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arcte inclusa obovata triangulari, styli basi conica 
terminata. 
C. cardiolepis N. ab E. herb. — Boott, 6. t. 17. 
—- Hook. et Thoms. hb. Indie. or. — Grifäth. hb. 
no. 6072. 
Nepalia. Khasnir, alt. 12000 ped. Afghanistan. 
320. C. Halleriana Asso. 
Rhizomate abhreviato apice subramoso erassiusculo 
duro, interdum elongato, foliorum vaginis vetustis disso- 
lutis fuseis tunicato, caespitifero; culmis filiformibus 
erectis denique apice subnutantibus, 6—12 poll. alt trian- 
gulis superne scabris basi foliosis; foliis laete viridibus 
culmo longioribus v. brevioribus herbaceo-rigidulis paten- 
tibus longe angustato-acuminatis planis carinatis pluriner- 
viis margine carinaque scabris 1-1, lin. lat.; vaginis 
hornotinis reticulato-fissis; spieulis 4—3, raro 5—6, fusco- 
ferrugineis, superioribus 3--2 approximatis, reliquis di- 
stantibus, supremis 2 subsessilibus, sequentibus peduncu- 
latis,. infimis 7—2 subbasilaribus perlonge pedunculatis: 
mascula oblonga 9—6 lin. longa 1'/, lin. lata, foemineis 
brevibus latisque lafe ovatis v. ovalibus obtusis dense 6—3- 
floris; peduneulis basilaribus cap:llaribus subpendulis sub- 
tiliss. serratis; bracfeis superioribus foliaceis spienlas 
subaequantibus v. parum superantibus Basi auriculatis, 
auriculis v. discretis v. basi eonnatis; squamis conformi- 
bus sublanceolato-oblongis obtusiusenlis muficis dorso sub- 
trinerviis lateribus fusco-ferrugineis margine hyalino -pal- 
lidis; utrieulis magnis flavo-viridulis opacis squama longio- 
ribus oblongo-obovatis attennato-stipitatis trigonis rostel- 
latis, ore oblique emarginato, subtiliss. puberulis edevafo- 
