal nerves; beak finely rough-toothed 
at the edges, 2-fid ....... 54 
54. Fem. spikelets all very distant on the upper half of 
the stem, or the lowest placed rather lower. Glumes 
light brown, shortly mucronate by the middle nerve 
exceeding the limb. Teeth of the beak with small 
prickles on the inner edges. Stem almost smooth. 
— Damp meadows ; distrib. 5. . . distans L. 2338. 
— Fem. spikelets less distant from one another, gen. placed 
in the upper quarter of the stem, or the lowest spike¬ 
let only slightly lower. Glumes of a rusty brown, ob¬ 
tuse, not mucronate. Teeth of the beak smooth on the 
inner edge. Stem often rather rough above. Type of 
C. fulva Good ....... 55 
55. The lower bract not reaching the male spikelet. Fr. 
erect-spreading. Stem smooth or slightly rough above. 
—Damp meadows; distrib. 5 Hornschuchiana Hopp. 2339. 
— The lower bract reaching, or exceeding, the male spike¬ 
let. Fr. standing thicker than in the last, more inflated, 
more spreading in the lower part of the spikelet, gen. 
empty. PI. of a more yellowish green; stem rougher: 
