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mutieis v..e carina glaucescenie breviler mucronatis; atrieu- 
ls parvis, ver supra lineam longis, squama brevwieribus 
membranaceis stramineo-pallidis punctis striolisque resino- 
sis purpureis conspersis suborbieulatis v. late obovatis 
ima basi obliqua cuneato-attenuatis, tumido-biconvexis v. 
obsolete trigonis, margine pominulo, Z/aevibus enereiis ab- 
rupte in rostrum breve ac tenue ore leviter emarginatum 
attenuatis; caryopsi laxiuscule inclusa abbreviato-obovata 
obtuse triangula, medio — semper — semiconstricta atque 
curvata, subtiliss. punetata flavida, stylo tenui concolori 
basi refracto termiuata; stigmat. 3, v. interdum 2, brevibus 
tenerrimis. (Ex affinit. C. Darwinii, C. Prescottianae, 
C. paleatae et C. Ternariae.) 
Mexico (C. Ehrenberg.) 
296. C. ternaria Forst. 
Culmo valido rigido triquetro suhbipedali parte spi- 
euligera ad angulos scabro, inferne laevi; spieulis (12) 
saepius ternatis binatisve, ommibus exerte peduneulatis nu- 
tantibus eurvatis cylindraceis densifloris: superioribus ‚3 
maseulis ferrugineis v. pallide fuseis 1- 2 poll. long. 1— 
1/a lin. lat., reliquis androgynis fuseis apice valde atte- 
nuato mascnlis, 21/,—8!/2 poll. long. 2'% lin. latis; pedun- 
culis validis flexuosis angulato-compressis sulcatis persca- 
bris; bracteis vix breciss. vaginantibus omnibus folaceis 
elonyatis culmo longioribus anguste linearibus perrigidis 
marginibus involutis; squanmis scabro-cuspidatis, masculis 
oblongis pallide ferrugineis, foemineis late oblongis v. 
obovatig trinerviisg brunnescentibus dorso stramineis; utri- 
eulis spongioso-coriaceis spuama brevioribus, 1—1'/, lin. 
long. biconvexis, v. orbiculato-ovalibus breviss. rostellato- 
apicatis v. ovalibus breviter acutatis, ore integro v. le- 
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