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gmtatk subtiliss. multinervatis obtusiusculis v. acutis 

 muficu c, breriss. miwronath; utrieulis rectis membrana- 

 ceis squamas excedentibus angmto-oblonfjis aensim in ro- 

 strum longiusculam bidentatum femiginescente attenuatis 

 3 — <Vj*2. Un. long, acute triawjuUn subtiliter nervatis Mr- 

 tellis pallide viridibus hasi attenuata albidis; caryopsi 

 magna i*j%— -V\% fift* longa arete inelusa oblomja triangular! 

 lateribm plant* ecidetder xfipiiaia subtiliss. elevato - punc- 

 tata ferrugineo-fusca, stjli basi aequali coronata: stig- 

 inatibus cxsertis tenuihu* reflexis. — Stcudner. lib. no* 



1)31. — Scbimp, coll. recent, ii. 1559. 



Abjssiiiia: Ghaga in nioiitib. Bimens. (Steudner), in 

 nioiite Gunna alt, 10f>0o ped. (Schimper). 



174. C. Helferi Bcklr. 



Culmo abbreviate (v. potius paniexxlae rhaehi) tenui 

 rigido subflexuoso c. inflorescentia vix supra pedem alto 

 e.r toto mtfiim iuchtm infima basi modo foliato obtuse 

 triangulari striato hirtulo ; foliis coriaceo-crassis ehnguiw 

 latisve superne subplania basin versus complicatis ibique 

 angustatis, norvis tribus prominentibus, margin! bus minute 

 dentatis, 2 i j% — 3 ped, long, medio — $ I'm, tatis ; spicis 

 numerosis (7) pallide fuscis exserte peduneulatis densis 

 compositis late oblongis obtusis IV2— 2 poll. long. (3 — 8 

 lin. lat, superioribus (3) approximatis , reliquis distanti- 

 bus; bracteis myiniformibus efoUatis membranaceo-rigidulvs 

 fuscis canemwiihiis ampliatis superne Jtssis, ore rotundato- 

 obtuso vix apiculatis, inferioribus subquadripollicaribiis, 

 basilaribus pluribus confertis; pedunculis validis com- 

 pressis scabris; spiculis in ramis sessilibus conglomeratis 

 multifloris apice maseulU (nondum perfecte evolutis) 

 ovato-lanceolatis acutis 5—4 lin. longis; squamis perdense 



