ped. alt., triquetris, lateribus striatis infra apicem ad an- 
gulos scabridis, basin versus paucifoliatis; foliis eanali- 
eulatis acutiusculis, margine subtiliss. serratis, culmo ple- 
rumque brevioribus (4—15 poll. long.); vaginis arctis sub- 
tiliter nervosis, inferioribus nudis v. breviter foliatis; spi- 
cula saepiss. nuda primum lineari- perangusts, postes 
oblonga acuta, 21/;—4 lin. longa (8—11 lin. 1,,"Boott), fru- 
etifera 11/, lin. eirc. lata; squamis minutis chartaceis con- 
formibus late oblongis v. subovatis, obtusis v. acutiuseulis 
flavidis ferruginescentibus, carina viridi trinerviis, infima 
interdum cuspidata; utrieulis squamas parum excedentibus 
oblique divergentibus ovato -ellipsoideis (v. lanceolatis, 
Boott) triangularibus, in rostrum angustum breviusculum org 
integrum sensim attenuatis, nervosis viridus. 
C. rara Boott 1. e. 44. t. 109. 
Ceylona (Thwaites, no. 3080). Bengalia (Griffith, 
no. 6102.) 
26. C. ceapillacea Boott. 
Radice fibrosa capillari; culmis numerosis faseiculatis 
capillaribus 4—-11 poll. alt. leviter flexuosis odsolete qua- 
drangulis superne scabridis, basi paucifoliatis; foliis setaceis 
culmo brevioribus planiusculis apice marginibus vix sca- 
bridis; spicula abbrevieta subovata 3— fin. longa parte 
mascula subulata tenerrima, foeminea 11/,—2 lin. lata; 
squamis conformibus perminutis chartaceis ferrugineis ova- 
tis obtusis uninervüs; utriculis minutis squama longioribus 
patentissimis Zeviter recurvis ovatis v. late oblongis, antice 
planis postice alte convexo-obtusangulis, rostro brevi ac 
angusto ore integro, plurinervatis ferrugineis resinoso - pun- 
ctatis. 
C, eapillacea Boott 1. e. 44. t. 110. 
Sikkim alt. 10—12000 ped. (J. D. Hooker). 
