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In "Wallich n. 3324 A pro maxima parte exempla nimis juvenia 

 sunt spiculis 3-4 mm. latis. In exemplis maturatis spicula? 

 usque ad 6-7 mm. latse videntur (exempla numerosa a Khasia et 

 Nepaul). In exemplis nilagiricis, umbella subcongesta, spiculse 

 fere castaneae. Nux in omnibus omnino eadem ; mihi forma? nee 

 varietates aestimanda? sunt. 



India, haud communis : Nepaul (Wallich n. 3324 A, hh. Linn. 

 Soc, Kew, Mua. Brit., Calcutta); Khasi colles (Griffith 

 n. 1327, h. Kew ; Kurz n. 371, h. Calcutta) ; Kbasi colles, 

 alt. 1000 metr. (Hooker f. et T. Thomson, hh. Kew, Calcutta) 

 Bengal, Dinajpurin lacubus natans (C. B. Clarke n. 26442) 

 Montes JS T ilgiri (Wight n. 2875, h. Kew ; Wight n. 2874, h 

 Calcutta; King, h. Calcutta); Pycara (Beddome, h. propr.). 

 Burma: Ava (Wallich n. 3324 B, h. Linn. Soc). 

 Var. y. capensis ; nuce obovoidea, in utroque margine a linea 

 extrusa brunnea acute carinata, nigra, cellulis extimis albescenti- 

 bus, obscuris. 



C angulatus, var. capensis, Boeck. in Linncea, xxxv. p. 465. 



C. bromoides, Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 8 partim. 



C. pseudo-bromoides, Boeck. in Linncea, xxxv. p. 464, quoad exempla 



Drege. 

 Caput Bonse Spei (Drege, h. Kew, exempla plura); Transkei 

 (B. Baur n. 371, h. Kew). 



Var. L bromoides (sp.), Link, Jabrb. iii. p. 85 ; nuce cum \ parte 

 glumae vix aequilonga, apice subconoidea, marginibus obtusis, 

 cellulis extimis albis, opacis, obscure scabridis, nee porosis nee 

 reticulatis. — Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 8; Boeck. in Linncea, xxxv. 

 p. 463. 



C. pseudo-bromoides, Boeck. in Linncea, xxxv. p. 464, quoad exempla 



americana. 

 America meridionalis, cum India occidentali, et Mexico: 

 Mexico (Berlandiern. 753, h. Mus. Brit. ; Bourgeau n. 2731 

 partim, h. Kew); Cuba (C. Wright n. 214, A. Kew); Guate- 

 mala (Salvin, h. Kew) ; Venezuela, Tovar (Fendler n. 1590, 

 h. Kew) ; Brasil (Burchell n. 8158, h. Kew) ; Paraguay, 

 Villa-Rica (Balansa n. 405, h. Kew). 



tt Species in India 1 Orientali ttondum repertce. 

 18. C. leucolepis (Carey MS. in h. propr); umbella congesta ; 

 spiculis 4-6-floris, albescentibus ; glurais obtusis, nervo sub apice 

 breviter excurrente, in utroque latere hyalino 2-nervosis. 



