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lato, parte inferiore foliato; foliis moHibus remotis culmo 

 brevioribus v. longioribus 2*/a — i% Hn. lat; spiculis 8—4 

 majusculis purpureo-atris concoloribus , erectis contiguis 

 oblongo - cylindraceis primum acutis, densifloris 15 — 

 Hn. long. 2 liru lat, surama basi, rarius oinnmo mascula, 

 lEfimis pedunculatis braetea foliacea elongata baud vagi- 

 nata muuitis; squamis purpureo-atris eoncoloratis suborbi- 

 eulati's et lato-ovatis v. obovato-oblongis, v. rotundato-ob- 

 tusis aut brevissirae acutatia, carinulatis, apice (sublente 

 valida) ciliolatis; utrieulis squamae aequantibus v. paruin 

 superantibus V\ h lin* long. omMbw tumido-trigonis emdm- 

 ter rostellatUj margine superne spimdosQ-ciliatis , celluloso- 

 retieulatis flavo-virentibus ; rostro atropurpureo granulato 

 ore integro v. emarginulato ; caryopsi arctiuscule inclusa 

 obovata triangulari apicata granulato-punctata fusca nitida 

 (membrana pallida reticulata partim obtecta). 



C. obscura N. ab E. herb. ~ Boott, 70. t 192. — 

 Herb. Royleanum no* 112. — Hook, et Thorns, herb. 



Himalaya. Sikkim, alt. 10—12000 ped, 



208. C. Buxbaumii Wahlb. 



Laete viridis v. glauco-virens ; caespitosa; radice 

 fibrosa xtohnifem; culmis gracilibus 1 — l 1 /* ped. alt. firmis 

 triquetris apicem versus ad augulos serrulato-scabris in- 

 ferue foliatis ; f oliis remotis erectis firmis culmo plerumque 

 brevioribus longe angustato- acuminatis plan is carinatis 

 apice triquetris margine carinaque superne scabris, Uneam 

 circ. lath; spiculis 3—4^—2 variegatis crassiusculis, v. 

 omnibus approximatis v. infinia pedunculata pL m. remota, 

 suprema basi mo do v. quoque apice mascula, interdum 

 omniuo mascula, v. obovata basi attermata v. clavato-ob- 

 longa, reliquis foemineis late oblongU v. oblongo -cyliudra- 



