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granulata, grauolis interdam albtdis, rnbiginoBa squama 

 fere triplo brevioref stjio exserto; stam. S, ioterdum 1. 



€• Olfersianus Kunth I. c. p. 10. — C. in^rmm Sehtfld.f 

 in 8ch«d. (fide Nees). — Pycreus injirmua N. ab E. Cyper.' 

 brasil. p. 8. — C- propinquua Schrad. iu sched. — Pycreus 

 propinquua N. ab E. I. c. 7. — C. setiformis Schrad. in herb. 

 B«g. Berol. — C. ambt'guiia Liebm. Halrgr. p. 11. — C. 

 melanostachyus r. pallida Sehldl, in colt. pi. Mexican. 



/}. Majcimilianu Infloresceatia contractaf sptenlis fla- 

 Tescentibns; carjopsi orbiculato - obovata apice rotunrtata, 



C. Maximtliani Schrad, in litl. -- Pt^creus N* ab G* 



Brasilia. Mexico. 



y, Elatior. Culmo sesquipedali; iimbcllHe radiis 9ub- 

 loDgioribus, usque ad sesqiiipollicem longift; spieiilis niimfrasisj 

 congestis angnstioribus brevioriljusve ; raryopsi obloiigo -' 

 elliptica breviler apicata, haud luucronata. 



Cuba (Kamon dc la Sagra). Oaxaca (Franco). 



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Yiridulus; radice fibrosa capillari; culmis pliiribus iofir-' 

 mis (10 — 8 poll, long.) compressis infra apJcem vix triango-' 

 laribos, latinsculis (%liii. la(<) basi monophifUh; foliis culmo 

 ittolto breTJoribns angnstis earinato-complicatis sursum roar*' 

 ginibns remote deuticulalis; floralibns 3 umbellam 5—3- 

 radiatam parnm superantibus; radiis 3 — S iiiterioribns ses- 



silibus reliquis biuis I — 1^2 P^"' ^9*? oiDinbus5 — 6-$tach/rst' 

 spicniis nitidulis patentibus non raro usque ad poiiicem ion- 

 gi9t IV2 -^ 1 i^^' ^^^^ Imearibiis arutinscnlis; rhachi^ola 

 latiuscula subflejtvosa^ foveis subrnuiformibus; squamis nu^ 

 merosissimis dense imbricatis lato-ovatis strami neo -fusee seen- 



libdB, carina rix viridula (rinerviis, superioribus minntissime 



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