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extremo teretiusculis, versus basin subbifoliatis; vaginis longis 
laxis tenui-membranaceis abrupte in laminam foliaccam 2—4- 
pollicarem acuminatam abenntibus; umbella suhsexradiata, ra- 
dis 1% —' poll. long., intermediis subsessilibus, subomnibus 
corymboso-ramosis; involueri foliolis 3— 4 nmbellam duplo 
tiiplove superantibus; ramis brevibus v. parıum elongatis ereoto- 
patulis; spiculis 8--5 densiuscule fascienlatis patentihus lineari- 
rv. oblongo-lanceolatis aculinsenlis v. obtusissimis compressis 
4—6-—-9 Iin. long. 1—1'% En. lat. multi-v. paucifloris; squa- 
mis (facile soluhilibus) membranaceis remotis, tardius totis 
liberis, oblongis, haud evidenter carinatis, apice rotundato- 
obtusis subretusis muticis obsolete 7—5-nerviis, nervis laterali- 
bus infra apicem evanescentibus, badiis v. hrunneis saepe atro- 
eastaneo-macnlatis, irregwariter marginnlatis, margine angusto 
hyalino undulato; rhacheola flexuosa anguste marginatu; 
earyopsi squama 's breviore oblongo-v. obovato-ellipsoidea 
triquetra mutica subtiliss. punetata fusca opaca; stylo exserto 
usque ad medium diviso; flamentis Flatis. — Cypero badio 
haud dissimilis. 
«. Major. Glauca-pallidus v. viridulus; culmo 3 —4-pe- 
daliz spienlis 15—25-foris. 
C. Schimperianus Steud. Syn. p. 34. -— C. longus 
Hochst. in sched. et Rich. I. c. 484. Schimp. herb. Abyssin. 
sect. I, 57. — C. esculentus Sieb. et C. elongatus ej. in hb. 
Aegypliac. ex parte. (Savi sub nomine Ü. Iriae misit.) 
Aegyptus. Nubia (G. Ehrenb.). Abyssinia. 
8. Minor. Glaueus; eulmo bipedali, inflorescentia depan- 
perata, spieulis 4—6-Iloris, 
C. esculentus Sieb. berb. Aegypt. ex parte. 
Aegyptus (Hartmann. — Raddi, sub nom, ©. tongi L.) 
