10 Beiblatt zu den Botanischen Jahrbüchern. Nr. 68. 
— Folia omnia prope ad basin culmi enodosi approximata., —Panicula 
in umbellam, non raro in caput densum, depressa. Nux levis. 
Species 300 in Orbis Terrarum regionibus calidis numerosae vulgares, 
temperatis pauciores sparsae. 
Stamen 4. 
Glumae non aristatae. 
Folia 3—5 mm lata. Spicae globosae, densae, ferru- 
gineae . . 2 4 s s s.s TU reflezus. 
Folia 6—9 mm lata. Spicae minus densae, luteo- 
virides... 4 2 een s s s 9. C. vegetus. 
Glumae aristatae, . . 2. on 2. l.l... A. C aristatus. 
Stamen 3, raro 2—1. 
Stolones 0. 
Culmus 5—15 em longus, . . . . . ... . . . . & C Volekmanni. 
Culmus 3—8 dm longus. 
Umbella magna decomposita, spicis 00. 5. C. vanthostachyus. 
Umbella 2—3 cm in diam, tenuis, . . . . . . . 6. C. leptophyes. 
Stolones tenues, apice saepe bulbiferi, evanidi . . . . 7. C. esculentus. 
1. €. reflexus Vahl. Enum. v. 2 (1806) p. 299; Kunth Enum. v. ? 
p. £2; Nees in Mart. Brasil. v. 2 pars I p. 48; Steud. in Flora v. 25 (1842) 
p. 601; Grisb. Pl. Lorentz. p. 216; Boeck. in Linnaea v. 35 (1867 — 8) 
p. 558; Desv. in C. Gay Chile v. 6 p. 167; F. Phil. Cat. Pl. Chil. p. 307; 
C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 21 (1884) p. 116; Hemsl. Bot. Challenger 
Voy. pars 3 p. 58; Maury in Mem. Soc. Genèv. v. 34 (1890) p. 127; 
Johow Fl. Juan Fernandez p. 142. 
C. Sellowii Link Hort. Berol. v. 4 p. 307, v. 2 p. 318. 
C. intricatus Schrader in Roem. et Sch. Syst. v. 2 Maut. p. 98; Nees! 
in Mart. Brasil. v. 2 pars 4 p. 17; Boeck.! in Linnaea v. 35 (1867—8) 
p. 562. - 
C. fraternus Kunth Enum. v. 2 p. 42; Nees in Mart. Brasil. v. 2 pars ! 
p. 19; Boeck. in Linnaea v. 35 (1867— 8) p. 560; Griseb.! Symb. FL, 
Argent. p. 310; Maury in Mem. Soc. Genev. v. 31 (1890) p. 127. 
^ haematostachys Steud.! Cyp. p. #4, in Lechler Berb. Amer. Austr. 
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p. 53. 
C. sparteus Schrader ms. fide Nees. 
C. calearatus Nees! ms, 
Glabra. Rhizoma breve, ligneum. Culmi 1— 6 dm longi, inter se 
0—1 em distantes. Folia cum !/,—?/, parte culmi aequilonga, 3—5 mm 
lota. Umbella specie simplex aut in caput unicum (8—40 mm in diam. 
condensata; radii saepius 3—1 breves; bracteae 3—5, umbéllam longe 
superantes. Spicae globosae, 15—20 mm in diam., dense 10 — 80-stachyae, 
saepe 2—3-nim fusae, maturae saepe rubro-bruneae. Spieulae 10—15 mm 
longae, 21,—3 mm latae, compressae, 8—20-florae; rhachilla persistens; 
exalata, Glumae caducae, navieulares, imbriceatae, 3-costatae. Stamen l. 
