a 
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©. alopeeureides Don. —- Boott, 88 t. 258. — Dre- 
jer, Symb. 26. — C. Emodorum Spr. Syst. — Hooker 
et Thoms. hb. Indie. or. 
Nepalia (Wallich. hb. sine nro). Sikkim, alt. 
5--7000 ped. (Hooker). Himalaya oriental. (Grifäth, 
no. 6079). 
293, C. pendula Huds. 
Laete viridis, rhizomate parum elongato descendente 
lignoso, fibrillis validis fuseis; culmo 2—31j,-pedali 
strieto rigido sursum satis attenuato, triangulo laevi 
v. superne scabro, basi incerassata multi-, superne pau- 
eifoliato; foliis coriaceo - rigidis subtus coerules centi- 
glaueis patentibus latis lanceolato-linearibus acuminatis 
medio planis basi complicatis apice acute carinatis 
ibique serrulatis, nervis duobus marginalibus prominenti- 
bus, basilaribus numerosis eonfertis subevaginatis, basi 
ferrugineo-brunnea equitantibus, 10—22 poll. long. 2—8 
Tin. Iatis, culmeis paucis rexaotis bracteisque inferioribus 
longe vaginantibus, ligula elongata lanceolata dorso ad- 
nata; spieulis 5—7, maseula solitaria, saepiss. valde elon- 
gatis, pedunculatis cernuis demum pendulis flexuosis cylin- 
draceis densifloris in parte longa inferiore satis attenuata 
laxifloris, 3—8 poll. long. 1'/;—3 lin. lat, supremis pl. 
ım. approximatis, inferioribus distantibus, foemineis apice 
plerumgue masculis; bracteis superioribus brevibus seta- 
ceis breviss. vaginantibus; squamis masculis pellueido- 
membranaceis rufescentibus »blongis aecutiusculis, foemi- 
neis parvis ovalibus scabro-mucronatis, lateribus brunneo- 
ferrugineis v. ferrugineo-purpureis, dorso obsolete nervato 
pallidis; utrieulis squama multo longioribus, 11/,—1’}, lin. 
