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tata Schwein. — Variat foliis vaginisque glabrescent. — 

 Forma minor semipedalis cuhnis setaeeo-capillaribus spicu- 

 lisque paueioribus (2) parvis: C striata in Drege pL 

 Amerie. 



Civit. American, unit 



218. C. Shortiana Dew. 



Rhizom* brevissimo, fibrilHs validis rigidls; culmis 



pluribus (jkthrh 1—3 ped. altis strictis rigidis tenuibus, 

 iuferne foliorum mtffhm membranaceis amplittth calde taiffh. 

 superne triquetris apicem versus ad angulos scaberrimis, 

 foliosis; foliis herbaceis lutkiscalis laete viridibus longe 

 angustato-acurainatis usque J ere ad apicem pluuis, margin e 

 serrulatis 2 — 3 lin. Iaft# f superioribus longioribus culmum 

 plerumque superantibus; spiculis 5 — 4 brunnescentibus v* 

 ferrugineis alternis contiguis pedunculatis erectis cylin- 

 dricis obtusis densifioris, terminali parte hnga wfenote 

 tuueato-atienuata fiovibm maseulis numerosis, reliquw basi 

 ftoribus paueis maseulis munitis, 12 — 14 — 6 lie, long., ma- 

 turis 2 lin* eirc. erassis; bracteis inferioribus foliaceis 

 evaginatis; squamis difformibus: foemineis ovatis v. elli- 

 pticiB miteronulath , lateribus ferrugineis v. brunnescenti- 

 bus dorso viridi trinervatis; maseulis longioribus ac angu- 

 stioribus obtusis submutieis; utriculis subcoriaceis squama 

 latioribus pammque longioribus slipitatis suborbiculatis basi 

 cuneato-attenuatis, apice subrecurvatis ceniricoso-biconeexis 

 emrcibm longitudinal* subsulcatis transverseque rugulosis 

 densiss. seriatim punctatis laevibus glabrisve marginibm 

 acutts. bceviss. rostellatis, ore integro v. leviter emarginato, 

 ferrugineo-castaneis v. ferrugineis, l ] / 4 lin. longis; caryopsi 

 laxiuscule inclusa late obovata triangularis latcribus con- 

 vexiusculiSj atrocastanea angulis pallidioribus , minutiss* 



