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32 Utricle winged on upper margins . 23. *C. ovalis 
32* Utricle not winged on margin 
33 Utricles strongly reflexed at maturity, with smooth surface; beak 
about as long as the body of the utricle, 2-fid or notched with 
teeth 0.25-0.5 mm long . 23. C. echinata 
33* Utricles spreading at maturity, minutely hispid and colliculate 
near apex; beak much shorter than the body of the utricle, 
truncate or shortly split abaxially . 24. C. canescens 
31*Lowest involucral bract exceeding (usually by far) the whole 
inflorescence, leaf-like. 
34 Glumes orange-brown or pale red-brown, with ± broad whitish or 
hyaline margins; utricles never transversely wrinkled 
35 Inflorescence longer in outline than wide; culms 25-40 cm long; 
leaves c. 1 mm wide; utricles 2.5-3 mm long, 1-1.4 mm diam 
. 26a. C. raleighii 
35* Inflorescence broader in outline than long (or about the same 
length and breadth); culms 4-20(-35) cm long; leaves 1-2.5 mm 
wide; utricles 3.2-4.5 mm long, 1.5-2 mm diam .. 
. 26. C. hebes 
34* Glumes whitish to pale yellow-brown with green midrib; utricles 
often transversely wrinkled at maturity 
36 Utricle with beak 0.3-1.1 mm long . 27. C. inversa 
36* Utricle with beak c. 2 mm long . 28. C. lophocarpa 
Acknowledgements 
The heads of the following herbaria are thanked for access to their collections: BRI, 
K, MEL. My thanks go to Jaime Plaza for preparing Figure 1 and Dianne Godden 
for Figure 2. 
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Manuscript received 20 April 1995 
Manuscript accepted 30 November 1995 
