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scabris; vaginis membranaceis ferrugineis nervosis, infimis 
brevibus efoliatis; foliis engustis erectis firmis culmum 
subaequantibus planis margine serrulatis ?/,—1’/, lin. 
latis; ligula oppositifolia brevi obtusa; spieulis 7—4 fer- 
rugineis, superioribus 2—3 confertis subsessilibus, reliquis 
distantibus pedunculatis; mascula lineari v. oblongo-lineari, 
interdum subelavata, obtusa 6—9 lin. longa 1—1!/, lin. 
lata, foemineis apice plerumyue masculs lineari-oblongis 
4—7 Iin. long. 11y—2 lin. lat, densifloris; pedunculis 
capillaribus spinuloso-perscabris; bracteis foliaceis omnibus 
vaginatis, inferioribus valde elongatis, superioribus sub- 
setaceis spiculas suas superantibus; squamis memhranaceo- 
herbaceis subconformibus lanceolato-ovatis acutato - mucro- 
natis v. acuminatis apice scabris, carina subtrinervüis, 
foemineis saepius pallide testaceis, maseulis rufescentibus 
interdum oblongis; utrieulis ereeto-patulis sguama parum 
lonyioribus 12]; fin. long. viridulo-fuseis oblonyo-ellipsordeis 
sublanceolatisve cir eridenter rostellatis, ore bidenticulatis, 
obtuse triangulis, nercato-striolatis apiee plerumque serru- 
latis; caryopsi arctiuseule inclusa uzrieulo !/, breviore sessili 
obtuse triangulari oblongo-ovali obtusa, infima basi con- 
tracta, subtiliss. punctata pallida, stylo pertenui terminata. 
€. Preissiü N. ab E. in Plant. Preiss. 2. 92. — Boott, 
68. t. 186. -— C. thecata Boott olim. 
Nova Holland. 
395. C. Jackiana Boott, 
Caespitosa; fibrillis radicalibus capillaribus; culmis 
ereetis tenuibus infirmis 8—12 poll. alt. (11, —2-pedal., 
Boott) compresso-triquetris, angulis acutis laevibus, bas 
foliatis; vaginis membranaceo-herbeis, omnibus foliatisica; 
