333 



dibus elongato ~ oblongis compresso - triquetris longe rostra- 

 tis bicuspidatis paucinerviis superne margine serratis cete- 

 rum laeoibus. 



C. Walkeri Arnott. — Boott, 2. t. 4. 



Java (alt. 3—5000 ped.) Ceylona (Thwaites, no. 2751). 



145. C. polycephala Boott. 



Plurieulmis j rhizomate brevissimo, fibrillis rigidulis 

 fuseis; culmis strietis subabbreviatis, pedalibns, rigidisob- 

 tusangulis laevibus basi foliosis; foliis culmum superanti- 

 bus firmis sursum perlonge angustatis dorso perasperis, 

 4c l [ 2 ~ 2 l / 2 lin. lat.; panicula gracili subnutante laxa sub- 

 continua pedem circ. alta e ramorum fasciculis 4 — 5 re- 

 motis composita; rhachi valida recta obtusa triangulari 

 laevi latere uno can alicu lata, bractearuro vaginis perrigi- 

 dis longiuscnlis parum ampliatis partim vestita; ramis 

 pluribus v. numerosis — basilaribns interdum solitariis 

 valde elongatis ■ — ' capillari - setaeeis valde inaequalibus, 

 brevioribus numeroMoribus monostachjis , longioribus apice 

 pluriramuhsis nutantibus; bracteis foliaceis valde elongatis 

 panicula multo longioribus; bracteolis minutis caginantibus 



ex apice membranaeeo cuspidatis; spiculis magnis in ra- 

 mis ramulisque solitariis lato- oblongis acutis leviter com- 

 pressis laxiuseulis 7 — 10 lin. long. 3 — 3 i /. 2 lin. lat. multi- 

 floris, floribus paueis apicalibus masculis ; squamis confor- 

 mibus pellucido-stramineis coneoloribus basi amplectenti- 

 bus oblongo-v. ovato - lanceolatis acuminatis; utriculis squa~ 



mas aequantibus patentibus rectis subbilinealibus membra- 

 naceis olivaeeis ovalibus obtuse triangulis in rostrum Ion- 

 gum ac latum ore membranaeeo bilobo demum fisso atte- 

 nuates, obsolete nervatis granulato - punctatis laevibus gla- 

 brisve; caryopsi perarete inclusa late ellipsoidea triquetra 



