396 
Cyperacese, 
C. fulva auct., C. flava-Hornschuchiana A. Br.—As the 
last, rarer. 5 . . . . *xanthocarpa Degl. 2340. 
56 (46). Ls 5—8 mm broad. Spikelets remarkably slender and 
lax, drooping. Fr. narrowed to a long, thin, deeply 
2-fid beak.- Woods; distrib. 6 . sylvatica Huds. 2841. 
— Ls 1 — 3 mm broad ....... 57 
57. Fem. spikelets crowded almost in the form of an umbel. 
Fr. with a short, cylindric, obliquely truncate beak.— 
Alp.; 6.capillaris L. 2342. 
— Fem. spikelets distant. Fr. narrowed to a margined beak 
which is flat above ...... 58 
58. Fr. (only 3 — 5 in a spikelet) elliptic-obovate, inflated, 
with numerous nerves, abruptly acuminate in a linear 
beak. C. ventricosa Curt.—Woods; indicated near Delle 
(near Pontarlier!). 5 . . depauperata Good. 2343. 
— Fr. more numerous, lanceolate, narrowed more in¬ 
sensibly into a beak which is 2-toothed at the top 5.9 
59. Ls setaceous (only 1 mm broad). Male spikelets linear. 
Fr. with a glabr. beak.—Rocky places in the Alp., sub¬ 
alp. and Jura. 6 tenuis Host. 2344. 
— Ls flat (2—3 mm broad). Male spikelets narrow-clavate. 
Fr. with a ciliate, fine spiny beak. Spikelets thicker 
and bracts longer than in C. ferruginea; rt-stock not 
creeping.—Dry places in Alp., subalp. and Jura. 6 
sempervirens Vill. 2345.*) 
60 (45). Beak short or indistinct, truncate or shortly 2-lobed 01 
— Beak with a margin, flat above, distinctly 2-toothed 07 
61. Fem. spikelets dense. 02 
— Fem. spikelets lax ...... 01 
62. Fem. spikelets erect. Bracts sheathing, the upper scarious, 
ending in an herbaceous, green point. Fr. globular- 
ovoid, shining, nerved-streaked. C. obesa All.—Dry slopes ; 
W. Y. 6 ..nitida Host. 2346. 
— Fem. spikelets drooping or suspended on a long, slender 
peduncle. Bracts foliaceous, not sheathing or the lowest 
with only a short sheath. Fr. oval or elliptic, com¬ 
pressed. Type of C. limosa (specimens of C. glauca with 
a single male spikelet are distinguished by the broader 
Is and cylindric fem spikelets) .... 03 
63. Ls very narrow, channelled-folded, rough at the edges 
almost from the base. Fr. many-nerved.—Peat-swamps, 
here and there (wanting in T. W.? S.). 5 limosa L. 2347. 
— Ls flat, smooth, rough at the edges towards the top. 
Fr. without or with faint nerves.—Alp. 6 irrfgua Sm. 2348. 
64 (61). Fem. spikelets 3—6, very slender, drooping. PI. re¬ 
sembling C. sylvatica, but distinguished by its nerved 
*) The var. tenax Reut. is, according to Christ, found in Oraub. 
(Flimserstein). 
