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utringue altenuata obtusangula lateribus concaviuseulis, 
subtiliss. punctata fusco-Iutea. 
C. Hochstetteriana Gay in Seub. Fl. Azor. 22.1. 2, f. 
2. — Kunze, 135. t. 34. — (Herb. propr.) 
Ins. Fayal. 
383. C. acutata Boott. 
Culmo strieto validulo firmo (subbipedali) superze 
triquetro leviter compresso, inferne angulo interdum uno 
alato, superne ad angulos seabriusculo; foliis culmo lon- 
gioribus viridibus firmis 3-4 in. lat. longiss. angustato- 
acuminafis carinafo-planis margine carinaque minute ser- 
ratis; spieulis 5—7 striete erectis, superioribus approxi- 
matis sessilibus, sequentibus pl. m. remotis pedunculatis: 
masculis 1—2 angustis ferrugineis v. purpureis 1—2'/%, 
poll. long., foemineis olivaceis eylindrieis oblongisve ob- 
tusis (apice interdum masenlis subulato-acutatis) densiflo- 
ris 28—8 lin. long. 2'/,—3!/, lin. lat.; pedunculis validis 
compresso-angulatis scabris, infimo 3-1 pollicari; bracteis 
subevaginatis foliaceis latinsculis culmum longe superan- 
tibus (infima subpedali); ligula oppositifolia brevi subtrun- 
eato-obtusa,; squamis tenuiter membranaceis subconformi- 
bus atropurpureis aut ferrugineis nervo mediano viridi, 
ovatis oblongisve v. acutiusculis v. subemarginatis scabro- 
mucronatis superne ciliolatis; utrieulis sessilibus parvulis 
densiss. imbricatis squama longioribus sesquilineam longis 
tenuiter membranaceis fusco-luteis ovalibus v. obovatis 
tumidulis obsolete trigonis tenui-nervatis subtilissimeque 
“ striatis laevibus nitidulis subabrupte dreviter rostratis ore 
profunde bifidis, lacinulis patentibus sublanceolatis; caryo- 
psi laxe inclusa utrieuli diwidium vix superante oyali v. 
