bus eulmo longioribus v. parum brevioribus anguste linea- 
ribus planis longe angustato-acuminatis, marginibus sub- 
tiliss. serratis, 11/,—'/, Yin. lat.; spiea simpliei subeylin- 
drica interrupta e spieulis 5 —3—6 composita */4—2 poll. 
longa, 2—3 lin. lata; spieulis pluri - v. paucifloris apice 
masenlis sub anthesi oyatis tardius subrotundis, superiori- 
bus 2—3 saepius configuis, reliquis m. m. remotis; bra- 
eteis infimis binis foliaceis subelongatis setaceis, infima basi 
dilatatis, perscabris, superioribus squamiformibns euspidatis ; 
squamisAhyalino -membranaceis albis, foemineis orbieulafo-ova- 
tis rotundato - obtusis, infima aeutata submucronata ; utrieulis 
pallide viridibus membranaceis basi spongiosis, divergentibus 
squama multo longioribus 1'y—1?/, lin. long. ovalibus sen- 
sim in rostrum breviusculum ac Zatiuseulum vbtuse biden- 
Zatum attenuatis plano-convexis obsolete nervatis, superne 
margine rerurvis aculis spinulosis; caryopsi ovata obtusa 
infima basi eontraeta lentieulari- compressa plano -conve- 
xiuseula obsolete punctata pallida; stylo brevi basi eonico- 
inerassato, stigmatibus brevibus curvatis. 
©. rosea Schk. f. 179. -— Booit, 81. t. 223, (var. minor) 
224. — Sartwell, no. 24. 
ß. Radiata (Dewey); culmis tenerrimis, spienlis pau- 
eis paneifloris squamisque subaentis: C. disperma Kunze 
(nee Dew.), 131.1.39. --- C. rosea y. radiata Boott, t. 225. 
-- C. quaternaria Spreng. herb. 
America septentr. 
?ı. C. retroflexa Mühlb. 
Caespitosa; radiee fibrosa tenui; eulmis filiformibus 
firmulis 16-4 poll. alt. usgue ad apicem obtusangulis, hand 
