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lineam Crassis ad sesquidem altis, basin versus vaginatis; 
vaginis remotis longiuseuks striatis brunnescenti-ferrugineis, 
inferioribus e medio cuspidatis, suprema lamina brevi, yy — 
1-pollicari, perangusta lineari subulato - acuminata, supra 
convexiuscula sulcato-striata, subtus subplana, sursum mar- 
gine scabrida; spiculis ovatis v. late oblongis lanceolatisve 
leviter compressis 4— 3 lin. long. 21/,—2 lin. latis, bra- 
eteis duabus suffultis; his spieulam superantibus (9—5 lin. 
long.) foliiformibus ereetis perrigidis subpungentibus, basi 
fusco-marginatis, margine scabris; squamis foemineis per- 
sistentibus rigidis ovalibus ferrugineo - fuscis margine 808- 
rioso pallidiore subtiliss, eiliatis, e dorso crassiusculo striato 
stramineo mucronatis, infimis vacuis subwlato-cuspidatis; 
utrieulo squama parum breviore albido ovali breviter sti- 
pitato obtuse triangulart abrupte breviss. rostrato, ore le- 
viter emarginato, Aörtello, margine laterali viridulo, 11% — 
12/, lin. longo ; stylo profunde trifido; filamentis elongatis 
subtilibus pallidis, antheris linearibus elongatis. 
©. setifolia? Philippi in sched. — Forma minor, cul- 
mis 2—6-pollie.: C. setifolia Phil. in pl. Chil. (non 
Kunze). 
Cordill. de Santiago Chili. 
38, C. setifolla Kunze. 
Glaucescens. Rhizomate elongato oblique adscendente 
apice subramoso, fibrillis validis rigidulis ; culmis numero- 
sis dense fasciculatis setaceo- fliformibus rigidis rectis 
v. eurvatis 18—8 poll. alt. teretiusculis subtiliss. striatis; 
vaginis membranaceis remotis fissis nervosis longiusenlis, 
inferioribus fusco -cinnamomeis aphyllis mueronafis supe- 
rioribus paueis (1—3) foliatis pallidioribus; foliis capillari- 
