262 
€. ceruenta N. ab E. herb. -—— Boott, 75. t. 201. —- 
Wallich. hb. no. 3389 B. 
India orient., Kumaon, 
#. Major; eulme 2—2'/, pedali foliis viridibus abbre- 
viatis acutiuseulis; spieulis pluribus (6—9), superioribus 
approximatis subsessilibus, inferioribus pedunculatis sae- 
pius binatis; squamis submutieis; utrieulis ore albo-mem- 
branaceo oblique soeto integro v. minute bidentato, 
C. eruenta 8. major Boott 1.s. ce. 1.202 no. 2, 1. 208. 
— Hook. et Thoms. hb. Ind. or. 
Kirshtwar, alt. 8-- 10000 ped. 
880. C. laevigata Smith. 
Rhizomate abbreviato laxe caespitoso crassiusculo; 
eulmis paueis 11,y—3 ped. alt. strietis rigidis sursum valde 
attenuatis obtusangulis laevibus v. apice pl. m. scabris 
basin versus foliatis: foliis viridulis eulmo brevioribus 
latis firmis planis carinatis, superne marginibus carinaque 
serrato-perscabris 21, — 31/, fin. Zat.,; vaginis superioribus 
— infimis efoliatis — anfice hyalino-membranaceis albidis 
Ferrugineo-punctatis in liyulam rotundato-obtusam productis; 
spieulis distantibus peduneulatis eylindraceis obtusis den- 
sifloris: mascula solitaria, v. interdum altera minore, pal- 
lide ferruginea 12-- 15 lin. longa 2—3'/, lin. lata; foemi- 
neis 3—4 - 2 ferrugineo-viridibus, tvfima perlonge pedun- 
eulata denique nutunte, 10---16 lin. longis 21,—8", lin. 
lat.; peduneulis setaceo -capillaribus sublaevibus; bracteis 
foliaceis vaginantibus spieulas excedentibus, superioribus 
setaceis; squamis diformibus: masculis oblongo-lanceolatis 
acutatis, v .interdum oblongis obtusis, submutieis v. muero- 
