162 cyperacea 
Fructus pauci, remoti, lotius generis laxissimi, 
inflati, ovati, oblique rostrati, laeves, obiter striati, 
apice bifidi, laciniis divergentibus. Semen obovatum, 
triquetrum. (D. s.) 
Planta fonliosa rarissimaqiie habitat in sylvis montanis. In 
M. Zurichberg . Scheuchzer. Circa Tigurum invenit etiam 
Ch Seringe. In sylva Bremgarten. Idem. In sylvis supm 
Urbam . — Perennis. FI. Aprili. 
55. CAREX nitida Host. — C. spica mascula gra¬ 
cili, foeminea ima pedunculata vagina subdimidiala , 
fructibus subglobosis laevibus nitidis. N. (Gall. Caret 
d fruit lustre. ) 
Carex nitida Elr . de FL p. 1 55. C. liparocarpoi 
Ibid. p. 153. 
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C. nitida Hoffm . L c. p. 222 . C. alpestris Lam. Enc ■. 
meth, 3. p. 38g. JJecand. FL fr. 1747 . [Exci, syn . 
Hali. Sut. et ALI.) Loisel. FL gall . 64i. Fers. syn* 
2 . p. 543. 
C. verna FFilld . . />/. 4. p„ 2 84. 
^vw-vvw 
C. verna S chkuhr Car . n.° 74 . tab, E . fig. 46. C* 
nitida Host Grani* austr , 1 . tab. 71 . 
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C. verna Schleich. L c. p. 9 . G. nitida Thom. L c * 
p. 2 . Dec . 2 . 
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Radix nigrescens, subrepens, stolonifera , mul~ 
iiceps. 
Folia plana, subcavinata , rigidiuscula, recurvo- 
patenlia ; carina raargineque subscabra, culmo bre- 
