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ioTolncri folits Iribii!^ f*apitn)o brerioribas Jir longioribns; spi- 

 calis 10 ~0 in rnlmi apirf^ rapitAlo-oggrcgatifi lato*oMongia 

 obtiims TaWe eompreAsis 40 — 30-floris (10 — 5 lin- long., 

 2 \m. tat.); sqaamia membranaceis dense imbriratis apice 

 patnlifl ovato - Unceolatis sobrer nrralo - mofronatis , sopfrne 

 acute rarinati^ , striato - nervosis » lalf nbus pnrpnrascenlihns, 

 dorso apiceqiif ferrngiiieia; raryopsi sqnama Iripio brevrorf 

 latp ohovata^ basi parum allenaala, Iriqnetra hrevissme api- 

 cata snblilissimf pnnf'tata ferrnginea; stjlo hand exserto apic« 

 irifido; stain. 3. 



C. rubicundus Vahl Ennm. \L 308. — Knnth, 49. — 

 C. Teneriffae Poir. ^ Roem. et Srlinlt. SjaU 11. «09. — 

 C <er«i^ Willd, hfth. no* 1296. — C- petraeun Hochst, in 

 Metz. pi, Ind. or* do, t293 (forma minor). 



Tenoriffa, Abyssinia. (Schimp. pK Abjss. seel; III. n. I83< 

 Edit« Hohenaclc. n. 234O4) From. bon. spei, India or. 



Dense raespitosns; colmis setaceis infirmis 3 — 2 poll, 

 long, compresso-triangnlis basin versns ramosis ibiqne radi- 

 canlibus; foHis pniieis culmo brevioribus aQgiislissimis com- 

 pliralis laevibus; Tasinis ampliatis mnltinerrosis ; spiralis 5 

 — I in cnlmi apire fascirnlato-aggregatis sessilibus ovaio-^ 

 oblongis satis eompressis 3 — 4 lin, iong*^ circ, 2 /m. iat^s 

 16 — 8-florh; foliis 6nralibus 2—3 bafit dilatatis, infimo 

 spirnlas dopio triplovf^ superaitte; squamis magnis patentibnn 

 ovato- oblongis longe arnminatis dorso sobseplemnerviis riri- 

 dihns, margrne hjaJino- pallidis, intt'rdnm sangnineo-rarie- 

 gaiis, arumine sqnamam snbaeqnanle recurvato-patttlo; ra- 

 ryopsi Bqiiama fere iripIo brevior** orbictfiato - eHiptica aeu- 

 tato - mucronata y angulis prominentihus peracutis^ grannlis 

 pnnctutisqne impreasis minntis obteeta, fnseescente; stylo tix 



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