* CH^TOSPOBA. 2.2Q 



Gluh^ in specimioibus noslri5 ovaf^, aoula:, subcarinaCie, glnbrai, dotso scabrffi , albidie, Loaculis 

 miuutissitnisjioearibus, purpureis pictce, necciliaiEE. , * - ■ i 



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4 SCHOENUS GT.OBOSUS. t 



S. culmis iriquelrisj foliis inargiae scabris , cariiia liispiao-cUiaiis , culmum aequaDlibus; 

 capilulo subgloboso , dcmo, polystachyo ; spicnllg subtriftoris ; iuvolucro subpeotapliyllo ^ 

 akenio obovato-leuliculati , rosLralo, transversim uudulato-rugoso. 



Crescit in monte Quindiu prope EL Aznfral ^ alt. io'io ker. ■% Floret Octohri. 

 Radix (ibrosa. Cllmi erccti , subsesquipedales, ti-iquerri, striati, glabri, apice Kispido-ciliati, 

 hasi foiiati. FoLiAgraiiiinea , nervoso-sirinta , carinata, raargine serrulalo-scabra , carina ciliato-lilspida , 

 culnjum a?quanlia, eumqui; Sicpius superantia. Yagin/e njeuibranace:^? , slriato-nervosre , glabrae , viridej^. 

 CAriTULUM t{?rmina[e , subglobosum , donsum, magnJludine fructus Pruni spinosa:^, polysUcbyum, iovo- 

 JucraUim, SpnziJL/E ovato-oblong:e , subleretes, subirillora? , duas el dimidiam lineas loni-a?. Involuchuu 

 Subpentaphylluiu ; foliolis foliis simiflimis . bo.sin versus hispido-ciliads , ina^qualibus , c^pilulo multo 

 longioribiis, Glum.e nonnulla: , ovolLt\ acutic, lcnuisMine mciriluanare^i", albida?. subuniucrvia?^ '■labrjt 

 inferior vaoua, Stami^a Iria. Styi.us bifidus, j^laber, bnsl diiaUUis. Akemu:^! obovato-lenliculare , acu- 

 Toinalo-rostralum , transversim undulato-riisosum, fuscum, nilidum, i-labtHm , lilamentls persistenti- 

 bus, elongatis cinctum. 



Dichromen^ ciliala: Valib prosimus. diversus lauhim foiiis culmum a?quanlibu^ coque lon-^iovibus, 

 vaginis glabriuscuSis, capiluio globoso, denso, polysfncbyo, involucro viridi, nec coloraio. 



CH^TOSPORA. 



Ch^etospora R. Brown, Rhynchospora Vaiil, R.Brown. Schneni spccies Lix^\ 



SptcoL^ pauci/loric. Glum^ tindiqae itabricate, iiiferiores vacua^./AKE- 

 NTUM lenticulare aut trigonum. Set^ plcruinqne sex. 



CuLAii basi foliati. Sptcul.t: fasciculatae, capitatac aut corymbosEe. 



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i) Spiculis capiiatis. 



i'. CIIyETOSPORA cahtata- t 



■ C. culmis triquetris, ^bhriusculis ■ foHis setocco-lriqnctris, scabris ; spiculis capilatis, lau- 

 ccolatis , inulis; glumis acuminalis ; akenio rostrato. 



Crescit in sjhaticis ripcE Orinocensis , prope nio/item Dui(Ueel pagum Esmerahhm. ir 

 Eloret Junio, 



Radix fibrosa. CiiLMi ccespitosi, crecti, pedales , lenues, irigoni, slriaTi, glabri, superne scabrUis- 

 ciiIi,basifoliaii. Folia selacea , carlnato-tritjiielra , striata , glabra , angulis scabra , culmo duplo bre- 

 vjora, basi vaginantia. VAfiiNs memljranaceie , polbcarcs , strialie , gl^brie, Spicul.^ (res aut quinque, 

 termiuales, sessilcs, hnceolartc, acuminaiic, pavirllltjr^c, nttdai. Glum.^ circiler diiodtcim, ovaia?, ocu- 



