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filiformibus 3-11 poll, alt. triangulis sursum scabridis 
infra medium plurifoliatis; folijs rigidulis, superioribns - 
confertis guam infimo multo longioribus, perlonge angusta- 
to-acuminatis, carinatis tenuiter striatis, superne compli- 
satis, medio lineam cire. latis, margine subtiliter serratis; 
spica pallide ferruginea dass composit« v. rare simplici, 
oblongo - lanceolata acuta densa plerumque continua e 
spiculis saepiss. numerosis composita, 2—2!/, poll. longa 
5—7 lin. lata; spieulis confertis patentibus, illis spicarum 
partial. dense conglomeratis, oblongis, fructiferis late ova- 
tis, multifloris, 4 lin. eire, longis, superioribus maseulis, 
intermediüs androgynis, infimis foemineis; bracteis membra- 
naceis longiuscule cuspidatis, infimis non raro in folium 
setaceum spieulas superantibus attenuatis; squamis (mag- 
nis) tenui-membranaceis oblongo - ovato-lanceolatis acumi- - 
natis rufescentibus margine pallidioribus; utrieulis sguamis 
aequilongis eisque latioribus 2 Yin. longis coriaceis basi ro- 
tundata insigniter spongiosis late ovato -lanceolatis, bre- 
viter rostratis bieuspidatis compressis plano-convexis 
utringue sulcato -striatis denseque elevato - punctulatis 
margine superne late alatis, ala subtiliter spinuloso -ciliata, 
huteo vferruginescentibus, alis viridulis; caryopsi utrieulo 
multo minore abbreviato-ovata obtusa infima basi con- 
tracta compressa hine planiuseula illine subangulato - con- 
vexa, dense punctulata luteo-fusca nitidula, styli basi vix 
parum incrassata terminata; stygmatibus longe exsertis 
flexuosis. ' 
C. arenaria L. Sp. 2. 1881. — Schk. B. f. 6. — Hoppe 
et Sturm, A. 13. — Rehb. ic. 351. — Boott, I. 177 excl. 
varr. — Vignea Rchb. Fl. exs. no. 139. 
“ Germania. Gallia. 
