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y. Rigidifolia; winor; foliis numerosis rigidis paten- 
tibus plerumque angustis; spiculis ferrugineo - castaneis 
erassiusculis subsolitariis ereetis contiguis breviter pedun- 
eulatis subunisexualibus; utrieulis atrosanguineis. 
©. borbonica Lamek. — Boott, 109. t. 338—340. — 
C. typhoides Bory. — Willd. — Boivin pl. ins. Borbon. 
(no. 996 et 997 pro parte). 
Insula Borbon. 
402. C. aethiopica Schk. 
Glaucescens; eacspitosa; rhizomate abbreviato ineras- 
sato fibrillis rigidis brunneis eulmis striete erectis validulis 
rigidis apice valde attenuatis usgue fere ad apicem foliatis 
triangulis laevibus v. apiee seabridis 1—-3 ped. altis; va- 
ginis brunneis; foliis — basilaribus numerosis confertis 
— culmum subaequantibus v. parum superantibus latis 
firmis planis. breviter acuminatis margine serrulatis 31, — 
51; Ein. lat.; ligula oppositifolia abbreviata ferrugineo- 
punctulata; spiculis saepiss. hexenis soktarüs viridi-casta- 
neis v. ferrugineis, superioribus pl. m. approximatis sube- 
reetis breviter pedunculatis, inferioribus longe exserte 
pedunculatis cernuis: masculis 3—1 (interdum acrogynis) 
linearibus 2—1 poll. long. 11/y—1 lin. lat., foemineis 
eylindraceis non raro eurvatis 3—2 poll. long. 2/, lin. 
lat., basi infima saepiss. attenuata masculis; pedunculis, 
setaceis teretiusculis laevibus v. seabridis; bracteis folia- 
ceis, inferioribus longe vaginatis; squamis conformibus 
eastaneis v. ferrugineis dorso viridulo v. pallido triner- 
vatis ovalibus concavis acutis v. obtusis aut emarginatis 
scabro-mueronatis; utrieulis membranaceis sguama longiori- 
bus vix latioribus 21,-- 5 lin. long. ovalibus v. oblongo- 
