338 



Sikkim, alt 5—7000 pecL 



150. C decora Boott 



Culmo strictissimo subabbreviato (1 — 2-pedali) vali- 



dulo triangular! laevi patmfoliato ; foliis (culmeis) herba- 



ceo - tenacibus saturate viridibus opacis stricte erectis in- 



florescentiae apicem attiugente latwsculis planis sursum 



longe augustetis, supra aspens, marginibus subtusque 



nervo mediano alato ininutiss- serratis, 1—1 Va P e ^- long. 

 4 tin. latisf panicula gracili in anthesi erecta demuin 



subnutante eontinua laxiuscula e pedunculorum fascieillis 



pluribus (0) construeta pedem et ultra alta; rhaclii recta 



triangulari laevi; pedunculis huge exsertk capillari-seta- 



ceis inaequalibus laecibm^ uno elongato apice ramoso, re- 



liquis indivisis monostachyis: bracteis foliiformibus, iufi- 



mis valde elongatis, superioribue gradatim decreseentibus; 



spieulis fasciculatis gracilibus elongatis inaequalibus cylin- 



draceis 2 — 1 poll, long- *lineam cixc. crassis> phmmn 



masculu^ reliquis androgynis floribus superioribus maseu- 



lis praemlidh ; squamis magtm remotiusculb meinbrana- 



ceis elongato - oblongis obtusis mufieis v. fare titer mncrotm- 



tiS) apice rilMatw. disco castaneis, margine lato flavido 

 eircumdatis; filamentis antherisque ehtigatis, illis sijbtili- 

 bus albidis. — n Perigyniis elongatis triquetris elliptieis 

 basi attenuatis longe rostratis, ore byalino obliquo ciliato, 

 margine incurvo superne scabro, leviter striato-nervatis 

 fusco - olivaceis superne ferrugineo-punctatis." Boott 



C. decora Boott, 1% t 15* — Hook, et Thorns- hb. 

 Indie, or. 



Sikkim, alt 9- 12000 pcd. 



