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breviter stipitata apice extremo obliqua, punctulata casta- 

 nea, styli validi basi incrassata terminata. 



C. polycephala Boott, 4. t. 12. — Hook, et Thorns, 

 hb. Ind. orient. 



Sikkim, alt. 9—10000 ped. 



146. C. Myosurus N. ab E. (emend.) 

 Rbizomate elongate- lignoso ; culmo folioso stricto pluri- 

 pedali valido suraum satis attenuato obtuae triangulari 

 apieem versus subscabrido; foliis virentibus perhngis la' 

 tisve tenacibus planis nervosis marginibus ae superfieie 

 perscabris, 2y 2 — 5 lin. latis; vaginis basilaribua appro xi- 

 matis membranaeeis ferrugineis v. purpureo-fuseis; pani- 

 cula Iongissima (2— 1-pedali) laxa apice nutante superne 

 continua interne interrupta; rhaehi universali tenui glabra 

 saepissime laevi parte superiore flexuosa; paniculis pro- 

 priis saepiss. solitariis exserte pedunculatis apice cernuis, 

 v. simpliciter plurispiculatis v. interdum ramosis; brac- 

 teis foliaceis vaginantibus elongatis et supremts spiculas su~ 

 perantibus; bracteolis parvia subrotundis amplectentibus 

 cuspidatia ; spiculis alternis subfasciculatis elongatis graci- 

 libus saepiss. curvatis cylindraceis multifloris, parte mascu- 

 la elongata acuminatis, 2 — 1 poll, longis V/ 3 — 2 lin. eras- 

 sis ; squamis pellucido- membranaeeis subquadrifariam 

 dense imbricatis oblongo - ovatis oblongisve acutatis mucro- 

 natisce, mu crone pertenui longo v. brevi, scabro, masculis 

 ferrugineis, foemineis stramineo-rufescentibua; ntriculis 

 squamas aequantibua iisque parum longioribua membrana- 

 eeis viridulis 2 lin. long, ellipsoideis utrinque attenuatia, 

 basi parum obliquis, obtuse triangulis obsolete nervatis 

 laevibus v. superne seabriusculis, margiuibus superne 



serratis, rostro brecimmtfo saepius levitev recurvo ' biden-. 



