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gis turgidis ohtusis 2 lin. long. 4—-6-floris; squamis arcte imbri- 
catis chartaceo-tenacibus suborbiculatis concavis ecarinatis obtu- 
sis muticis purpurascentibus nitidulis, nervis 9 tenuibus pallidis, 
subtus pallidioribus evidenter celluloso-reticulatis, infimis 3 va- 
ceuis; caryopsi (nondum perfecte matura) squamam fere aequante 
ovali triquetra apiculata, punctulata lutescenti-viridula; stylo bre- 
vissimo, stigmatibus parum exsertis; filamentis 3 brevibus latisque. 
In Samoa-insula Upolu leg. Graeffe, 
26. (257 ce.) C. tongatabuensis n. Sp. 
Tri — quadripedalis; eulmo superne pennam gallinaceam crasso 
duro obtusangulo, lateribus sulcatis; folia basilaria desunt; invo- 
lueralibus 5 patentissimiselongato-acuninatis complieatis margine 
carinulaque serrato-perseabris, inferioribus pedem et supra longis; 
umbella composita multi- (14—15-) radiata, radiis valde inaequa- 
libus, 3—'/, poll. long., patentibus validulis perrigidis triangulari- 
bus, subomnibus apice corymboso-pluriramosis; ochreis primariis 
oblique truncatis postice bieuspidatis; spieis compusitis subtrian- 
gulis 1%/,—1'/s poll. altis atque latis; ramis perbrevibus patentis- 
simis reflexisve bractea perbrevi setacea munitis; spicis (illis 
radior. longior. subquinis) confertis subeonformibus oblongo-cylin- 
dricis %4—Y, poll. long. 5—6 lin. erassis; spiculis numerosis 
purpurascenti-stramineis confertis patentissimis oblongo-lanceola- 
tis acutis turgidis 3 lin. long. 6--5-floris; squamis arcete imbri- 
catis late ovatis obtusinsculis muticis convexis tenuiter sub 7- 
nervatis nitidis pallidis superne purpurascentibus, inferioribus 
3—4 vacuis, fertilibus basi subconstrietis; caryopsi squama !/s 
breviore ellipsoidea utrinque parum attenuata, triquetra dense 
elevato-punctulata atropurpurea, stylo vix exserto complanato 
profunde trifido ferrugineo terminata; filamentis 3 exsertis latis. 
Tonga-insula Tongatabu. Leg. Graefe. 
27. CO. canescens Vahl. 
Queensland: Am. Dietrich; Samoa- et Fidschi-insulae 
Graeffe, 
28. (265 b.) C. ochroleucus n. sp. 
Rhizomate brevissimo; eulmo subpedali strieto firmo tenui 
triangulari infra apicem ad angulos scabrido, a basi fere ad me- 
dium foliato; vaginis subownibus foliatis; foliis rigidulis remo- 
tiusculis Bexuoso-reeurvis complicatis acuminatis sesquilineam 
latis subtiliss. multinervatis, marginibus carinaque spinuloso-sca- 
bris, superioribus culmum superantibus, reliquis eo subaequilon- 
gis; umbella composita 9—7-radiata; involuero 5—6-phyllo, phyl- 
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