Carex longicuspis Boeckeler

Type collection is the only one known. Several related species of the critical sect. Aulocystis occur in the area.

Stem c. 30 cm, trigonous, distally scabrous along edges. Leaf sheaths long; blades 4-5 mm wide, blue-green, margins scabrous. Inflorescence of 2-3 androgynous, remote spikes; spikes long-peduncled; glumes ovate, acute. Utricles longer than glumes, lateral nerves scabrous (”subtiliter ciliatis”), distal part dark brown; beak bidentate. Stigmas 3.