398 
Cyperacese. 
72. Stems 3—10cm, shorter than the Is. Fein, spikelets 
composed of 2—4 fls.—Dry slopes; fairly distrib. but 
not common. 4 humilis Leyss. 2358. 
— Stem 45—90 cm, longer than the Is. Fern, spikelets many- 
fld.—Marshes, not common (wanting in T. W.). 6 
filiformis L. 2359. 
73. Rt-stock stoloniferous ...... 74 
— Rt-stock tufted . .. 76 
74. Glumes rounded-obtuse, with a whitish border, very 
shortly ciliate or (b. membranacea Hopp.) almost with¬ 
out cilise. Resembling C. verna.—Dry places, slopes, 
rare; Baar, Zurich, Schleitheim, Diessenhofen, Rheineck; 
b. High Alp. 4 ericetorium Poll. 2360. 
— Glumes acute or mucronate ..... 75 
75. Fem. spikelets almost sessile; lowest bract foliaceous, 
finally spreading almost horizontally. L.-sheaths reddish. 
—Damp meadows, woods; distrib. 5 tomentosa L. 2361. 
— Fem spikelets, at any rate the lowest, peduncled. Bracts 
scarious, or the lowest foliaceous, but erect-spreading. 
L.-sheaths brown. C. prsecox Jacq. not Schreb.—b. um- 
brosa Host. Stem taller, longer than the Is.—Dry pas¬ 
turages, slopes; everywhere. 3 . verna Vill. 2362. 
76 (73). Glumes, especially those of the male spikelet, violet- 
black. L.-sheaths red. Ls soft.—Woods; distrib. 5 
montana L. 2363. 
— Glumes yellowish, or dark, brown . . . 77 
77- Fem. spikelets composed of 3—5 fls, the lowest al¬ 
most radical, very long - peduncled. C. gynobasis 
Vill.—Dry slopes, rare; W. V. B. Neuchatel, Aarg. 
(Geissberg). 3 . . . . Halleriana Asso. 2364. 
— Fem. spikelets many-fld, crowded towards the top of 
the stem ........ 78 
78. Male spikelet slender, oblong-linear; fem. spikelets al¬ 
most globular. Bracts without sheaths. Stems bent out¬ 
wards at the time of maturity.—Woods, here and there 
(wanting in G. S.). 4 pilulifera L. 2365. 
— Male spikelet thick, clavate; fem. spikelets ovoid-oblong 
or oblong. Bracts all, or at any rate the lowest, sheath¬ 
ing. Stems erect, at last shorter than the numerous 
long ls. C. polyrrhiza Wallr.—Woods, damp mountain 
pasturages, not co.mmon (wanting in G. 0. U ). 3 
longifolia Host. 2366. 
79 (41). Fr. hairy. (Fem. spikelets erect) ... . 80 
— Fr. glabr. (in C. glauca short-bristly when young, but 
fem. spikelets drooping) . . ... . 81 
80. Ls flat, 2—3 times as broad as the stem, hairy as 
also the sheaths. Lower bracts long-sheathing.—Damp 
places; everywhere. 5 hirta L. 2367. 
