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549 



lat. 24— 14r-30-floris ; rhachilla tenui recta dentata, foveis bre- 

 vibus hand profundis; squamis dense imbricatis apice patuUs, 

 OTato-oblongis e carina laete viridi enervi breviss. mucronatis, la- 

 teribus ferrugineo-purpureis; car. minutissima vitrea abbreTiato- 

 ovata V. ovali apiculata annulato-pedicellata triangula obsoletiss. 

 reticulata flavida; stylo subtilissimo haud exserto. — Species 

 ad C. bdlum accedit. — Br. F. Naumann coll. no. 151. 

 Cungo, in insula prope Ponta da Lenha, 



16. C proiemol^s Steud. 



Forma mi'jwr rhizoinate elongato. — Schweinf. fab. no. 500. 

 Nubia, Wadi Arab. 



17. C. fiexifolkts Bcklr. n. sp. 



Radicis fibrillis purpurascentibus; culmis subbinatis erectis 

 firmis tenuibus 10—5 poll. alt. vix semilineara diametri, trian- 

 gularibus sulcato striatis basi plurifoliatis; foliis flexuosis con- 

 fertis culmo multo brevionbus rigidulis angustis ionge angu- 

 atato-acuminatis carinatis, marginibus reflexis carinaque acute 

 dentatis, basi lineam circ. latis, 6-3 poll, long.^ floralibus 

 4—3 patentlss. 4—1 poll, long.; umbella subhemisphaerica com- 

 pacta submultiradiata 27j— 1 poll, in diam. (in specimin. parvis 

 capttaliformi) ; radiis usque ad baslu spiculis obsitis; his fascl- 

 culatlm dense aggregatis linearibus v. oblongo-linearibus com- 

 pressis obtusis 3—4 lin. long. V, lin. lat. 18— 40-floris; squamis 

 (mox secedentibus) perminutis dense imbricatis adpressis cari- 

 nato-naricularibus oborato-orbiculatis dorse septemnerviis infra 

 apicem rotundatum evidenter mucronatis stramineo-rufescentibus 

 tardius rufo-ferrugineis, nitldulis; car. minutissima squama */» 

 breviore semivitrea ovali aequilatero-triangulari subtiliss. punc- 

 tata flavida; atylo vix parum exserto tenerrirao ad medium 

 usque trifido. — Ex affinit. C. protemokpidis, — 



Herb. F. Naumanu no 143 et no. 150. 



Congo, in insula prope Ponta da Lenfaa. 



18. C, di(^iromenaeformi$ Kth. 



^. Major: rhizonu parom elongato oblique duro^ culmo 

 solitano elongato bipedal! et supra, basi multifoliato, capitolo 

 polystachyo. 



Sohweinf. fab, no. 3461 et no. 3886. 



A&ica centr., territ. Niamniam, terr. Monbuttu, 



