FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 285 
Sect. 3. AnENARIL Robusti, foliati. Spicule densiflore; rha- 
chidiorum ale non solubiles. Filamenta 3, lata. Nux in- 
eequaliter trigona, a dorso spe compressa, mediocris, gluma 
autem multo brevior. 
19. C. MARITIMUS, Poir. Encycl. vii. p. 240; stolonibus elon- 
gatis crassiusculis, squamatis; radicibus non lanosis; spicis glo- 
bosis multispiculosis, stramineo-brunneis; spiculis lanceolatis, 
teretiuseulis; nuce eum tertia parte glum equilonga, ellipsoidea, 
obtusa, pinguiore, a dorso multo compressa obscure trigona, 
nigro-fusca. Beck. in Linnea, xxxv. p. 439, non C. rigidus, 
Vahl. 
MADAGASCAR, Pervillé n. 839 bis.—DıstrIB. In oris maritimis 
Zanzibarie, Zambesiz. 
Culmi pedales. Umbella 5 unc. diam. Spice 14 unc. diam. 
— Poiret ex exemplo depauperato descriptionem scripserat. 
20. C. .GALEGENSIS, C. B. Clarke, nov. sp.; foliis pluribus, 
fere 20 unc. longis; umbella simplici, densius contracta; spi- 
culis linearibus, teretiusculis, 20-24-floris, pallidis. 
Ins. GALEGA, Bouton. 
Culmus basi lignosus, laciniis (squamarum ?) fibrilliformibus subulatis 
erectis late brunneis numerosis ornatus, inferne subcompressus, 18 unc. 
longus, apice trigonus. Folia valida, lenta, in marginibus scabrida, culmum 
breviter superantia. Involucri bractez 4, usque ad 10 unc. longæ, patulz, 
anguste.  Umbelle radii 4-5, longior vix l unc. longus. Spicz breves, 
6-10-spieulosz ; rhachis glabra.  Spicule longe j-$ unc.; glume 
(etiam fructiferze) arctius imbricate ; rhachidiorum alz non solubiles. 
Glumze ovatz, obtuse, convexis non carinatz, obscurius 5-7 -nerviz, in 
lateribus latiuscule estriate, pallida, obscurius rubro-maculate. Stamina 
3, breviter exserta; filamenta angustiora. Stylus nuce brevior; rami 3, 
breviter exserti, rubri. Nux cum }-} parte glume equilonga, obovoidea, 
obtusiuscula, trigona, in facie interiore vix concava.—Species quoad spi- 
culas floresque ad C. latifolium approximans. 
Sect. 4. CoxaEsrr. Mediocres aut parvi, foliati. Umbella sim- 
plex aut congesta. Spicule densiflora, rhacbidiorum ale 
anguste, non solubiles. Glume obtuse, in lateribus obscu- 
rius nervose. Nux trigona, interdum a dorso plus minus 
compressa, asymmetrica. 
21. C. DUBIUS, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. p. 20, t. 4. fig. 5; radice 
fibrosa; culmis cæspitosis fasciculatis, basi incrassatsi, conspicue 
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