gis 2 lin. latis, reliquis, multo brevioribus ac angustiori- 
bus; bracteolis setaceis brevibus ciliolatis, basi valde 
dilatata pieta; squamis conformibus majuseulis rigidulis 
ferrugineo-purpnreis late oblongo-lanceolatis ex apice ex- 
eiso-bilobo v. interdum acutiuseulo aristatis aristn setuloso- 
cikate; utrieulis (immaturis) squama parum brevioribas 
subeoriaceis oblongo -ovalibus substipitatis compressis stria- 
tis Aavidis apiee purpurascentibus, laevibus, rostro brevi 
latoque bieuspidato. 
G. Bichenoviana Boott in Hook. Fl. Novae Zeland. 
Pr 3? Schager, coll. n. 140. 
Tasmania. 
413. C. nutans Host. 
Pluriculmis; rhizomate stolonifero; stolonibus validis 
repentibus fusco - vaginatis; culmis validis et filiformibus 
i1ga—1t/a ped. alt. saepiss. obtusangulis apicem versus 
scabris; vaginis inferioribus pallide purpurascenti - fuscis 
margine subdissolutis; foliis firmis pallide v. favo-viridibus 
aut glaucescentibus longe angustato -acuminatis carinatis 
planis v. marginibus revolutis 1—2-—'/, lin. lat., margine 
serratis, upra punctato-asperis v. laevibus, culmo parum 
breviopribus v. illis fasciculorum sterilium eum superanti- 
bus; spiculis masculis 1—3 contiguis atropurpureis v. san- 
. guineis aut pallide ferrugineis 16—6 lin. long. 2—3—1 
lin. latis, foemineis 2—3—1 pl. m. remotis ereotis, infe- 
rioribus pedunculatis superioribus sessilibus, cylindraceo- 
oblongis v. oblongis, suprema non raro ovali, obtusis den- 
sifloris 1—Y, poll. long., 21,—8!/, lin latis; bracteis foli- 
aceis v. ommibus evaginatis v. infima brevivaginata, inferi- 
oribas culmum excedentibus; squamis diformibus: mascu- 
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