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bus v. bievioribus, superioribus squamiforrnibus ; squamis 

 parvis membranaeeis sordide flavo - virentibus , foemineis 

 late ovatis carinato-coneavis obtusis muticis v. mucronu- 

 latis, masculis angustioribus; utriculis squama parum lon- 

 gioribus vix sesquilineam longis viridulis ovalibus trigo- 

 nes utrinque attenuatis, rostro leviter excurvo ore hya- 

 lino subintegro, subtiliss* granulate 



C. munda Boott, 7. t 20. — Hook, et Thorns, hb. 

 Ind. or. 



Sikkim, alt 11—13000 ped. 



194. C. scitula Boott 



Rhizom. parum elongato descendente tenui brunneo, 

 stolones breves emittente; culmo filiformi-setaeeo erecto 

 infirmo apice nutante c. infloresc. 9 — 6 poll, alto obtuse 

 triangulo laevi basin versus foliato; foliis perangustis (7a 

 lin. lat) culmo longioribus flexuosis longe setaeeo-atteuu- 

 atis acute carinatis subcomplicatis striatic supra mperis 

 marginibus serrato-perscabris; spiculis 6 — 4 ruMgimm, 

 superioribus 3 in culmi apice confertis sessilibus^ reliquis 

 parum distantibus breciter pedunculatis. oblongo-cylindraceis 

 obtusis densis mtiUrfloris 7 floribus paucis tenninalibus ma- 

 Hculis, 10 — 6 lin, long., fructigeris 2y a lin. latis; bracteis 

 inferioribus foliaceis vaginatis lineari-setaceis, superiori- 

 bua capillaribus basi dilatatis; squamis dense imbricatis 

 (quadrifariis) hyalino-membranaceis inferne siramimo-albidis 

 superne rubiginosis, angustis obh?tgo~lanceolatn acutatis sub- 

 tiliter aristatis univerviis ; utriculis squama brevioribus 

 hyalino -membranaceis rufescenti- c> $tramineo~aIbidu vix 

 supra lineam longis perangustis oblongis basi attenuatis 

 longe rostratis triangularibus sparsim liirtulis enerviis, 

 rostro anguato ore obsolete bidenticulato marginc setuloso- 



