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ehique universali recta validis angulatis subglabris; spiculis confertis 
atropurpureis v. purpurascentibus, masculis c. paucis foemineis 
intermixtis, omnibus sessilibus ovatis obtusis 2 lin. circ. long.; 
squamis masculis c. foemineis conformibus floriferis late ovatis sub- 
lanceolatisve acutiusculis muticis v. mucronulatis, bractealibus multo 
minoribus magis rotundatis; earyopsi (matura) magna erustaeea, 
sesquilineam diametri, sessili squamas suas aequante depresso-globosa 
mucronata undato-lacunosa, v. albida violaceo-variegata v. omnino 
atropurpurea, nitida; perigyniis conjunctis viridi-albidis: superiore 
membranaceo earyopsi adhaerente irregular. trilobo, lobis acute 
dentatis, inferiore triangulari margine perangusto revoluto; stylo 
longe exserto profunde trifido flexuoso dense hirtello. — Species 
ex affinit. S. Schiedeance Schltd. et S. vaginatee Steud. 
10. Carex purpureovaginata Bcklr. 
Laete viridis, rhizomate parum elongato, fibrillis validis fistu¬ 
losis luteolis hirtellis; culmis solitariis geminisve strictiusculis 2— 
1 V-> ped ait. tenuibus, medio S U lin. diam, rigidis laevibus; vaginis 
inferioribus pluribus membranaceis purpurascentibus margine fibril- 
loso-dissolutis, in laminam acuminatam IV2 — 3 pollicarem productis, 
superioribus paucis longe foliatis; foliis angustis lineam latis, cul¬ 
mum non raro superantibus longe angustatis carinatis subcondupli- 
catisve nervulosis, marginibus carina nervisque prominentioribus 
serrulato-perscabris; spiculis 4 — 5 olivaceis densis unisexualibus 
omnibus subsessilibus, mascula unica cum foemineis 2— 3 in culmi 
apice collocatis, infima pl. m. distante, illa 14— 8 lin. longa IV2 
lin. lata, his elongato-oblongis subcylindraceisve obtusis 12 — 8 —14 
lin. long. 3Va— 2V2 lin. lat.; bracteis foliaceis sat elongatis, infima 
18—9 poli, longa; squamis conformibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutiu¬ 
sculis muticis, dorso angusto viridi trinerviis, lateribus membranaceis 
ferrugineo-castaneis v. pallidioribus apice margineque saepius pallidis; 
utriculis dense imbricatis squamis parum longioribus multoque latio¬ 
ribus 2 lin. fere longis tenui - membranaceis, immaturis olivaceis 
tardius lutescentibus, ovalibus sensim in rostrum angustulum acute 
bidentatum attenuatis, primo convexis deinde angulato-convexis, 
