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a. Squamae mueronatae. | 
T Capitulum solitarium. (Spieular, fasciculi indivisi.) 
78. €. leucoloma N. ab E. 
Radice fibrosa tenerrima; eulmis caespitosis semiuneialibus 
foliisque capillaribas basi unifoliatis; foliis eulmum subaequan- 
tibus eanalirulatis apice obtusis; vaginis brevibus ampliatis 
purpureis; spieulis 4—8-nisve in apice culmi fascieulato - 
aggregatis, oblongis obtusis compressis 8 — 10 - floris; invo- 
luero diphyllo spiculas duplo superante; rhacheola tenuissima 
flexuosa; squamis suborbiculatis carinulatis breviter mucronatis 
ferrugineis, lateribus brunnescentibus subtiliter plurinervatis, 
margine lato hyalino-albido; caryopsi squama dimidio bre- 
viore elliptica triangulari utrinque acuta atrocastanea laevi. 
nitida; stvlo brevi usque fere ad basin trifido; stam. 3. — 
Species insignis perpusilla et tenerrima Cyper? tenell? habitu. 
C. leucoloma N. ab E. in herb. reg. Berol. et in Linn. 
IX. p. 284. (nomen), Linn. X. 133. — Kunth 50. 
Prom. bon. spei (Bergius). 
79. €, exilis Willd. 
Fuscescens; culmo tenui 1 — 4 poll. alto leviter eurvato, 
compresso obscure triangulari, basi infima foliorum vaginis 
brevibus ampliatis albo - membranaceis multinervosis vestito; 
foliis culmo brevioribus anguste linearibus carnosulis cana- 
lieulatis apéce obtusis, marginibus subtiliter dentatis; invo- 
lueri foliis 3 v. 2 capitulum aequantibus duplove superantibus, 
versus basin dilatatis; spieulis 4 — 7 in apice culmi fascieu- 
lato -capitatis oblongis compressiuseulis 10— 30-Noris; squa- 
mis membranaceis arete imbricatis late ovatis navieulari - 
convexis superue argute carinatis breviter acutato-mucronatis, 
interdum submutieis, 9 — 11-nerviis ferruginescentibus, late- 
ribus non raro sanguineo - fuscis v. spadiceis; caryopsi (parva) 
