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Tiridis r* raro glaoceseeDS; cQimo eubsolUario 1 — 2* 

 pedali et ultra robusto t* tenui, triquetro lateribus excaratis^ 

 versus basin saepius tuberoso-incrassatam fQ]iafo(raro rbizo* 

 mate subelongato inetructo); foliis cnlmo paulo brevioribus 

 berbaceis v. rigidnlis planis; inTolucro 4 — 8-pbyllo, pbyllis 

 pateDtibns, inferioribus saepius ralde elongatis, ad scsqui- 

 pedem longis; iuTolucellomm foliis 4 — 5 angnstis umbellulis 

 brerioribns; umbella decomposita v. raro GompoBita aut supra-* 

 deeojuposUa (3 — 16 polL alta) umbellulisque niultiradiatis: 

 radiis aniTersalibus «t partialibos patent! ssim is t. ereclis^ bis 

 umbellatO' r. eorjroboso-ramosjs; ot-breifi plemmqne bicaspi- 

 datis; radiornm ramis capillaribns brevibus t, elongatis spicn- 

 lisque inferionbns bractea capillari elougala iiiuiiitis, saepiuj 

 poiystachyis ; spicalis (eouissimis alternis jtpproximatis t. di^ 

 stantibus erectis t. palentissimis filiformibus teretinsculis 6 — 

 % raro 12 Ha. longts^ 16 — 8 — SO-floris; squamis m, m 

 remotis primo arete imbricalts serius patulis oblongis convex: 

 superne parnm dilatatis apice membranacfo-marginatis rotuu 

 dato -obtusjs, doreo viridi obsolete 5 — 3*nemf8, lateriba, 

 fusco-pnrpurascentibus r> fuscis; carjopsi squama paulo, rai 

 % breviore lijieari-obloaga Iriangulari apiculata reticulai 

 brilnneo-ciDerascente; stylo hrevi profuude diviso cum sti{ 

 matibus ferrugineo-punctulalis; rhacheola tenuissima fiexuoj 

 latiuscule alata. 



C. dhtans L. hi Vabl L r. 362. Kunth, 93. Nees a] 

 BseDb, Cjp, brasil. p. 40. — C- eialus Rottb. Grain, p. 3* 

 t. X, Wittd. herb. n. 1396- — C isquamtriaiu^ Slend^Sjn* 41 

 Wallieh, berb* 3366 b. e. Sieb, herb. Maurit. n. 13 et 18. 

 Dregei eoll n. 4431, 4435. Zolling. pi. Javau. 460. Boiriu, |^ 

 hb. 1011. Cuming, herb. Phitipp. n. 444. — Varial in steri*' 

 lioribas ealmo abbreviato, 5 — 6-pollican: C* grantiniwlus 

 Slend. J. c. -- Zolling. Verzeii-hu- p. 63. et herb. no. 459. 



Sierra Leone , Fernando Fo^ Prom, bon* spei, Mauritius, 

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