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crassiuseulo duro vaginis brevibus efoliatis valde nervosis 
ferrugineis vestito; culmis graeilibus strietis rigidis 1—2 
ped. altis obtusangulis laevibus basin versus foliatis; foliis 
culmo plerumque multo brevioribus patentibus rigidis pla- 
nis carinatis superne margine serratis, /i,, rarius ad 3 
lin. Tat. ; ligula oppositifolia membranacea pallide ferrugi- 
nea elongata v. subtruncato-abbreviata; spieulis 5— 4 den- 
sifloris ferrugineo-brunnescentibus erectis, supremisapproxi- 
matis, reliquis distantibus; mascula singula lineari-subela- 
vata v. elongato-oblonga obtusa 10—20 lin. longa 11,— 
2'/, lin. lata, foemineis inferioribus peduncnlatis, suprema 
spiculae masculae approximata parva sessili, reliquis 
eylindraceis v. oblongis 8—16 lin. long. 21, — 3'/, lin. 
latis; pedunculis capillaribus scabris; bracteis foliaceis va- 
ginatis, inferioribus spiculas superantibus; squamis membhra- 
naceis margine hyalino-pallidis: masculis obovato-oblongis 
obtusis mutieis v. mucronulatis ferrugineo-fuseis, foemineis 
oyatis v. orbieulato-ovatis aut ovato-oblongis obZusis scabro- 
mueronulatis apice cihiolatis, earina subtrinervi viridula, 
lateribus brunnescentibus v. castaneis, nitidulis; utrieulis 
subcoriaceis squama plerumque longioribus 1%, — 2%; lin. 
long. ovalibus breviuseule rostratis hine convexo-planis 
inde angulato-convexis, v. aequilatero -trigonis, subtihter 
nercalis afque granulatis, dorso costulis duabus viridulis 
munitis, rostro ore reeto-bidsntato margine laevi v. spinu- 
logo, superne sanguinescentibus v. castaneis punctulatisque 
nitidis, basi pallidis,; car. laxe vestita utrieuli dimidium 
superante obovata v. ovali obtusa triangulari basi con- 
tracta apiculata punctulata pallida v. picea. 
C. binervis Smith, Fl. 3. 993. — Schk., Rrr. no. 
160. — Hoppe et Sturm, B. 89. — Rehb., f. 624. — Boott, 
162. t. 538, 539, 
