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made of too much importance as a sectional character, and that 

 C.filiculmis perhaps should be removed to this neighbourhood. 



***** Umbella simplex, spicules paucijlorad \-2-(rarissime 3-4-) 



nucigerae. 



162. 0. ovulaeis {Torrey in Ann. Lyceum New York, hi. 

 p. 278) ; foliis bracteisque longis ; umbella simpiice, radiis longis 

 apice a spicis globosis densis terminals ; spiculis 3-4-floris 1-2- 

 nucigeris. — Boeck. in Linncea, xxxvi. p. 376, var. a excl. 



Mariscus ovularis, Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 374. 

 Alabama ; New Jersey ; Florida (h. Calcutta). 



163. C. eetbofeactus (Asa Gray, Man. ed. ii. p. 494, non 

 Engelmann) ; undique pubescens ; umbella simpiice ; spiculis in 

 apice radiorum longorum dense stellatis (inferioribus saype retro- 

 fractis), linearibus, acutis, 1-nucigeris. — Boeck. in Linncea, xxxvi. 

 p. 365. 



Mariscus retrofractus, Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 375. 

 Louisiana (Drummond, h. Calcutta). 

 Sierra Leone {Vogel n. 41, h. Calcutta). 



164. C. biglttmis; robustior ; umbella simpiice ; spicis ovoideis 

 aut breviter cylindricis, densis, breviter pedunculatis aut con- 

 gests ; spiculis majusculis, auguste lanceolatis, 3-6-floris, 2-3- 

 nucigeris, flore infimo quam sit spicula multo breviore. 



Mariscus biglumis, Gcertn. Fruct. i. p. 12, t. 2. fig. 8. 



M. paniceus, Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 119 pro parte (syn. Rottb. excl). 



Badix perennis, valida, fibrosa; stolones laterales breves. 

 Culmi 3-5 dm. longi, acute trigoni. Folia plura, culmum saepe 

 superantia, lata 5-8 mm. Involucri bracteae 3-8, usque ad 

 2-3 dm. longae. Spicae 3-9, usque ad 100-florae, 1-3 cm. longae, 

 densissimae ; pedunculi 0-2 cm. Spiculae usque ad 15-18 mm. 

 longae, 6-florae, ssepius 8-10 mm. long®, 3-4-florae. Glumae ellip- 

 ticae, obtusae, parum compressae, in dorso viridi-nervosa?, in late- 

 ribus late enerviae, pallidas, rubro -inaculatae aut viridi-notatae, 

 marginibus ipsis in sicco incurvatis. Nux cum § parte glumae 

 asquilonga, late oblonga, trigona, in una facie concava. — Sp. se- 

 quentis fortasse pro Yar.insigni melius habenda. 



Zeylania (Thwaitcs C P.n. 816, h. Calcutta). 



Assam {Jenkins, h. Calcutta). 



Ins. Andaman {Kurz, h. Calcutta). 



Sumatra: Lamponga {Forbes n. 1620, h. Calcutta). 



