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nam crassis et tenuioribus, septis transversis approximatis 
nodosis, basi paucifoliatis; folüs culmum primo superantibus 
eoque plane similibus longe vaginatis; vaginis laxiuseulis ore 
fissis; capitule oblongeo -ellipsoideo 5—6 lin. longo, bracteae 
vagina culmum continuantis elongatae semiinvoluto; spienlis 
minutis globosis plurifloris; squamis interioribus obovatis ro- 
tundato- obtusis mutieis ferrugineo-fuseis v. atrosanguineis; ca- 
ryopsi magua exserta oborata longitudinaliter angulato-striata, 
inter strias lacunosa, sangnineo-ferruginea opaca; stylo stig- 
matibus exserto. 
Ch. cymbaria R. Br. 1.s.c. — Sieb. Agrost. no. 28. 
Nova Holland. 
2. Ch. sphaerocephala R. Br. 
Glaueo-virens; rhizomate repente, ibrillis validis ; culmis, 
subpluribus fasciculatis foliisque strieie erectis filiformibus v. 
validioribus rigidis nodosis, illis pedem et supra longis; capi- 
tulo ewserto subglobeso, crassitie nucis Avellanae minoris 
braciea valde elongata (4—7-pollie.) munite; spiculis con- 
gestis subobovatis multifloris; squamis involucralibus rigidulis 
obovatis cuspidatis; squamis interioribus pellueido-membranaceis 
spathulatis 3—2-dentatis, dente intermedio setaceo-cuspida- 
tis, marginibus fimbriatis, superne atropurpureis inferne pal- 
lidis; stylo valido longe exserto, 
Ch. sphaerocephala R.Br.1.s.c. (v.s. origin.) — Kunth, 
366. — Ch. multiarticulata N. ab E. herb. Sieber FI.N. 
Holland. no. 622. — Forma eulmis foliisgne obsolete nodosis : 
Ch. enodis N, ab E. in Lehmann. pl. Preiss. 2. 73. — Preiss 
herb, n. 1867. — Hooker fil. Fi. Tasman. p. 83. 
Nova Holland. 
