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obovatis v. ovalibus compresso-trigonis, rostro perbreei 
lato bifido, subtihter plurinervatis celluloso-retieulatis cine- 
rascentibus opacis, humectatis purpureo-brunneis lueidis, 
superne margine serrulato-dentetis, 11/, lin. longis; caryopsi 
arcte inclusa utrieulo conformi subtiliss. punctata fer- 
ruginea, styli basi contorta terminata. 
C. paleata Boott, 45. t. 116. 
Insula Juan Fernandez (Philippi). 
295. C. Ehrenbergiana Beklr. 
Subglaueo-virens; fibrillis radiealibus crassis duris 
Aavido-lanuginosis; culmo 21/,—1-pedali strieto perrigido 
pennam gallinaceam v. columbinam crasso acutangulo 
apice scabrido, bası vaginis efoliatis aueto; his sanguines- 
centi-ferrugineis margine hyalino-membranaceo sanguineo- 
punetato reticulato -fissis, inferioribus brevibus ac latis, 
superioribus acerescentibus; foliis perrigidis culmo brevi- 
oribus dDreviuscule acuminatis carinatis multistriolatis, mar- 
gine subrevolutis carinaque apicem versus serrulatis, 2'/; 
—1 tin. lat., spieulis numerosis (10—7) ferrugineo-sangui- 
neis concoloribus eonformibusque, omnibus plerumque pe- 
dunculatis, anguste eylindraseis acutiuseulis densifloris 
4—1 poll. long. 2—2'/, lin. crassis, superioribus subtribus 
masculis confertis nutantibus, inferioribus 2 non raro ab- 
breviatis, sequentibus approximatis androgynis apice longo 
maseulis Ternis binisve, infima solitaria, longe exserfe pe- 
dunculatis, infimis busi plerumque ramosis; bracteis folia- 
ceis subevaginatis, inferioribus culmum subaequantibus; 
peduneulis setaceis compresso-angulatis sublaeribus;, squa- 
mis conformibus scariosis utrieulisque patulis, ferrugineo- 
sanguineis concavis earinatis /afe ovatis v. ovahbus obtusis 
