9 
India orient.: Nepalia (Wallich, no. 3396, — no. 3387 
ex parte, fide Neesii); Sikkim, Mont. Khasia (alt. 46000 
ped.), Himal. bor. oecid. (alt. 6—8000 ped.), Hook. et 
Thoms., Himal. orient. (Griffith. kb. no. 6068). — Ceylona 
(alt. 7000 ped.). 
82. €. conferta Höchst. 
Rhizomate repente lignoso breviramoso vaginis disso- 
Intis brunneis tunicato pennam gallinaceam v. anserinam 
tenuem erasso; cıulmo erecto tenui subdebili 1-2'/, ped. 
alto triquetro plerumque pl. m. compresso superne angulis 
perscabro basin versus folioso; foliis glaucescenti-viridibus 
culmum non raro superantibus mollibus breviter v. longe 
angustato-acuminatis planis marginibus nervoque carinali 
subtiliter serratis 3—2 lin. Jatis; spica superne simpliei 
inferne composita, oblonga v. ovata aut subeylindracea 
obtusa continua (raro basi interrupta) densa v. inferne 
laxiuscula 1--1”/, poll. longa 4—7 lin. lata; spiculis 8— 
14 ovatis confertissimis apice masculis; spieis partialibus 
oblongis, infimis remotiusculis, bractea lineari angusta 
v. setacea basi auriculata carina serrata, brevi v. elongata, 
munitis; squamis membranaceis late ovatis acutatis v. raro 
obtusiuseulis mufieis pallide ferrugineis nervo viridi; utri- 
eulis membranaceis pallidis sessilibus squama parum lon- 
gioribus ac latioribus 12/,; —1'/, lin. long. sublanceolato- 
ellipsoideis v. subovatis in rostrum breve, apice truncato 
bidentatum v. integrum ferrugineo-brunneum sensim attenu- 
atis, plano - convexis marginibus leviter incurvis dorso medio 
trinervatis, subtiliss. celluloso-retieulatis, apicem versus 
anguste alatis serrato-spinulosis; caryopsi laxe -inclusa 
utrieulo multo minore ellipsoidea plano-convexa stipitata 
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