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157. C. bengalensis Koxb. 



.RMzom. elongato obliquo: eulmo stricto rigido 3 — 2- 

 jiedali supeme gracili, oltuse trian(/ulan \a,e\i multifoliato ; 

 foliis herbaceo-subtenacibus laete viridibus longe angu- 

 stato-acuminatis planis marginibus minutiss. serratis 4V2 

 — 2 ! /2 En, ( raro 6 lin.) latis, superioribus inflorescentiam 

 superantibus; panicula decompomta , ferrugineo-straminea 

 coucolori laxiuscula con tin n a (10—7 poll, alta); paniculis 

 partialibus (0 — 5) ambitu or«&> c. lato-omtis obtum demis 

 2— 3-pollic. multiramosis, superioribus approximatis, infi- 

 mis parum remotis, exserte pedunculatis : rbaehi primaria 

 superne ntodo ad angulos spinulosa v. serrata; peduncu- 

 lis solitariis validulis semicylindrieis margine scabridis, 

 infimis l 1 /* — 1-pollic; bracteis foliaceis longiuscule vagi- 

 natis, infimis paniculam subaequantibus, superioribus an- 

 gustissimis paniculis partialibus subaequilongis: bractearum 

 vaginis longiuse.ulis rigidis triangularibus snperne parum 

 ampliatis; ramig ramulisque sessilibus divarieatis v. inter- 

 dum contractus; spiculis parcis approximates patentibus 

 elongatis oblongis obtusis teretibus, floribus apicalibus 

 pluribus masculis foemineisqueyw^m basilaribus, 4 — 3— 2'/2 

 /in. lo/u/is,' bracteis ramulorum minutis subrofundis breci- 

 ter (interdum longe) cuspidatis birtulis; squamis pellu- 

 cido-membrauaceis stramineis fcrrugineo-lineolatis fate 

 oratis acntiusculis plerumque breviter mucronatis glabris 

 v. inferioribus hirtulis; utriculis sessilibus cbartaceis 

 squama parum longioribus 1"/ 10 lin^ longis sordide strami- 

 neis v. viridulis extus obsolete intus evidcnter purpureo- 

 maculatis v. ferrugineo-lineolatis, rectis v. recurvis ovali- 

 bus interdum obsolete- trigonis, stibtnfiatis abrupt e in ro- 

 strum breviuscuhini complanatum margine sparsim spinu- 

 losum ore membranaceo acute bidentatum v. interdum 



