292 
Aegypins: Damiette, Rosette (Ehrenlerg), ad Bachr -el- 
Jussuf in prov. Fajum (Steudner). 
218. €. sphacelatus Rotth. 
Viridis; radice fihrosa; stolonihus nullis; enlmis pluribus 
basi vix parum crassioribus (rariss. nodoso -inerassatis) 6 — 
12 poll. longis erectis triangularibus non raro pl. m. com- 
pressis tuneque infirmis, latere uno canaliculatis; foliis pau- 
eis culmo saepe breviorihus herhaceis v. interdum rigidulis 
plauis 1—2 lin. latis marginihus scahris v. laevibns; invo- 
lucro 3—4-, raro 5-phylio erecto, phyllis inferioribus um- 
bella pluriradiata Tongioribus, interdum valde elongatis, ad 10 
— 12 poll. long. ; ochreis radiorum aristatis Y. non raro nu- 
dis; radiis patulis tennibus, longioribus 1—®-, raro 3-pollic., 
non raro 3—5-ramosis; ramis lateralibus hrevibus sessili- 
busque, interdum elongatis, patentihus, braectea subelongata 
angusie lineari munitis, plerisque 3—4- stachyis, apicalibus 
7-- 10-stachyis; spiculis remotis saepe patentihus v. diver- 
gentibus, interdum omnibus fasciculatis suberectis, lineari- 
laneeolatis acutinseulis paulo compressis 3—6 lin, long. % 
Jin. lat, 6— 18-ileris; squamis arete imbricatis, fructiferis 
laxe adpressis, interdum apice patulis, late oblongis v. ova- 
tis subobtusis, quandoque obsolefe mucronatis, 7—9-nerriis, 
dorso pallide viridibus, lateribus sordide stramineis, interdum 
macula atrorubente angusta motatis; caryopsi parva squama 
', breviore obovato- subellipsoidea breviss. apicata trique- 
tra, lateribus excavatis, subtiliter retieulata v. punetulata 
brumer v. fusca, nitidula; stylo cum stigmatibus subtilihns 
vix exserto; filamentis parım elongatis angustis; rhacheola 
Nexuosa compressa marginata. 
C. sphucelatus Rottb. 1, c. 26. Vahl, 341. Kunth, 63, 
— 6. Balbisii ej. ibid. — Ü. nemorosus Meyer Fl. Esseg. 31. 
