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foliis latiusculis Aerbaceis viridibus culmum subaequantibus 
breviter acuminatis planis tenni-nervatis, margine subti- 
liter serratis, 11/),—21/, lin. lat.; ligula elongata membra- 
" nacea angusta folio subadnata; spieulis 3—6, v. omnibus 
in culmi apice pl. m. approximatis v. inferioribus distanti- 
bus; Ais longe exserte pedunculatis, supremis subsessilibus: 
mascula pallide ferruginea lineari-oblonga 6—9 lin. longa 
lineam lata, foemineis stramineo-viridulis 6—10 lin. long. 
2 lin. eire, latis; pedunculis setaceis triquetris Taecibus; 
bracteis foliaceis, inferioribus vaginatis latis culmum 
superantibus, superioribus evaginatis brevibus; squamis 
membranaceis subeonformibus; masculis oblongo-ovalibus 
obtusiusculis muticis pallide ferrugineis, foemineis viridulo- 
stramineis late ovalibus acutiuseulis muticis v. mueronatis, 
dorso viride obsolete trinervatis; utrieulis sguama multo 
longioribus (non perfecte maturis) 23/, lin. long. olivaceis 
oblongo-ellipsoideis sensim in rostrum eonicum ore men- 
branaceo bilobum longe attenuatis, friangalaribus erebre 
nervatis laevibus; car. arcte inclusa utriculi partem tertiam 
vix superante sessili (non perfeete matura) obovato- 
triangulari obtusa obsolete reticulata flavida, stylo perte- 
nui terminata. 
C. Jackiana Boott, Il. 9. & 25. — Thwait. herb. no. 
3198 (forma minor). 
Ceylona, alt. 5000 ped. 
396. C. wahuensis C. A. Meyer. 
Caespitosa; rhizomate abbreviato, fibrillis validis ri- 
gidis; culmo subabbreviato 7—16 poll, alto (27% —24 pollic., 
Boott) validulo triangulo v. subsemieylindrico apice scabro 
basi incrassata vaginis fusco-atris disgolutis vestito; foliis 
