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late ooaiis lanceolatisve acuminata subtiliter striatis; utri- 

 culis juvenilibus (majusculis) squamas excedentibus mem- 

 branaeeis flavo-virentibns superne ferrugineis, rectis v. 

 leviter rccurvis ovatis longe attenualo-rostratis triangulis 

 ncrvatis laecibus glabriue ore membranaeco oblique trun- 

 catu; stigm. 3 exsertis longis flexuosis ferrugineis. 



C. polystachya Willd. Sp. 4. 247 et herb. no. 17173, 

 — non WMb. — €. Humboldtiana Stead., 208- 



Nova Granada (Humboldt.) 



170. (X cladostachya Whlb. 



Caespitosa; rliizomate brevissimo ; culmis immeroms 

 filiformibw seiaeeisqae e. infloresc. 1— 2-pedal. ? triangulis 

 laevibus inferne plurifoliatis basi vaginis fascia dissolutis 

 obtectis; foliis anyusfulis c. non vara anytidimmix (2 — 1 / 2 

 lin. lat.) culmum subacquantibus herbaceo-rigidulis intense 

 yiridibus setaceo-attenuatis carhiato-planiS; superne mar- 

 ginibus revolutis ibique perscabris; pedunculis paacis v. 

 interdum numerosis (3—9) singulis v. binatis remotis 

 patenti-erectis setaceis mmpliciier sabpaucispictilatis ? infe- 

 rioribus longe exsertis, rhaehique universali sublaevibus; 



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braeteis inferioribus foliiformibus valde elongatis, suprema 

 iineari- setaeea spicam subaequante; spiculis 3 — 7 (raro 

 pluribus) alternis remotis, v. interdum subapproximatis 

 patmtibm breviter pedunculatis oblongis v. ovatis pluri- 

 y. submultifloris, floribus apiealibus paucis masculis, 2—3 

 — 4 lin* long-; spiculae bractea inferiore e basi parva 

 subrotunda capillar! scabra quam ilia multo breviore. 

 superiore (spatbella) alte gibbosa viridi striata; squamis 

 parvis pellucido-inembmnaceis v. ferrugineo- v. virescenti- 

 albidis ovato-lanceolatis (interdum orbiculato - ovatis) ex 

 apice acuto v. obtuso breviter aristatis v. mucronatis, 



