w 
lin. lat. sarsum margine vix denticnlatis; involaori eröphylii 
foliis patentissimis defexisve setaceo-acuminatis, exterioribus 
binis elongatis, 5-10 poll. longis; umbella subcapitato- 
eontracta pluriradiata (1 — ®', poll, diam.); radiis Brevissı- 
mis sessilibusgue saepius ramosis, ramis sessilibus approxi- 
matis minnte bracteatis, terminalibns polystachyis, lateralibus 
oligostachyis; spienlis spicatim dispositis dense confertis pa- 
tentissimis linenribus acutis primo leviter compressis serius 
teretiusculis 6—4— 3 lin. long. vix lineam latis 16— 10- 
raro 8-—-6-floris; squamis subcoriaceis approximatis apice 
subpatulis ovato-elliptieis v. raro oblongo-lanceolatis, infra 
apicem obtusun v. acatinsculum brevissime mucronatis, na- 
vieulari-converis, apice carinalis, 9— 11-nervsis, strami- 
neis fuscoque v. rufo-aut purpnreo-variegatis, v. purpureo- 
eoncoloratis; squamis binis bractealibas parvis obtusissimis 
in disco spieularam depresso longe persistentibus; caryopsi 
parva squama dimidio breviore obovato-ellipsoidea brevissime 
acutata triangulari Zeviter compressa applanato - punctulata 
nigra nitidula; stylo profunde fisso exserto; filamentis elon- 
gatis diu persistentibus; rhacheolae alis latiusculis diaphanis 
albis v. fuscescentihus. i 
€. glaucus Steud, Syn. p. 42 (speciei forma major). — 
C. drizaeus Vahl, 316. (v. frustul, pl.; Kunth, 81, nec Ri- 
ehard, 
St. Thomas (C. Ebrenberg). Cnba (Ram de la Sagra). 
#. Gracilis; culmo strieto subpedali foliis latiuscalis 
erectis breviore; umbellse radiis tenuibus patulis vix ramogis, 
exterioribus parum elougatis, "a--%4 poll. long.; spieulis pau- 
eioribus subdistichis patentissimis refexisve. 
€. Paramatta Balb. in herb. Bertervan. — GC. sungui- 
weus ej. in C. Spreng. herb. 
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