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javenili oblongo triangalari superne leviter attenuato ibi- 
que fuscescente, ore truncato /ato oblique emurginate 
inferne olivaceo Airsuto. — „Spieula altera mascula, ses- 
sili“ Phil. — (Exstat exempl. unicum floriferum). 
©, coralensis Phil. pl. nov. Chil. p. 273. 
Chili, Coral (Ochsenius). 
323. C. tomentosa L. 
Rhizomate brevi parum incrassato fusco eespites angus- 
tog atque laxos stolonesque emittente; culmis paueis faseieu- 
latis stricte erectis reetis v. superne leviter curvatis, filifor- 
mibus firmis 10-20 poll. alt. compresso-obtusangulis striatis 
apice scabriusculis inferne foliatis; foliis mollibus Ilaete 
coeruleo-viridibus ereetis culmo multo breviortbus breviter 
acuminatis planis 1—!/, iin. lat. carinatis apice acute 
triquetris ibique angulis serrulato-ciliolatis, superioribus 
remotis; vaginis inferioribus pietis margine plerumque 
reticulato-fissis; spieula masceula pedunculata nuda ob- 
longo-lineari v. lineari acuta 6--16 lin. longa lineam lata, 
foemineis 1—2, raro 3, pl. m. remotis breviter peduneu- 
latis v. suprema sessili, eylindraceo-oblongis, v. oblongis 
ovalibusque, obtusis densifioris 7--3 lin. longis 2—2%, 
lin, lat.; bracteis foliaceis basi auriculato-dilatata am- 
plectentibus (vix infima basi connatis), inferiore patentis- 
sima quam spieula longiore; squamis difformibus: maseu- 
lis iongioribus membranaceis flavidis v. Iuteo-fuscescenti- 
bus obovato-oblongis v. oblongis, obtusis v. acutatis, foe- 
mineis parvulis orbieulato-ovatis concavis obtusis v. bre- 
viter acutatis mutieis v. mueronatis, lateribus brunnescen- 
tibus v. pallide fuscescentibus dorso angusto obsolete 
nervato pallidioribus; utriculis spengioso - erassiusculis 
