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Distrib. Per Americam Australem sparsa nec communis. In calidio- 
ribus Orbis quam Veteris tam Novae (Borealis et Centralis) vulgaris. 
4. €. Volekmanni Philippi! in Linnaea v. 33 (1864—5) p. 969; 
F. Philippi Cat. Pl. Chil. p. 307; Philippi in Anal. Univ. Chile (1861), fide 
Philippi, sed invenire nequivi. 
C. araeus Philippi! in Anal. Univ. Chile v. 93 (1896) p. 346. 
C. oreocharis C. B. Clarke ms. olim. 
Glabra. Culmi annui caespitosi, 4—10 cm longi. Folia cum culmo 
saepe aequilonga, 2—3 mm lata, in margine incrassato remote spinulosa. 
Inflorescentia usque ad 3 cm in diam., composita, radiis 5 2—15 mm 
longis, spicis 4—1 in unoquoque radio sessilibus, aut minor vel ad spieam 1. 
3-stachyam reducta; bracteae 3 inflorescentiam  superantes, foliiformes. 
Spiculae 3—10 in unaquaque spica, spicatim dispositae sed fere congestae, 
7 mm longae, 2—3 mm latae, compressae 6—10-nucigerae: rhachilla per- 
sistens exalata. Glumae deciduae ovato-oblongae, 7——9-nerviae, in dorso 
virides lutescentes in margine conspicue purpureo-rubrae. Stamina 3. 
Stylus nuce multo brevior, ramis 3 breviusculis. Nux cum "is parte 
glumae aequilonga, obovoidea, trigona, apice obtuse pyramidata, levis, 
bruneo-nigra. 
Chile: Coquimbo (prope llapel), Quebrado de San Lorenzo (REED 
(in herb. Kew], Vorermann, PuiLiPer n. 12) — Sauzal, ex Dn, 
Species C. glabro, Linn. affinis; teneritate differt. 
5. C. xanthostaehyus Steud.! in Flora v. 25 (1842) p. 600, Cyp. p. 26. 
C. bracteosus Desv.! in C. Gay Chile v. 6 p. 165; F. Phil. Cat. Pl. 
Chil. p. 306; Kunze ms. fide Desv. 
C. Lechleri Steud.! Cyp. p. 27, in Lech, Berb. Amer. Austral. p. 53; 
Boeck. in Linnaea v. 35 (1867—8) p. 563: €. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. v. 21 (1884) p. 117. 
C. Cumingii Nees in Linnaea v. 9 (1834) p. 284; Steud. Gyp. p. 25. 
C. longicaulis Boeck.! ms. in Ule n. 1602. 
Scirpus leptopus Boeck.! in Flora v. 41 (1858) p. 414. 
Glabra, robusta, saepe metralis. Folia 5—8 dm longa, 10—18 mm 
lata, spongiosa, in sicco transversim lineolata. Umbella magna, composita: 
bracteae 6—10, usque ad 3—5 dm longae, cum foliis consimiles. — spicae 
saepe 50—100, subsolitariae aut 2—4 fusae, saturate bruneae, aut aureo- 
bruneae; umbellularum radioli ut umbellae radii divaricati interdum con- 
spicue deflexi. Spiculae 6 mm longae, 5 mm latae, c. 10-florae; rhachilla 
persistens, exalata. Glumae elliptico- oblongae, obtusae, marginibus in 
sicco multum involutis, vix carinatae. Stamina 3 vel 9. Styli rami 3. 
Nux eum 1, parte glumae subaequilonga, oblonga aut subellipsoidea. 
Chile: C. Gay (Girres), Valparaiso "Cause n. 426), Valdivia "num 
n. 288), Rio Crucis (Lecnter n. 452), Taleahuana (Porrris n. 17, 634). 
Distrib. In Brasil Australi, rara. In Neo-Grenada. 
