Bracteæ culmum subæquantes, inferior breviter vel brevissime vaginans vel omnino evaginata; spiculæ masculæ ... [details]

Pallide virens; rhizoma repens; culmi circiter pedales, obtuse trianguli, leves, inferne vaginis aphyllis ... [details]

Pallide virens, subflaccida; rhizoma repens, tenue; culmi ½-2 pedales, graciles, obtuse trianguli, apice tantum sub ... [details]

Læte virens, rigidula; culmi ultra pedales, graciles, leves ad medium usque foliati; folia culmos superantia, ... [details]

Diffère du type européen par ses périgynes plus étroits, à bec plus court, par ses écailles femelles pâles ; ... [details]

Les bractées dépourvues de gaines, les épillets femelles formés de fleurs nombreuses, les périgynes largement ... [details]

Diffère du C. bullata, auquel il ressemble beaucoup, par ses périgynes bruns, plus grands, à nervures bien plus ... [details]

M. Bœckeler, 1. c., vol. 41, p. 297, considère, et peut-être avec raison, le C. nutans comme un type ... [details]

Plant pale green, a bit flaccid; rhizome creeping, thin; culms ½-2 feet high, slender, obtusely triangular, only ... [details]

The bracts have no sheaths, the female spikelets have numerous flowers, and the perigynia are broadly ovate at the ... [details]

Bright green, stiff; culms more than a foot long, slender, with a few leaves up to the middle portion; leaves longer ... [details]

It differs from C. bullata, which it closely resembles, in having larger brown perigynia with many more veins ... [details]

Bracts sub-equal to the culm, the lower shortly or very shortly sheathing or without sheath; male spikes often 3, ... [details]

Differs from the European type in its narrower perigynia, shorter beak and pale female scales; at maturity, the ... [details]

M. Bœckeler, 1. c., vol. 41, p. 297, considers C. nutans to be an extremely polymorphic type, perhaps with good ... [details]

Plant pale green; creeping rhizome; culms about a foot high, obtusely triangular, smooth, surrounded at the base by ... [details]