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151. C. nemacaulos (Steud. Gyp. p. 43) ; foliis bracteisque 

 longis, tenuibus ; umbella simplice densiuscula ; spiculis spicatis, 

 linearibus, longis, patentibus; glumis remotis, adpressis; nuce 

 longa, angusta. 



0. filiculmis, Schrader ; Nees in Mart. Brasil. Cyp. p. 40, non Vahl. 



Ehizoma perenne, tenue. Culmi 4 dm., tenues. Spicae longae 

 10-25 mm., 10-22-spiculosae. Spiculae longae 22 mm., latae 1-2 mm., 

 12-nora3. Grluinae oblongas, obtusae. Ehachillae alae angustiores, 

 insolubiles. 



Para: Santarem {Spruce, h. Calcutta). 



Subgenus 6. Maeiscus (char, ampliato). 



Mariscus, Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 372 (genus) ; Kunth, Enum. ii. 

 p. 115 (genus) ; Boeck. in Linncea (Leptostachyis inclusis), xxxvi. 

 p. 372; Benth. et BZook.f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 1045. 



Stylus 3-fidus ; glumse persistentes ; spiculae caducae. — Foliatae. 

 Spiculae sa3pius paucifiorae, interdum 1 -florae (i. e. 4-5-glumae, 

 glumis 2 imis vacuis, tertia hermaphrodita, nucigera, quarta 

 mascula vel vacua depauperata) rarius multiflorae. Ehachillae 

 alae latae vel angustse, insolubiles, saepius conspicuae. Ehachilla 

 continua, saepe crassiuscula aut alternatim excavata, cum glumis 

 supra glumam secundam articulatim caduca. Glumae 2 imae 

 vacuae (ima saepe caudata, secunda saepius parva truncata), saepe 

 post casum spiculae persistentes. Stamina 3; antherae liueari- 

 oblongae, muticae. Nux trigona, haud raro inaequalis, saepius 

 majuscula haud raro augusta. 



[I have not before me a sufficiently large number of species to 

 propose a complete arrangement: the following "sections" are 

 merely a list of the Indian species, with notes on some non-Indian 

 that appear allied to them.] 



* Spicules aciculares pluriflorce, umbella saepius composita 

 (Leptostachyi, Boeck.). 



152. C. dilutus {Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 357) ; robusta, foliata; 

 umbella simplice aut composita ; spicis stellato-globosis ; spiculis 

 3-9-floris, linearibus ; nuce anguste oblonga, acuminata, rostrata. 

 — Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 92 ; Boeck. in Linncea, xxxvi. p. 354. 



C. spinulosus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 20 . 



Eadix robuste fibrosa. Culmi solitarii, aut saepe caespitosi, 

 3-5 dm. longi, sursum teretes, vix trigoni, leves. Folia plura, 



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