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depressissimis squamis infinis vacuis obtusissimis longe per- 
sistentibus einetis; sqnamis chartaceo -memhranaceis nitidulis 
densiuscule imbricatis et fructiferis leviter adpressis elon- 
gato-ovatis v. oblongis obtusiusen.is imfra apicem vix con- 
spicwe mucronalis dorso swbilliter sub-7nervatis, superne 
carinalis, sangnineo -fuscescentibus; caryopsi squama plus 
duplo breviore obovato-ellipsoidea mucronulata Ariangulari 
haud compressa punctulato - scabrida atrobrunnea nitidula; stylo 
exserto profunde diviso; rhacheola flexnosa late alata. 
C. planifolius Rich. Vahl 1. e. 354. — Kunth, 81. 
Indiae oceid. insul, St. Thomas et St. Craeis. 
276. €. Ottonis Bcklr. 
Laete virens, interdum glaucescens; subcaespitosus; ra- 
diee fihrosa tenni haud tuberifera; eulmo supra bipedali v. 
multo bhreviore pennam anserinam crasse triangulari, angulis 
obtnsiaseulis, lateribus leviter excavatis, basin versus malti- 
foliatis; foliis appreximatis culmo paulo longioribus coriaceo - 
tenacibus lougissime acuminatis carinulatis planis inferne 3—4 
lin. latis v. angustioribus, marginibus scabris; vaginis fusco - 
purpnrascentibus; involuere 6--4—2-phylio, phyllis exterio- 
rihus umbella duplo triplove longioribus, interioribus hre- 
vibus perangustis; umbella laxa 9-- 7-radiata, radiis pa- 
tentibus trigonis, intermediis brevibus, exterioribus eire, 3 
poll. Jong., omnibus saepe brachiato-ramosis; ramis appro- 
ximatis brevibus (quandogue iterum divisis) patentissimis bra- 
ctea minuta colorata munitis; spieulis confertis patentissi- 
mis jeviter compressis linearibus acutis 6 lin. long. 1 Fin. lat. 
8-10-floris; squamis scariosis remolis patulis' oblongo - 
lanceolatis suhacutis mucronulatis I—11-nerviis, carina acuta 
olivacea, lateribus fuscescentibus v. fusco - purpureis, vir ni- 
tidulis, infimis binis vacnis in disco persistentibus rotandato - 
obtusis; rhacheolae alis latiuseulis hyaline -membranaceis al- 
