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eomprtsm abru'pte brevi-rostratis, ore bifidis, scaberrimis 

 subenerviis, margine ser?*afis, pallidis. 



C. composita Boott> 3. t. 8. — Hook, et Thoma. Herb. 

 Ind. or. — Griffith, hb. no. 6080. 



Bengalia orient. Khasia, alt 4—5000 ped. 



141. C. crassipes Bckl. 

 Radicis fibrillia longis validis hirtis e culmibasi valde 

 incrassata (digitum minimum erassa) ortis; culmo abbreviate 

 strieto pextenni obtuse triangulari laevi basi multifoliato 

 c. parte florida 5 — 6-pollicari; vaginis confertis chartaceis 

 ferrugineo -purpureis fissis mbtiliss, nercatis nitidis^ inferio- 

 ribus brevioribus efoliatis; foliia saturate viridibus culmo 

 longioribua coriaceo -rigidis inaequalibus longe setaceo- 

 attenuatis carinato- plains apice flexuosis, marginibss ser- 

 ratis, dorsosuperne asperis, 7 — 14 poll, longis, Vf% — 2 X \ X 

 lin. latis; spiculis soUtarns termtim fasdcu^atis inaequa- 



liter exserte pedunculatis stricte erectis rectisque lineari- 

 bus ; in anthesi) parte mperiore mascula par urn inrrassutis, 

 11 — 9 lin. long. 1 — iy 2 lin. lat; fasciculis paucis (3), su- 

 perioribus contiguis, infimo remoto, omnibus bractea folia- 



cea vaginata spiculas superante rnunitis ; pedunculis 

 capillarihis triangulis laevibus v. setulosis; squamis ron- 

 formibus tenui-membranaceis elongato-ovatia lanceolatis- 

 ve acutiusculis sabtiliter aridatu carinatis dorso fm-co - pur- 

 pureis margine Into albo-hyalvio circumdatis y utriculis ju- 

 venilibus (squama multo brevior.) angustis oblo^go-linea- 

 ribus triangulis palMis subtiliss. striatis ad angulos spi- 

 nuloso-ciliatis, ore profande fissis; stigmatibus longe exser- 

 tis tenuibus ferrugineis glanduloso-birtellis; antheris apice 

 cristatis. — Herb. Griffith, no. 6086. 

 Himalaja orient 



