292 
(interdum brunnescent,) non raro apice masculis, subflexuo- 
sis 81, — 21/2 poll. long. 31/,—4 lin. erassis, infimis pe- 
dunenlatis, sequentibus sessilibus; pedunculis validis sub- 
scabridis; bracteis inferforibus foliaceis elongatis, infima 
breviter vaginata; squamis conformibus pellueido-membra- 
naceis ferrugineis late oblongis v. ovalibus ex apice ex- 
eiso-bilobo v. emarginato hispido-euspidatis; utriculis dense 
‚imbricatis squama cuspidata plerumque brevioribus 1'/;—- 
1°/, lin. long. sessilibus ellipsoideis v. oblongo-ovalibug, 
margine acutiusculis dreviss. rostratis, ore subemarginato- 
bidentieulatis, inferne compresso-triangulis superne com- 
pressis tenwiter — interdum obsolete — striatis granulis minutis 
densiss, obtectis glaucescenti-viridibus saepeque ferruginoso- 
lineolatis opacis laevibus; caryopsi minuta arctiuscule 
inclusa utrieuli dimidium subaequante oblonga triangulari 
(interdum leviter eurvata medioque semiconstrieta), subti- 
liter punetata fusco-lutea, stylo tenui terminata. — Spe- 
cieg satis variabilis. 
©. brasiliensis St. Hil. Voy. — Steud. 231. — Boott, 
89. t. 260. — C. procera Kunth, Enum. 491 et Herb. 
Brasilia merid. (Sello, Warming). 
#. Graeilis; culmo tenui subbipedali; foliis I—2 lin. 
latis; spieulis brevioribus saepeque angustioribus pl. m. 
remotis, foemineis 4—3, raro 6, plerumgue exserte pedun- 
eulatis demum non raro subnutantibus (11/, poll. long.); 
utriculis saepe majoribus late sublanceolato -ovatis v. sub- 
orbieulatis aut ovalibus brunnescenti-ferrugineis; caryopsi 
utrieulo parum breviore saepius obovata triangula lateri- 
bus coneavis brunneo-ferrugineis. j 
©. glaucescens Elliott. (C. nervosa et C. glandulosa 
Ejd. — fide Boottii). — Boott, 89. t. 261— 263. — Dröger, 
