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vel obtusis, nervo carinali flavido, lateribus rufo--nigrescentibus. Spics femineae duae-tres , plerumque,nec semper, mascula breviores, crassiuscnl», cylin-draceae, obtusae, aut in macrioribus individuis ovali--oblongae, sessiles, vel ima suffulta pedunculo brevis-simo, toto, aut fere toto amplexato ab expansione bra-ctea, longitudinaliter aperta, in margine ferruginea,vel basi biauriculata , auriculis parvis , fuscis , super-ne abeunte in folium lineare, viride, scabrum, locu-sta sua modo longius, modo brevius. Interdum spicafeminea superior est apice mascula. Glumae spicarumfeminearum glumis spicae mascula similes, sed infe-riores subinde breviter mucronulata. Stigmata duo.Utriculi ovati, compressi, dorso convexuli, terminaticollo brevissimo, tereti, truncato, tenuiter nervosi,sub vitro minutissime punctulati, plerumque sexfa-riam imbricati, glabri, caesii, vel in apricis alpinissuperne fuscescentes, gluma longiores, et latiores, bre-vissime pedicellati, diu persistentes. Singularis est co-lor spicarum feminearum ob glumas rufo-nigrescentes,et utriculos cxsios.

78. Carex stricta: radice late repente, dense cxspitife-ra; calamo elato; foliis angustis, vaginis margine sub.filamentosis; spicis omnibus longis, cylindraceis, acu-tis, masculis una-duabus, feminis una-quatuor, snh-sessilibus, strictis ; bracteis basi biauriculatis; utriculisovato-oblongis, acutis, compressis, plurifariam seria-tis, collo brevissimo, integro, leviterve emarginato,gluma angustioribus, longioribusque, deciduis.

C. stricta fVilld. Sp. pl. 4 - part. 1.77. 287. Kunth. En .a.77. 4 > 4 - Schk. Car. tr. p. 75. n. 49. tub. F. n. 73. Good. inTrans, of the Linn. Soc. v.a. p. 196. tab. ai .ftg.g. Smith.Engl. FI. 4 - p- 118 .,et Engl. bot.f>. l 3 . tab. 914. utri-culis immaturis. Bab.Man. ed. 3 .p. 36 o. Re Tor.st.p. 120.,et App- 1. p. 34. Coli. Herb. Ped. 5 . p. 5 i 5 . n. 49. DeNot. Rep.p. 43o. Nocc. et Balb. Tic. 2 .p. 177. Comoll.Prodr. p.ifi.Pollin.Fer.S. />. 83 . Rom. in Da Rio Giorn.dell’ Ital. Letter. torn. 24. p■ 3 o 6 . Moric. Fen. 1. p. 3 g 3 .Nacc. Fen. 5 . p. 19. Suffr. Foroj. p. 188. Passer. Parni.77.317.* Puccin. Syn. p. 499 -* Pari. Ital.a.. 77.186. Moris.Stirp. Sard. el. fasc. 3 . 77.12.* De Cand. Ftanq. 3 . p. 114.Sturm.Deuts. FI. 1. abth. 5 o.heft.Koch. Syn.ed.%. 77.872.Reich. fil. Ic.Fl.Germ. et Helv. 8 . p.i^. tab.fs 3 o.fig. 533 .Bluff. et Fing. Comp. ed. ali. 2. 77. 61 3 . Host. Gram. 1.77. 69. tab. 94., et Austr. 2- p. 608. Gaud. Helv. 6.77. 71 .Schleich. Pl. sicc.*