323 
subremotis rigidulis carinato-planis, basin versus com- 
plicatis, longe angustato -acuminatis, 21/,—1'/, lin. lat., 
nervis duobus lateralibus prominentibus, margine carinaque 
serrulato-scabris, superioribus longioribus culmum subsuper- 
antibus; vaginis plerumque pietis, margine tenui-membrana- 
ceo subinde reticulato-fissis; spieulis Z in eulmi apice 
confertis: terminali mascula ferruginea breviter pedunculata 
lineari 1—1'/, poll. longa lineam lata, reliquis foemineis 
viridulis pedunculatis sessihibusque, inferioribus tardius sub- 
nutantibus, exacte cylindraceis obtusig 7—I!/, poll. long. 
3 lin. erassis; pedunculis setaceis compresso-trigonis sca- 
bris, infimo 1—1/, poll. longo; bracteis duabus inferioribus 
foliaceis breviter vaginatis plerumque elongatis, suprema 
setacea spieulam subaequante; squamis conformibus men- 
branaceis obovato-oblongis obtusiusculis Breuiter euspidatis, 
carina viridi trinerviis, margine superne ciliolatis, cuspide 
scabro: masculis quam foemineae parum majoribus ad 
latera iuteis v. rufis, foemineis lateribus albidis; utrieulis 
subeoriaceis bilinealibus sguamis suis submullo longioribus 
8—10-fariam densiss. imbricatis subinde patentissimis 
oblongo-ovalibus basi contractis in rostrum tenue ac laeve 
bieuspidatum attenuatis, bieonvexis v. obsolete trigonis 
leviter compressis elevato-13 nervatis, nervis marginalibus 
prominentioribus, celluloso -reticulatis stramineo - viridulis 
tardius fuscescentibus, nitidulis; car. parva utrieulo Jaxe 
tecta eoque multo breviore oblique ellipsoidea trigona 
(basi interdum semiconstrieta) elevato-punctulata lutea, in 
stylum tenue obligum attenuata. 
©. polysticha Beklr. in Warming. Symb. ad fl. Brasil. 
Lagoa Santa Brasil. 
439, C. hysterieina Mihlk. 
Rhizom. stolonifero ; culmo 20—10 poll. alto rigido 
21* 
