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raro muticis, striolatis; utriculis parvulis squama longio- 

 ribus tenui-membranaceis ereeto-patentibus reetis leviterque 

 recurvis l'/s lin- long, anguste ellipsoideis v. late ovali- 

 bus utrinque attenuatis aeuminato-rostratis, ore bidenti- 

 eulatis, trigonis nervatis viridibus v. olivaceis laembus; 

 caryopsi peracte inclusa ellipsoidea utrinque attenuata 

 triangulari (medio iuterdum constricta) ferrugineo-atra, 

 membrana reticulata pallidiore margaritaeeo-nitidula ob- 

 tecta, styli basi aequali ferrugineacoronata; stigmatibus 3 

 exsertis reftcxis hispidnlis ferrugineis. 



C. eladostachya Wlilb. — Willd. Sp. 4. 247 et herb. 

 — Kuntli, 510. — 0. mexicana Presl. (v. e.) et Alior. — 

 Boott, t. 512. — C. Hartwegii Boott, t 509, 510. — C. 

 oaxaeana et C, psilopbylla Hoehst. in mas. — C. poly- 

 stachya Boott, 152. t. 490—492 (nee Swartz et Wahlb.) 



America meridion. (Humboldt). Costarica (Hoffmann). 

 Guatemala (Bernouilli , no. 293. Columbia (Moritz, no. 

 724, 1572). Mexico (Liebmann, Sartorius, Franco, 

 Scbaffner, Sehiede, no 874). Ins. Fhilippin. (Cuming, 

 no. U25). 



b. Paniculae propriae spicato- v. fasciculato-contractae. 



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171, C. Lindleyana M. ab E. 



RMzomate repente nodoso duro squaruis ovatis ner- 

 vosis brunneis tmricato; culmia paucis tenuibus firmis 

 1—2 — [fa ped* altis- triangulis sulcatis laevibus, basi in- 

 craasata pluri-, sursum 2— 1-ibliatis; foliis rigidis eulmo 

 multo breyioribus (9— 3-pollie.) aeuminatis carinato-planis 

 2 — 2^2 lin. lat. apice marginibus serratis; panleulis par- 

 tialibus 5—2 solitariis v- binatis spiciformibus compactis 

 ferrugineis ovato- v. oblongo-lanceolatis pollicem circ. 

 longis 6 — 8 lin. latis suprernis 2 approximate, reliquis 



