sr 
C. venustus R. Br. Il. c. 73. — Kuuth, 68. Nees ab 
Esenb. in mss. — Sieb. Agrostoth. nr. Il. — Drege, coll. 
ar. 7387. — Ü. auricomus Sieb. herb. Aegypt. et Senegal. 
— Papyrus tuberiferus Schrad, fide Nees. herb. — C. ru. 
beröferus Stend. 1. c. 41. — C. rhaphiostachys Beklr. in 
Peters’ Reise n. Mozamb, p. 541. — Variat major, culmo 
altiore et erassiore, umbella decomposita, radiis radiolisque 
elongatis, involucellerum foliis anguste Iinearibus quam um- 
bellulae brevioribus: Papyrus spectabilis Schrad. Nees ab 
Esenb. 1. c. 58. — C. odoratus Willd. hb. ar. 1448 fol. 1. 
C. conspicuus Steud. 39. 
Aegyptus (Sieber, Ehrenb.). Senegal (Sieber, Afzelius), 
Nupe (Barter). Prom. bon. spei (Drege). Mozambique (Pe- 
ters). India or. Java. Brasilia (Berlandier, no. 2306). Nova 
Holland. (Sieber). 
„Pr. Exaltati. Spiculae spicato-dispositae oblongo - 
" Ianeeolatae compressae pluri - multiflorae. Squamae 
parvae approximafae adpressae subrotundae obtusae 
carinalae infra apicem mueronatae, suhbenervine. Ca- 
tyopsis minuta squama plus duplo brevior trigona v. 
interdum biconvexa, apienlata. Stigmata 3v.2. Rha- 
cheola compressa, internodiis hrevibus ‚foveatis. — Um- 
bella v. decomposita v. rarius vomposita, pleramque 
valde efformata. Spienlae subdistichae (3-—4-stichae) 
v. racemosae, ın. m. confertae. Ochrese elongatae, bi- 
euspidatae. 
'243. €. radiatus Vahl. 
Virens. Radice fibrosa; culmis suhplaribus 1—2', ped. 
longis strietis rigidis pennam gallinaceam v. anserinam cras- 
sis, angulis acutiuseulis v. obtasis, lateribus duobas saepe 
sulcatis, raro compressis, plurifoliatis, versus basin tumido - 
