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subangulata apice obtusissima; stylo exserto profunde trifide 
ferrugineo. 
C. Berteri Kunth, 67. — C. prolirus Balh. in hb. Ber- 
teroano. 
America meridion. ad flum. Magdalenae. 
235. €. Hookeri Beklr. 
Lutescens. Radice fibrosa, fihrillis crassis spongiosis 
fuscis; culmo 3 —4-pedali trigone duro superne 2% lin., 
inferne digitum minimum crasso, versus basin tumidam vagi- 
nis foliatis fissis rigidis atropurpureis tanicato; foliis culmo 
brevioribus coriaceo -rigidis longissime angustatis, basi com- 
plicatis ibigue 6 — 7 lin. latis sursum marginibus carina ner- 
visque subserralatis; involucro 6—-8-phylio, phyllis exterio- 
ribus (4) elougatis, pedem et supra longis, interioribus multo 
brerioribus angustioribusgue; umhella composita multi — 
(14-) radiate, radiis validis patentibus trigonis, exterioribus 
(8) umbelluliferis 4--5 poll. long., reliquis brevioribus in- 
divisis v. pauciramosis; ochreis radierum Ys --- Y poll. long. 
haud ampliatis reete truncatis postice in acumen brevem 
laneeolatum productis, antice tenui-membranaceis, carina ob- 
solete serralatis; umbellulis 7 — 4-radiatis, radiis patentibus 
usque ad basin spicato-polystachyis; involucellis subhexa- 
phyllis parentissimis umbellulis brevioribus; ochreolis bre- 
vissimis breviter acuminatis; spieis eylindraceis L—1'"h 
poll. long. 5 Zen. lat.; spieulis confertis patentissimis lineari - 
oblongis subancipitibus 3—3'r Tin. long., fructiferis supra 
lineam latis, 8-——10-floris, bracteolis acuminatis in discis 
longe persistentibus praeditis; squamis tardius petulis ob- 
longo - elliptieis acuminato-mucronatis, muerone validulo ob- 
tuso, Juteo- Inscescentibus dorso viridulis ferrugineo -lineolatis, 
carina superne prominula; caryopsi squama eirc. ’s breviore 
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