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rigido obtusangulo laevi basin versus plurifoliato; fol. confertis 

 culmum longe superantibus (14 — 10 pollic.) rigidulis perlonge 

 angustato-acuininatis carinato-planis margine dentato-perscabris, 

 1— IYj 1. lafc.; vaginis — subomnibus laminiferis — membra- 

 naceis, fissis ore antico truncato-subauriculatis ; spica terminalt 

 magna (in anthesi 2y^ poll, alta 8 lin. lata) continua densa e 

 spicularum fasciculis nonnulUs (4) longe bracteatis constructa; 

 spiculis androgynis parte superiore valde attenuata masculis, 

 confertis bracteis foliaceis faltis elongatis, infimis 9 — 6 pollic; 

 squamis tnagnis conformibus late ovalibus breviter lanceolato- 

 angustatis e carina flavida mucronulatis margine lato hyalino- 

 membranaceo albido circumdatis , disco ferrugineo ■• castaneis 

 nitidulis; utriculo juvenili oblongo, basi constricto, brunneo, in 

 rostrum amplam viridi-flavidum ore profunde bifidum parum 

 attenuate ; stigmatibus 3 validis exsertis. — Carici macrocephalae 



proxime affinis. 



(Herb. Mus. Berolin.) 



In insula Warekauri (Chatham) leg. Krull. 



22. C rubescms. 



Rhizomate brevissimo, fibrillis paucis ingidis; culmis plu- 

 ribus strictis firmis foliosis IVa — 1 ped. alt. vix ultra lineam 

 diam. compresso-triquetris striatis ad angulos serrulato-persca. 

 bris; fol. latiusculis remotis erectis herbaceo-rigidulis viridibus 

 longiuscule angustato-acuminatis planis margine carinaque den- 

 tato-scabris, superioribus paucis longioribus culmum subaequanti- 

 bus 3Va — 27j 1. lat.; vaginis dilutissime purpureis antice tenui- 

 membranaceis rubro-punctatis ; spiculis 6 — 5 purpurascentibus 

 in culmi apice perfcenai parum distanfcibus pedunculatis pendulis 

 conformibus ac subaequalibus cylindraceis obtusis densifloris 

 l*/a — 27a poll. long. 2Va lin- lat., suprema androgyna basi ma- 

 scula, reliquis foemineis; pedunculis setaceis rhachique univer- 

 sal! aculeolato-scaberrimis ; bracteis infimis (3) foliaceis elon- 

 gatis, 8—3 poll, long.; squamis subconformibus membranaceis 

 sordide stramineis cuneiformibus ex apice excise scabro-aristatis; 

 utriculis rufo-purpurascentibus squamae aristam subaequantibus 

 valde compressis ovalibus plano-convexis superne breviter an- 

 gustatis vix evidenter rostellatis ima basi truncatis brevissime 

 stipitatis sesquilineam long, rufo-purpurascentibus purpureo- 

 punctulatis punctulisque elevatis minutissimis dense 'obtectis; 

 car. rufula laxe inclusa utriculi dimidium vix superante orbi- 

 culatO'Ovali basi contracta lenticulari-compressa longe valideque 



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