56 
Aegyptus. Syria. Armenia. Grusia. Mont. Pontici. Afghani- 
stan. Prom. b. spei. Novo-Mexico. 
** Spica basi bracteata. 
46. C. bractcosa Kunze. 
Rhizomate elongato descendente v. repente duro pen- 
nam anserinam tenuem v. gallinaceam crasso nodoso apice 
subramoso, vaginis dissolutis brunneis obtecto, fibrillis 
validis fuscis; culnıis erectis firmis filiformibus setaceisque 
11-2 poll. alt. triangulis sulcatis laevibus supra basin 
vaginatam plurifoliatis; foliis confertis rigidulis v. molliori- 
bus culmum saepius superantibus latiusculis longe angustato- 
acuminatis carinato-planis laete viridibus 1'/,,—"/, lin. lat. 
» margine subtiliter spinulosis; spica ovata v. late oblon- 
ga obtusa 6—12 lin. longa; spieulis confertiss. abbreviatis 
apice masculis; bracteis inferioribus binis foliaceis 1,— 
2i/, poll. long., superioribus squamiformibus euspidatis; 
squamis membranaceo -chartaceis late ovatis acutatis 
breviss. mueronatis uninerviis viridi-stramineis rufescen- 
tibus; utriculis squama longioribus 2 lin. long. ovatis 
sensim in rostrum breviusculum bidentatum attenuatis, 
plano - convexis, basi coriucev-inerassatis, angulis prominen- 
tibus v. — si mavis — anguste marginatis, dorso multi-, 
ventre paueistriatis, subtiliss. celluloso-punetatis rufe- 
scenti-stramineis, rostro marginibus sparsim spinuloso; 
earyopsi arcte inclusa lenticulari-compressa orbieulato - 
ovata breviter stipitata obsolete marginulata laevi vix con- 
spicue lineolata luteo - ferruginescente; stylo longe persi- 
stente basi aequali. 
C. bracteosa Kunze 1. e. 12. t. 2. f. 2. — Boott, 180. 
— Poeppig. eoll. no. 244, 249, 251. — Cuming. hb. 
