986 
sublanceolato- linearibus 13 —925-floris; squamis arete imbri- 
catis dein patulis suboblongo- ovatis v. orbiculato - ovalibus 
acuminato - mucronulatis, interdum muticis, dorso trinerviis, 
sanguineo -spadiceis v. pallescentibus, carina viridi; caryopsi 
squama paulo breviore obovato-ellipsoidea mucronata triquetra 
vix subtiliss. punetulata, pallida opaca; stylo exserto. 
C. fuscus L. Cod. 62. — Reichenb. 1. e. 32. fig. 667 et 
668. — Sturm D. Fl. Bd. 13. — Kunth, 37. — Dill Fl. 
Bad. I. 315. —  RHeichenb. Fl. german. exsiec. no. 152. — 
Forma saepius magis evoluta spiculis plerumque pallescenti- 
bus: C. vérescens Hoffm. Fl. 21. — Rchb. Fl. exsiec. n.153. 
— €. glaber Hoppe in Sturm Fl. D. Bd. 13. — €. viridis 
Willd. hb. 1359 partim. — Sieb. hb. Cret. — €. angustatus 
Willd. hb. 1318. — C. castaneus Gussone (teste Link.). - 
Germania, 'Tyrolis, Gallia, Italia, Sicilia, Graecia, Asia 
minor, Aegyptus, Sierra Leone (Thunberg), Astrachan. Ad 
flumen Narym, Caucasia, Kashmer. 
176. €. difformis L. 
Radice fibrosa; culmis pluribus triquetris satis compressis 
flaceidulis semi - ad sesquipedalibus, versus basin 2 —— 3- foliatis; 
foliis culmo saepissime brevioribus remotis herbaceis acumi- 
natis planis apice extremo tantum marginibus remote spinu- 
losis; floralibus 2- v. 3-nis, infimo saepius valde elongato, 
omnibus in margine usque ad basin spinuloso-scabris; um- 
bella simplici v. raro composita 3— 8- radiata; radiis paten- 
tibus setaceis, longioribus !/; — 1 poll. long., quandoque 
omnibus sessilibus; capitulis subglobosis densis e spieulis nu- 
"merosis compositis; spieulis linearibus obtusis compresso- 
tumidulis 10 — 50-floris; squamis postea remotiusculis patu- 
lisve obovato -orbiculatis, apice rotundato-obtusis, e carina 
plerumque viridi minutissime acutatis, margine tenui - membra- 
