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valde elongato, subbipedali, reliquis gradatim decrescentibus ; 

 umbella semidecomposita multi-(10)-radiata; radiis tenuibus 

 inaequalibus erecto-patentibus angulatis scabris, longioribus 

 37a — 3 poll, long.', radiolis numerosis (10) brevibiis ralde inae- 

 qualibus setaceiSj longioribus vix pollicem longis, intermediis 

 perfecte sessilibus; involucellis 4— SphylUs radiolos subae- 

 quantibus; spiculis perminutis 3— 5floi'is in radiolorum apice 

 capifcato-congestis, capitulis numerosis sesquilineam latis; squa- 

 niis confertis orbiculato-ovalibus obtusis ad latera tenui-mem- 

 branaceis testaceis, e carina viridi scabra recurvato-mucronatis; 

 car. squamam aequante lato-ovali tiiangula punctata rufescentej 

 stylo brevissimo, stigmatibus longiusculis. — Species insignis 

 e gj'ege DifFusorum, C. longifoUo Poir. parum affinis. 



J. M. Hildebrandt hb. no. 1740. (Herb. Rensch.) 



Comoro-insula Johanna. 



2. C. Rudioi, 



Elatus, obscure viridis; cultno triquetro valde compresso 

 infirmo laevi (parte snppetente subses(iuipedali) sesquilineam 

 diauietro; involucri 5 — 7phylli foliolis pateatissimis herbaceo- 

 i:noUibus latiusculis perfecte planis sursum breviter angustatis, 

 trin6rviis margine nervisque spinuloso-scabris, 4 — 2*/^ lin, lat., 

 longioribus umbellam subaequantibus, 9 — Spolllc. ; umbella 

 composita 9— Gradiata, radiis elongatis patentibus validulis 

 valde inaequalibus triangulis pi, m. compressis apice corym- 

 boso- 6—4 ramosis , longioribus 7 — 4pollic. , intimis setaceis 

 subseinipollicem longis; ramis setaceis approximatis patentis- 

 simis 1 — ly^ — ^(^ poll. long, bractea setacea v. capillar! breviu- 

 scula fultisj 12 — Sstachyis; spiculis longis alternis patentis- 

 Bimis rectis v. leviter curvatis linearibus longiuscule attenua- 

 tis acutis parum compressis 18—12 lin. long. 31 — 21 floris; 

 squamis majusculis membranaceis, fructiferis vix patulis, ovato- 

 V. oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis muticis, dorso viridi plurinerviis, 

 lateribus luteo-purpurasceutibus margine superne albidis; rha- 

 chilla late alata^ alis hyalino-albis ; car. squamae partem quar- 

 tam vix superante late obovata obtusangula mucronulata evi- 

 denter reticulata fusco-cinerea opaca; stylo longe exserto pro- 

 funde trifido. — Ex affin, CroiwndL (V. inMus. botan. Berolin.) 



Prope Rio de Janeiro coll. Rudio. 

 ■ j9. Minor; culmo breviore (ISpoUic.) ac tenuiore baud 

 compresso rigido e basi tuberascente stolones tenues emittente, 



