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ovatis 3—5 lin. long., floribus snpremis paucis masculis; 

 squainis parch ovatolanceolatis acutis breviter bispido- 

 aristatia (interdum submuticis) stramineo - ferruginous ; 

 ^utriculis xqtiarroms angustis squama plus dup 7 o lowjlorihm 

 2*/& lin. long, rcetis v* levitcr rccurvatis tmgmU elfipmi* 

 deixs triangulis xmmn in rostrum lonr/um am/ustum atteniia- 

 tis tenuiter nervatis laeeihus fflabrisce pallide viridibus 

 superne fcrrugineseentibus, ore oblique truncate integro 

 deinum subbifido; caryopsi laxiuseule inclusa (dimidiuin 

 utriculi acquante) ellipsoidea friqtiefm obsolete stipitata 

 pallida punctulata, styli basi acquali tcrminata. 



C. raphiocarpa N. ab E. herb, — Boott, Bo. t 244. 



India orient 



173. C. Steudneri Beklr. 

 Pallide glauco-viridis ; suhtripedalis: rhizomatc pa- 

 rum elongate subrepente erasso duro vaginis destructis, 

 fuscis vestito, fibrillis validis (lurid fuscis; culmo stricto 

 valido duro folioso triangulari laevi basin versus 

 incrassato ; foliis coriaceo - teiiaeibus faffs plains lon- 

 giuscule angustato-acunrinatis luargimbus earinaque sur- 

 sum serrulato-per^eabris fi—3 fin. lath pedem et supra 

 longis, eulmcis phtribm fouge rtiyinatis; spieis compositis 

 pluribus (b—1) saepissime aolitariis oblongo- y. ovato- 

 lanceolatis rufis subnmltiramosis 2 { j^ — 1 poll, longis — 7 



lin. lat densiusculis, superioribus #-4 subconfluentibus 

 infiniis pt in. remotis; ramis saepius clongatis rhacliique 

 universali ad angulm modo serrufalis t\ sctuhnsis; bracteis 

 foliaceis, superioribus brevihus ac angustis spicaa subae- 

 quautibus, spieulis confertis sessilibus late oblongis lance- 

 olatisvc laxiusculis floribus apiealibus pluribus masculis, 

 5 — 7 lin. longis; squamis inagnis rufis v. cinnamomeis 

 chartacco-inexnbraiiaceis efontfafo-orato-oblo/ifjis mrsum an~ 



