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PART IV. 
292. C. Linkii (Schkuhr); spica viridi-ferruginea, e 
spiculis 2-3 rarius 1-4 androgynis apice masculis alter- 
nis approximatis vel infima subremote inserta vel ra¬ 
rius subradicali longe exserte peduneulata ; bracteis 
culmum superantibus summa interdum carente ; stigma- 
tibus 3; perigyniis ovalibus triquetris rostratis ore hya- 
lino obliquo vel bilobato zona ferruginea infra notato basi 
attenuato stipitatis enerviis vel obsolete nervatis glabris 
vel apice puberulis superne ad margines scabris, squama 
ovato-lanceolata acuta vel cuspidata amplectente medio 
viridi nervosa ferruginea margine hyalina brevioribus vel 
aequantibus.—C. Linkii, Schk. f. 118; Willd. 223; 
Kunth, 478; Grenier et Godron, 399. C. distachya, 
Desfont. FI. Atl. C. gynomane, Bertol. 38 ; Koch, 864. 
C. tuberosa, Degl. in Lois. FI. Gall. C. sarda, Link, sec. 
Bertol. C. dimorpka ?, Brol. 64. (Tab. CCCCXIL- 
CCCCXIV.) 
Hab. In Europa, Asia, et Africa.—France to Por¬ 
tugal and the South of Europe. Asia Minor, Tchihatcheff, 
574. In woods near Sinai, Llerh. Borrer. Algiers, 
Durieu, etc. 
I am indebted to M. Spack for the following elaborate descrip¬ 
tion of this species :— 
“Ad specimina Numidiea prope Lacalle et Algerian) a cl. 
Durieu lecta, 1841. C. distachya, Desf. 
“ JPlanta phyllodesmis sterilibus culmisque spiciferis basi fas- 
ciculato-foliosis densissime cespitosa. Rhizoma prorepens, poly- 
eephalum, irregulariter ramosissimum, basibus tuberculoso-incras- 
satis eximie et varie nodosum, interdum submoniliforme. ( G. 
tuberosa, Degl.) 
“ Culmi 5-15 poll, foliis breviores vel longiores, graciles vel 
subfiliformes, debiles, excepta parte summa inequaliter triquetra 
angulis scabro-serrulata, obtuse trigoni et levigati, basi (simul- 
ac phyllodesmi steriles horni) tuberculoso-incrassati et vaginis 
solutis fib rill o si, supra basin fasciculato-foliosi, cetero nudi, 1-3- 
rarius 3-spiculiferi, in parte spiculifera sepissime flexuosi vel 
fractiflexi. 
“ Folia linearia, 1-li-pedalia, siccitate conduplicata ereeta vel 
arcuato-reclinata: extima breviora et apice breve acutata: inte¬ 
rior a gradatim longiora et in cuspidem filiformem tortuosum 
attenuata : intivia fasciculorum hornorum plerumque fere e basi 
filiformia. (Specimina Africana et Gallica ludunt foliis longissimis 
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et brevibus, linearibus vel plus minus filiformibus .)—Bractecs elon- 
gatse vel breves, ea spicule infimas 2-7 poll, longa, plerumque 
foliacea, culmum excedens; vagina tubulosa vel cyathiformi, sepius 
brevi quam elongata instructa, ea spicule peninfimse (culmorum 
3-4-spiculiferorum) nunc eonformis et minor, nunc spathaceo- 
squamiformis (fere ad basin usque iissa) plus minus abbreviata 
interdum spiculum vix equans, longe vel brevius foliaeeo-cuspi- 
data. Bractea spicule subterminalis (culmorum 4-spiculatorum) 
semper, nisi fallor, spathacea squamiformis varie cuspidata spicu- 
lam vix aequans; ea spiculse terminalis (haud raro deficieiis) 
spathaceo-squamiformis, mutica vel varie cuspidata. In culmis 
monostachyiis bractese haud raro observantur longe foliaceo-cus- 
pidatse vel ex toto foliacee, quasi esset bractea spiculse inferioris 
culmi distachyi. 
“ Spicules androgyne, apice mascule (laterales sum mss etiam oe- 
currunt mere mascule: exemplum unicum spiculse terminalis 
masculae observavi) 4-10 lin. longse (culmis distachyiis, spicula 
inferior plerumque vix aut ne vix spicula terminali brevior : 
culmis autem 3-4-spiculatis spicula penultima, vel spiculse inter- 
medise binse ssepissime minores sunt, haud raro abbreviate, 2-3 
lin. longe: nec tamen desuut culmi spiculis 3 subequalibus 
gaudentes), 1-9-gynantbse (mono- vel oligo-gynantbe observantur 
imprimis subterminales in culmis 3-4-spiculatis), modo plus minus 
remote imoque longissime remote, modo quasi in spicam ramo- 
sam approximate, erecte vel laterales demum subdivergentes: 
juveniles lineari-lanceolate, fructiferce ovoidee vel oblonge, parte 
terminali mascula quasi cuspidate. In plantis Africanis spiculas 
laxe feeminifloras, quales in Gallicis sepissime observantur, non 
vidi. Spicule laterales sessiles vel breve pedunculate (raro in- 
fitna longe peduneulata) spathettulaice, more gregis Indicarum. 
Spicula terminalis nunquam spathellata, modo ebracteata, modo 
bractea spathaceo-squamacea. Spicule culmorum monostachyo- 
rum nunquam, nisi fallor, caret bractea, et sepius bibracteata 
quam unica bractea instructa occurrit. 
“ Squamae feminee plus minus membranacee, fulve, marginibus 
hyalinis, cum fascia media coriaceo-herbacea viridi, concava, 
amplexatiles, distiche, perigynio fructifero subequilongse (modo 
paulo breviores, modo paulo inferiores) et sepissime angustiores, 
ovate vel ovato- aut oblongo-lanceolate aut ovales, acute aut 
acuminate, mutice vel mucronate, sepe trinervie, demum plus 
minusve cum fructibus divergentes, cum fructu decidue vel sal¬ 
tern infime. Squame inferiores subspathacee (ima basi vagi- 
nantes interdum presertim culmis monostachyiis foliaceo-cuspi- 
data vel in aristam filiformi-subulatam vel setaceam producte. 
Squama inflina spicule terminalis ebracteate omnino consimilis 
bractee spicule terminalis vel subterminalis. Squame mascule, 
plerumque quadrifariam imbricate (nec sicut feminee distiche), 
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