337 
®. Caespitosus. Culmis plnribus adscendentibus dense 
caespitosis brevihus tenuibasgue; capitulis solitariis globosis, 
Abyssinia. Guinea. Seba (Barter). Prom, bon, spei. Mo- 
zambique. Madagascar. Mauritius. Penins, Ind. or. Ma- 
laeca. Ceylon, 
%?2. €. variegatus Bckler. 
Viridis. "Radice fihrosa, fibris validulis multiramulosis ; 
culmis solitariis v. plaribus 1%—4 poll. alt. pennam colum- 
binam vix erassis triangularibns striatis leviter compressis 
basi bulboso-inerassatis vaginisque brunneis nervosis vestitisz 
foliis eulmo brevioribus v. longioribns membranaceis flacei- 
dulis semilineam eirc. latis setaceo-acuminatis planis versus 
apicem marginibus patenti-spinnlosis; floralibus 3—5 paten- 
tissimis v. reflexis hasi dilatatis, longioribus ®—3 poll. lon- 
gis; spieis subternis capitatim aggregatis subrotundis 3—5 
lin. Iat.; spiculis aumerosis erecto - patentibus oblong o-v. 
ovato - lauceolatis acutis leviter compressis subquadrifloris, 
braetea lanceolata acuminata ipsis plerumque breviore munitis; 
squamis approximatis tenni-membranaceis e lato-ovato sub- 
lanceolatis obtusis mutieis v. minute mucronatis, carinatis, 
lateribus tenniter 10—8-nerriis stramineo-flavidis sanguineo- 
variegatis; caryopsi squama ‘ss; breviore oblonga trian- 
gulari apiee obtusa mutica granulato-punctulata fusca; siylo 
longe persistente profunde diviso, stigmatibus exserlis re- 
flexisve. 
Mariscus Schimperi Hochst, in mss. — Rich. 1, c. 490. 
Steud. Syn. 6%. M. plateilema Steud. 1. c. — Schimp. herh. 
Abyss. sect. I. 173, seot. II. 578, 588, 1363. 
8. Atrosanguineus. Culms humiliori %-—-6 - unciali, 
spieulis ®—4-floris atropurpureo - variegatis. — M. atro- 
3.64, 3.Hieh. ” 
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