C. incompletus Link Hort. 1. 319 (excl. synon.) Ma- 
riscus patulus Schrad. in Nees. Cyp. Bras, p. 47. Marisc, 
longiradiatus Liebm. 1. c. p 44 (forma radiis valde elon- 
gatis). 
Mexico. Brasilia, 
289. €. Meyenlanus Kunth, 
Intense viridis v. raro glaucescens. Badice fihrosa; cul- 
mo stricto 1—%-pedali pennam gallinaceam erasso triqueiro 
lateribus sulcatis striatisque, basi hand tuberascente sed tumi- 
änlo ibique plurifoliato; foliis onlmo brevieribus herbaceis 
approximatis vix nitidulis, planis @ - 3 lin. lat. margine sur- 
sum cosfa nerrisque scabris, subtus pallidiorihus; wumbella 
multi- (10-—15-) radiata, radiis ereeto - patentibus patentissi- 
misque subsetaceis compressis simplicihus v. apice 3 - 5-ra- 
mosis, plurimis subaegquilongis, 1—®-, raro 3-pollic., paucis 
centralibus illis multo brevioribus; ramis inferioribeus binis 
patentissimis seisceis (spica excepta) 5-6 Hin. long. brastea 
lineari-setacea elongata manitis, saperioribus brevioribus 
erecto -patulis; ochreis subancipitibus apice biaristatis, aristis 
longiuseulis spinuloso -eiliatis; spieis eylindraceis obtusis 4. — 
"s poll, 4—6 Hin. lat, mnlti- (25—50-) spicnlatis; involuero 
6-10-phyllo, phyllis patentibus, plarimis umbella multo lon- 
gioribns; spienlis (mox deciduis) Zare confertis patentissimis 
linearibus perangustis acuminatis vix supra ‘Y lin. latis, 
primo leviter compressis, suhbflexuosis, fraetiferis angulatis 
sabartioulatis, 3—%Yr lin. long. 5—3-floris, subomnibus ca- 
pillaceo-bracteatis; squamis chartaceis remotis dense ad- 
pressis elongato -oblongis acutiusculis muticts lateribus sub- 
tiliter 8 -nerviis pallidis sangineo- lineolatis, margine albidis, 
carina viridi; earyopsi squama "s breviore Zineari-oblonga 
triangulari apieata pnnetulato-scabriuscula pallide eastanea ; 
