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quante, illis faseiculorum sterilium 2—1 ped. long.; spi- 
eulis in eulmi apice wpprorimatis breviter peduneculatis: 
masenla (vix semper solitaria) pergracik subbipollicari 
lineam lata testaceo-albida, foemineis subternis erecto -pa- 
tentibus eylindrieis obtusis laxifloris 2—7'/, poll, long. 6 
Hin, circ. latis; pedunculis setaceis laevibus; bracteis folia- 
ceis vaginatis, infimis satis elongatis 2—1', lin. lat.; 
squamis masculis dense imbricatis hyalino -membranaceis 
ferrugineo-albidis longis ac angustis lineari-oblongis aeu- 
minatis, foemineis albidis concoloribus ipsis membranaceis 
brevibus ac angustis oblongo -linearibus, v. sensim v. ab- 
rupte (ex apice subexeiso) longiss. scabro-cuspidatis; utri- 
culis magnis, 4'/, Tin- longis, squama cuspidata multo lon- 
gioribus patentissimis membranaceis pallide ferrugineis ni- 
tidis inflatis ovelibus sensim in rostrum longum tenue atte- 
nuatis laevibus parce nervatis subtilissimeque celluloso- 
lineatis, ore hyalino integro oblique secto,; car. minuta 
lazissime inclusa utricule multoties minore ellipsoidea ob- 
tusangula in stylum persistentem valde elongatum basi 
recurvum attemnuata granulato -subrugulosa fusco -ferru- 
ginea. 
C. gigantea "Kunth, 503 et Herb. Beyrich. (non 
Rudge). 
Georgia, eivit. Amerie. inferior. 
358. C. longirostris Torrey. 
Dense caespitosa; rhizomate repente crassiusculo va- 
ginis dissolutis fibrillisgue numerosis tenuibus multiramo- 
sis fuseis obtecto; eulmis graeilibus 1—3 ped. altis trian- 
gulis striatis superne ad angulos scabridis, multifoliatis; 
- foliis pallide viridibus Aaceidis ceulmum non raro Jere 
aequantibus longe angustato-acuminatis planis 71, — 2 Kin. 
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