369 



(X spicigera N. ab E. herb. — Boott ? 10. t. 29, — 

 Herb, Wight u. 1299. ~ Thwait hb. uo. 822. - Variat 



spicis paueis (3—1) capitato-contractis: C. rubella Boott 

 17G. t 599. — Thwait herb. no. 2966. Et porro: 



/?. Eostrata; utricalis fere duplo longioribus angusti- 

 oribus evidcuter rostratis suhlaevibus; squamis mutieis. 

 Thwait. hb. no. 2629. 



Ceylona (Macrae, Tliwaites). 



178. C. leucantha Arnott 



Glauco-vireus. Rhizomate brecismmo parum incrassato 

 duro vaginis emortuis fuscis obtecto, fibrillis longia rigi- 

 dulis; culnris cum infloresc. l 1 /^ — 2'/^ ped. altis gracilibus 

 firiais triaiigulis scabriusculis v. laevibus baai foliosis; 

 foliis culnio hreviorihus v. longioribus rigidis carinato- 

 planis longe angustato-acuminatb 1 — 2 lin. latis ? superne 

 marginibus involutis carinaque Berrulato-scabris; spicis 

 3—5 pallidin mhmnplicihm paucispiculatis distant ibm 

 saepiss. solitarily, ohlongis v. interdum (fasciculiformibus) 

 subrotundis, 8 — 4 lin. long., lateruli bus breviter v. longius- 

 cule pedunculatis; bracteis inferioribus foliaceis elongatis, 

 suprema evagiiiata mtaeca quant spiaa pier unique breoiore,- 

 rhaehi pedunculisque sursum seabridis; spieulis 3—6 pi* 

 m. confer tie (interdum singulis) ovatis 3 — 5 lin. loa$# % 

 floribus apicalibus pluribm fasciculatis masculis; squamis 

 albidis oblongis ', foemineis niajii&culis fonye ms/ridatis } mas- 

 culis mucromdatis ; utriculis magnis squama longioribus 

 tumido- triyonis lute ellipsoideis abrupt e in rostrum hngius- 

 culum subincur cafum ore oblique truncatum attenuatis, 

 nervatis pubescentibus albidis c. fuscescentibuv 2 i f 2 lin, long.; 

 carybpsi perarcte inclusa subrotundo-ovali obtusa basi 



parum attenuata breviter stipitata, angulis obtusis promi- 

 se B<L 5. Heft. 24 



