



Hf P- 



546 



Btricte erectis Vf^—t ped. altis firmis lineam crassis triangulis 

 supra basin longam subterraneam brunneo-vagiDatam multi- 

 (10 — 5-) foliatis, parte superiore nudis; foliis eonfertis erectis 

 12—8 po)l. long, rigidis carlnato-ijubcomplicatis apicem versus 

 margine cariDaque remote dentatis, 2 lin. lat.j foliorum vaginis 

 rigidis valde ampliatis purpureo-atris ; unibella simplici 1(>— 6- 

 radiata; involucvl tetraphyUi folioUs patentibus, iofiino umbellam 

 plus duplo superante; radiis exterioribus (cum spica) 2^/^ — 17i 

 poll, longis, interioribus (3) muUo brevioribus; spiculis 18 — 9, 

 saperioribus eonfertis paten ti-erectis, inferioribus laxioribns pa- 

 tentisslmis, omnibus compressiusculis v. oblongis v. oblongo-aut 

 ovali-lanceolatis acutis 5—4, rarius 3—6 lin. longis, IVa— 2 lin. lat. 

 26 — 16-floris; squ am is dense imbricatis adpressis ovato-oblongis 

 obtusis muticis, infimis orbiculato-ovatis apice rotundatis, margine 

 leviter ineurvis, dorso obsolete tri- v. plurinervatis, v. stramineo* 

 purpurascentibus v. flavescentibus aut sanguineis; car. permi- 

 nuta squamae partem quartam subaequante cuneato-oborata 

 biconvexa vertice umbonulata, margine anguslo circumdata, 

 tuberculata alblda; stylo longe exserto profunde bifido; fi!a- 

 mentis longe persistentibus exsertis. — C. Mwndiii N. ab E. pro- 

 xime affinis. 



Sehweinf. herb. no. 1219. 



Bahr-el-Ghazal, territ. Nuer. 



4. C.-^glohosus All, 



Schw. hb. no. 1462. 

 Africa centr., terr, Bjur. 



5. C. Ho<MeUeri N, ab E. 



Herb. Sehweinf. no. 2018. 



Var. temiis-j radicis fibrillis numerosiss. capillaribus atro- 

 fuscis ; culmis pluribus fasciculatis subbipedallbns gracillimis 

 leviter compressis inferne triphyllis; foliis remotis perangustis 

 (vix supra lineam latis) abbreviatis ve ; umbella simplici depau- 

 perataj spiculis paucis in radiis' laxe dispositis, 



Sehweinf. hb. no, 2018. 



Terr. Djur, 



6. C. paMifiorvA Bcklr. 



Herb. Sehweinf; no. 2082. 

 Terr. Djur. 



