ab Eq. Prof. Morisio, ex Corsica a Corte a Requie-
n o . Floret ab Aprili in Julium.
Radix longe repens stolonibus crassis , fusee squainatis.
Calamus plus minus crassus , firmus , erectus, obtuse
trigonus , totus glaberrimus, bi-tripedalis. Folia linea-
ria , sape calamum æquantia , aut superantia , glanfce-
scentia , carinata , plana, vel arescendo margine révolu
ta , ab una ad très, quatuorve lineas lata, dura ,
margine, et carina scabra ; eorurn vaginæ subinde margine
fatiscentes in fila longa , fuscescentia. Spicæ cy-
lindraceæ, longæ, erectæ, strict* , superiores masculæ,
duæ-quatuor, proximiores , glumis obovatis , obtusis ,
nervo carinali viridi, lateribus ferrugineis, vel atrofu-
scis, fæmineæ inter se quidquam remotæ, fructifiât®
crassæ , ima brevissima pedunculata, reliqu® sessiles ,
sæpius solitariæ, et alternas, interdum duæ-quatuor fa-
Sciculatæ , ludunt apice masculæ, et tenuiores , interdum
longo tractu. Earutn glumæ oblongo-lanceolatæ, a
nervo producto plus minus aristatæ , arista hispidulo-
-scabra, subinde muticæ, obtusæ, vel retusæ cum mu-
cronulo, zona dorsali media viridi, subtrinervia , lateribus
ferrugineis, vel fuscis. Bracteæ spicarum fæmi-
nearum reliquis folds similes, basi biauriculatæ, au-
riculis parvis , fuscis, amplexantibus , ima longior, spi-
cam terminalem masculam æqnans, aut superans, re-
liquæ successive breviores. Stigmata duo , vel tria.
Utriculi obovati, eompressi, in dorso medio evidentius
binerves, in lateribus uno, alterove nervulo obsoleto
instructi, terminati collo brevissimo, tereti, trunca-
to , aut vix bidentato, apice , et in collo hispiduli,
in margine superiors longiuscule eiliati, gluma latio-
res, et plerumque longiores , pallide virentes, vel su-
perne in lateribus subferruginei. Stirps ludidunda,
ideo non dispertienda in species diversas, aut in futiles
varietates. 84- Carex filiformis : radice repente; calamo inferne te-
retiusculo, superne triquetro , angulis scabris ; folds
canaliculato-filiformibus, ecarinatis; spicis masculis ,
fæmineisque subgeminis ; braeteis biauriculatis ; glumis
fæmineis mucronatis; utriculis ovali-oblongis, dense
hirsutulis, rostro profunde bifurcato, gluma lon-
gioribus; stigmatibus tribus.
C. filiformis Sp.pl. p.id2>S.Willd. Sp. pl.\-part, i . p .3o 3.
Kunth. En. a. p. 484. Schk. Car. tr. p. 106. n, 68. tab. K.
n. 45* El. Dan. tab. x344' Good, in Trans, of the Linn.
14S
Soc.2.p. 173. tab. ao. fig. 5. Smith. Engl. FI. ^.p.iaS.^
et Engl. bot. v. i3. tab. 904. Hook, and Am. Brit. FI.
ed. 6. p. 5c5. Bab. Man. ed. 3. p.368. De Cand. Franq.i.
p. 119. Sturm. Deuts. FI. 1. abth. 53. heft. Koch. Syn.
ed. a. p. 888. Reich. Exc. 1. p. 69. n. 479- Reich, fil. Ic.
FI. Germ, et Helv. 8. p. 38. tab. a65. fig. 643. Bluff, et
Fing.Comp. ed. alt.a. p.658. Host. Gram.i.p.63. tab.86.,
et Austr. a. p. 606. Gaud. Helv. 6. p. 73.
C. angustifolia Linn. MS. in Sp.pl. ed. 1. p. 978.
C. lasiocarpa Ehrh.Calam. n. 19.
Ital. Carice forcellata.
Perenn. Habui ex Tyroli austral! ad Tridentum in monte
Bondone ab Ambrosio. Floret ab Aprili in Junium.
Radix repens, fibris longis , lateraliter tennissime, et cre-
bre fibrillosis. Calamus inferne crassiusculus, teretiu-
sculus, superne gracilis, triqueter, angnlis scabris,
uni-tripedalis, vel paulo ultra. Folia longissima, an*
gustissima , canaliculato-filiformia , ecarinata , margine
seabrida. Spicae mascul* superiores, una-du® , tenues,
terrninali pollicari-sesquipollicari, glumis oblongo-lan-
ceolatis, acutis, vel inferioribus obtusiusculis, nervo
carinali flavido , lateribus fusee castaneis , aut ferrugineis
, ora marginali albida ; faemine* pariter suhge-
min®, distantes , inferiore breviter pedunculata, oblon-
go-cylindrace®, et interdum breves, ovat®. Bracte® spicarum
fsminearum folds calami similes, basi biauri-
culat® , auriculis fuscis , aut ferrugineis, inferior longior,
calamum ®quans,aut superans, pedunculutn bre-
vi tractu vaginans. Glum® faemine® forma , et colore
masculis similes, sed acut®, vel acuminat®, et s®pe
plus minus mucronato-aristat®. Stigmata tria. Utriculi
ovali-oblongi , tumidi, multinervulosi , dense hirsutu-
l i , terminati rostro lato, profunde, et fere usque ad
basim bifurcato, plerumque glumis insigniter longiores.
Tota herba glauca.
Habui quoque Hafniä a Puerario , ex Helvetia a Romero
, Parisiis a Decaisnio , et a Vjllemeto. 85. Carex pendula: rhizomate crasso, fibroso ; calamo
elato, acute triquetro, glabro, foliosoque ; spica ma-
scula subsolitaria , f®mineis pluribus, remotis, pedun-
culatis, arcuato-pendulis; pedunculis inferne vagina-
tis ; utriculis parvis, oblongo-trigonis, enerviis , collo
brevissirno, subemarginato , diffluis ; stigmatibus tribus.
C. pendula Huds. Angl. ed. 1. p. 353., et ed. 3. p. 4 11-
Willd. Sp. pi. 4. part. 1. p. 388. Kunth. En. 3. p. 469.
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