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eulis 2 — 4 androgynis confertis compositis, v. interdum 

 spieulis simplicibus, distatitibus, inferioribus longe peduncu- 

 latis ; peduncnlis capillaribus triangulis seabris; bracteis infe- 

 rioribusfoHiformibus vaginatis^superioribussctaceis; spieulis 

 mmutis paucifloris ovatis v. oblongis; squamis ovatis acu~ 

 tatis scabro-rnucrortatis phtrinereiis feirugineis; utrieulis 

 patentibus squama longioribus l 1 /3 Hn. longis ellipsoideis 

 y. obovatis obtusangulis rostratis ore bidenticulatis sea- 

 bris ferrugineis; caryopsi arete inclusa ovali basi attenuata 

 triangulari fusceseente styli basi apiculata, 



C. seabrella Whlb. — Boott, 20. t 75. — C. laxa 

 Swartz. — (Herb, propr.) 



Jamaica 'Maenabl 



B. Spiculae disjmictae. 



A. Spiculae apice masculae. (Spieula suprema inter- 

 dum ex toto mascula\ 



t 



a. Digynae* 



185. C. longipes Don. 



Rbizomate brevissimo; GUlino pertemii 1 — l'/rpedali 

 firroo subflexuoso obtuse triangulari laevi basi paueifoliato, 



inde a basi fere bracteis $ptculige?*is obuito ; foliis culmo multo 



brevioribus rigidulis lineam circ. latis acuminatis subcompli- 

 catis marginibus serrulatis; spieulis subquinis, v. omnibus 

 distantibuSj v. 2 superiorum approximates sessilibus, reli- 

 quis longe pedunculatis, oblongis cylindricisve parte mas- 

 cula attenuatis, laxiusculis 13—6 lin, long* 2- VJ% lin* 

 lat, basi non raro compositis; pedunculis setaeeis subre- 

 curvis compresso - triangularibus seabridis , infimo non 

 raro 4 — 5~pollicari; bracteis inferioribus foliaceis vaginau- 

 tibus elongatis, supremis breviusculis e basi amplectente 



