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Var. £. holosericea ; spiculis pallidis, same paucifloris, quam in 

 x&r.Jilicina angustioribus. 

 C. holosericeus (sp.), Link, Hort. Berol, i. p. 317; Kunth, Enum. ii. 



p. 15. 

 C. microdontus, Torrey ! in Ann. Lyceum New York, iii. p. 255 ; Bot . 



U.S. and Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 226. 

 C. Gatesii, Torrey in Ann. Lyceum New York, iii. p. 255. 

 C. texensis, Steud. Cyp. p. 9. 

 C. brizaeus, Schweinitz MS., non Rich. 

 C. incrassatus, Beyr. MS. 



C. polystaehyus, var. leptostachya, Boeck. in Linneea, xxxv. p. 478. 

 Spicule debiles, laxiuscule spicatae vel congests. — C. micro- 

 dontus, var. /3. texensis eadem est ac Drummond n. 454. — 

 C. brizceus, Schwein., est exemplum parvulum spiculis congestis. 

 — Haec var. a C. polystachyo typ. vix distiugui potest. 



America borealis subtropica: Florida (Chapman, h. Calcutta); 

 New Orleans (Drummond, h. Calcutta) ; Texas (Drummond 

 n. 454, hit. Kew, Ifus. Brit., Calcutta; Elihu Hall n. 676, 

 h. Kew). 



Var. r}. paniculata ; umbella saepius laxa ; spiculis angustis, 

 linearibus, flavidis, castaneis aut rubescentibus. 

 C. paniculatus (sp.), Rottb. Descr. et Ic. p. 40; Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 333. 

 C. scopellatus, Rich, in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, i. p. 106. 

 C. olidus, Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 333. 

 C. microdontus, Sauv. Fl. Cub. p. 171, vix Torrey. 

 C. fugax, Liebm. ! Mex. Halvgr. p. 8 ; Boeck. in Linneea, xxxv. p. 474. 

 Pycreus Olfersiatius, Nees ! in Mart. Brasil, Cyp. p. 8, non Cyperus 



Olfersianus, Kunth. 

 America tropicalis cum India occidentali : Cuba (C. Wright, h. 

 Kew) ; Mexico (Liebmann, h. Kew) ; Ecuador, Chanduy in 

 litore maris Pacifici (Spruce n. 6415, hh. Kew, Calcutta) ; 

 Brasil, Alagoas (Gardner n. 1436, hh. Kew, Mm. Brit.). 

 Var. 0. filicina ; umbella simplice ; spiculis (quam C. poly- 

 stachyi typici) paullo latioribus ; glumis same luteo-f uscis, sub- 

 nitidis, baud raro apice mucronatis. 

 C filicmus (sp.), Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 332; Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 14. 

 C esespitosus, Torrey, Cat. PL New York, p. 89 ; Spreng. Sysl. i, 



p. 224, non Poir. 

 C. Torreyanus, Roem. et Sch. Syst. Mant. ii. p. 101. 

 C Nuttallii, Eddy in Spreng. Neue Entd. i. p* 240; Torrey in Ann. 



Lyceum New York, iii. p. 252 ; Fl. New York, ii. p. 339, t. 13o. 

 C. brizams, Tursh. Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p. 51, nee Rich., nee Schwein. 



