ceis vaginatis, 
superantibus; peduneulis validis setuloso-scabris; squamis 
subeonformibus e nervo mediano viridi longe scabro-ari- 
statis ovalibus obovatisve obtusis: masculis majoribas apice 
plerumque leviter emarginatis subeiliolatis, lateribus laete 
ferrugineis v. ferrugineo- punctatis aut fuscescentibus; 
utrieulis patentibus reetis v. superne leviter recurvis squa- 
mam aristatam subaequantibus v. parum superantibus 11/, 
En. long. oblongo-ovalibus trigonis sensim in rostrum ore 
bidenticulatum margine laeve v. scabridum attenuatis, 
tenui-nercatis subtilissimegue hneolatis punctis ferrugineis 
conspersis flavo-viridulis non raro castaneo-variegatis; 
caryopsi laxiuseule inelusa utrieulum parum breviore 
ellipsoidea ucute triangulari dense punctulata. castanea 
opaca, stylo tenui basi aequali terminata. — Species satis 
variabilis. 
€. fuscula D’Urville Fi. Malouin. (1825). Gay Fl. 
Chilena 6. 216. — C. distenta Kunze in Poepp. Coll. pl. 
Chil,, no. 250. -— Lechl. pl. Chil. ed Hobenack. n. 466. 
— ©. indecora Kunth, 448. — Boott, 67. t. 183. — C. 
inconspieua Steud., 221. — Lechl. pl. Chil. ed. Hohenack. 
no. 565. — Cuming. coll, nr. 419, 558. — Bridges, 
no. 834. 
#. Squamis muticis, utrieulis setuloso-ciliatis. 
Chili: Valparaiso. Ins. Falkland. 
352. ©. Burchelliana Beklr. 
Glauco-virens; rhizom. ramoso-caespitoso vaginis 
brunneis dissolutis vestito, fihrillis rigidulis brunneis; eul- 
mis pluribus 1'/,—1 ped. alt. erectis leviter eurvatis rigi- 
dis tenuibus obtusangulis apiece scabridis, supra basin 
