em. 
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eulmo longiore v. breviore; spieulis 4—3 approximatis: 
maseula singula breviter pedunculata gracili testacea lineari 
acuta bracteata, bractea saepius altera parum remota 
sterili, 1—2'/, poll. longa lineam lata, foemineis erassis 
Intescenti-viridulis v. olivaceis patentibus saepiss. breviter 
pedunenulatis rectis v. leviter curvatis cylindraceis v. 
oblongis ovalibusve rotundato-obtusis densifloris 8 lin. — 
2 poll. long. 5—8 lin. lat.; pedunculis setaceis teretiusculis 
laevibus; bracteis foliaceis elongatis, infima vaginante ; 
squamis difformibus; foemineis minntis (occultis) oblongis 
acutis v. truncatis v. emarginatis pallidis longe hispido- 
“ aristatis, infimis longius aristatis, apice subeiliolatis, ma- 
sculis quam foemineae multo majoribus oblongo-Janceolatis 
mag. min. longe cuspidatis rufis; utriculis magnis densiss. 
dispositis squarrosis squama aristata multo longioribus v. 
. raro eam subaequantibus sessilibus fuseo-olivaceis v. ferru- 
gineis tardius subrigidis fragihibus nitidis subabrupte in 
rostrum longum angustum attenuatis, ore oblique secto 
breviter bieuspidatis v. emarginatis, rarius integris, 8—10- 
nervatis saepiss. laevibus subtiliter celluloso-reticulatis 
33, — 4 lin. long. medio non raro 12}, hin. lat.; caryopsi 
laxiss. inchusa utriculi partem tertiam subaeguante ellipsoi- 
, dea attenuato-stipitata, apice in stylum validulum fexuosum 
attenuata, angulis obtusis prominentibus, faciebus concaviu- 
sculis, punctafo-aspera Iutea. 
C. tentaculata Muhlb. 239 (exel. synon. Michaux.) — 
Boott, 94. t. 277. — C. rostrata Schk., Hhh. f. 134. — 
Mühlb. 1. s. ce. — Herb. Union. itin. 1835 et 1837. — 
Drummond. hb no. 358, 486. ’ 
: \ Variat.: 1) Spiculis foemineis validioribus, ad 9 lin, 
erassis, ufrieulis 5 lin. eirc. long.: Boott 1.*8. c. (? var. 
