346 
6—8 Hin. long. 1 lin. lat 9— 15-floris; squamis remotis 
apice patulis elongato-oblongis convexinsculis, seperne cari- 
nulatis, infra apicem subbidentieulatum minute mucronatis, 
dorso sub 7 nervato-striatis viridi-siramineis lineolisque 
pallide fuseis; sqnama infima vacna acuminata, altera obtusa; 
rkacheola tenui vix flexuosa latiusenle alata; filamentis elon- 
gatis longe persistentibus; caryopsi oblonga trigona apice 
obtusissima subtilissime densissimeque striato -punctulata 
fusea stylo profunde trifido coronata. 
C. hemisphaericus Beklr. in Regensb. Fl, 1859 p. 439. 
Mozambique (Peters.). 
272. C. strigosus L. 
Laete virens. Radice fihrosa; culmis plaribus v. soli- 
tariis 2— " ped. long. robustis v. gracilibus rigidis triangu- 
lis lateribus leviter excavatis ima basi tuberascentibus ; foliis 
pluribus subremotis alternis, snperioribus culmo longioribus, 
longe acuminatis planis, ® — 3 lin. lat, marginibus carinaque 
spinuloso -seaberrimis supra saepe strigosis; inrolncro 6—4- 
phylio, phyllis extimis valde elongatis, non raro suprapedali- 
bus; umbella simpliei v. composita multiradiata, vadiis erecto- 
patalis, 1—3, raro 5—6 poll, longis; 'ramis corymbosis pa- 
tentissimis brevibus bractea setacen e/ongata munitis; spicis 
eylindrieis obtusis subpollicaribus; spieulis copiosis (diseis in- 
sidentibus) distichis vonfertis patentissimis (hand reflexis) 
reetis lanceolato -Iinearibus Zonge acuminatis subcompressis 
3-68 Hin. long. %—% lin, raro 1 lin. latis, 6—14-Ho- 
ris; squamis adpressis deinde patulis oblongo -lanceolatis infra 
apicem obiusiusculum vix evidenter mucronulatis, obsolete 
7-nerviis, carina acutiuscula viridi, lateribus stramineo-ru- 
Fescentibus, aureis v. raro fuscescentibus caryopsi squama 
plus duplo breviore Zineari-oblonga ohtuse triaugulari api- 
