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  Female spikes oblong, not surpassing 2.5 cm; utricles subcorky, thick, with slightly concave or indistinct veins | 
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  Female spikes cylindric; utricles subleathery or leathery, with convex veins | 
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  | 2 (1) | 
  Female glumes orbicular-ovate, apex mucronate; utricles ovoid, 3-4 mm, indistinctly veined; nutlets broadly obovate or broadly elliptic. | 
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  363 C. heterostachya | 
 
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  Female glumes broadly ovate or ovate, apex muticous (only C. melanostachya and C. subpumila with aristate or mucronate apex); utricles oblong or ovate, 5-8.5 mm, distinctly or slightly concave veined; nutlets oblong or obovate | 
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  | 3 (2) | 
  Female glumes broadly ovate, 5.5-6 mm; utricles 6-8.5 mm, with distinct veins, not concave | 
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  Female glumes ovate, 3.5-4.5 mm; utricles ca. 5 mm, with slightly concave veins | 
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  | 4 (3) | 
  Utricles oblong-elliptic, 6-8.5 mm; nutlets oblong, 4-5.5 mm. | 
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  364 C. scabrifolia | 
 
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  Utricles ovate, 6-6.5 mm; nutlets obovate, ca. 3 mm. | 
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  365 C. pumila | 
 
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  | 5 (3) | 
  Female glumes mucronate at apex; utricles narrowly elliptic or oblong; nutlets narrowly elliptic, ca. 4 mm. | 
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  366 C. subpumila | 
 
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  Female glumes aristate at apex; utricles ovate; nutlets obovate, ca. 2 mm. | 
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  367 C. melanostachya | 
 
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  | 6 (1) | 
  Male spikes 3-6, sometimes lower male spike with few female flowers at base. | 
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  356 C. riparia | 
 
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  Male spikes 1 or 2, rarely 3, without female flowers at base | 
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  | 7 (6) | 
  Female glumes lanceolate, apex mucronate; utricles oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 6-7 mm | 
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  Female glumes ovate or broadly ovate, apex muticous or mucronate; utricles oblong-ovate, ovate, or broadly ovate, 4-5(-5.5) mm | 
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  | 8 (7) | 
  Utricles oblong, stramineous, usually dark red flecked, veins indistinct. | 
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  357 C. argyi | 
 
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  Utricles lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, olivaceous or brownish green, veins distinct. | 
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  358 C. kirganica | 
 
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  | 9 (7) | 
  Female glumes broadly ovate, apex obtuse, mucronate; utricles elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 5-6 mm, brownish green, emarginate at orifice. | 
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  359 C. rugulosa | 
 
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  Female glumes ovate, apex acuminate or acute, muticous or mucronate; utricles broadly ovate or ovate, ca. 4 mm, stramineous, brown or brown-red flecked, 2-toothed at orifice | 
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  | 10 (9) | 
  Female glumes acute at apex, mucronate; utricles ovate, obtusely trigonous, teeth divergent at orifice. | 
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  360 C. gotoi | 
 
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  Female glumes acuminate at apex, muticous; utricles broadly ovate, inflated trigonous, teeth strict at orifice | 
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  | 11 (10) | 
  Utricles orange or stramineous, usually brown flecked, with distinct veins. | 
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  361 C. songorica | 
 
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  Utricles stramineous, without brown flecks, veins indistinct. | 
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  362 C. tangiana | 
 
 
 
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