290 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
p. 595.— C. panicoides, Lam. Jil. i. p. 145.— C. microlepis, Baker, 
Fl. Maurit. p. 410, non Beck. 
MADAGASCAR, fide Bojer. Mauritius, Grey, Bouton, óc. 
SEYCHELLES, Horne.—Disrris. In oryzetis gerontogeis. 
In a species like C. Iria nearly all the European herbarium 
specimens are exceptionally large, gathered as fine examples; 
C. microlepis, Baker, is the form abundant in dibbled rice, where 
the seed of C. Iria germinates in August, and is hurried into 
flower by the approach of winter. 
** Snicule fasciculata. 
86. C. pnrrronurs, Linn. Aman. Acad. iv. p. 302, Sp. Pl. p. 67; 
nuce cum gluma fere squilonga, equaliter triquetra, ellipsoidea 
aut subovoidea, pallida. Bojer, Hort. Maurit.p. 380; Baker, Fl. 
Maurit. p. 411. 
Mapacascar, Pervillé nn. 468, 482, Hildebrandt n. 3425, 
Baron, c. Mavrrrivs, Sieber n. 17, Bojer, &c.—JDrisrnrs. Per 
oryzeta veteris orbis. 
37. C. BAKERI, C. B. Clarke; nuce duabus tertiis glume 
sequilonga, rotundato-trigona, apice conica subrostrata, nigra.— 
C. Gardneri, Baker, Fl, Maurit. p. 413, non Nees. 
Marvnrrivs, Gardner. 
Species C. pulcherrimo, Willd., proxima. Spicule longe 3 une., 
late 4L; unc., admodum compresse, pallide fusce. Glume late 
biseriat: approximate, in sicco vix imbricate, superne incurvate, 
basi non decurrentes ; laterum cellule quadrato-hexagone, laxe. 
Stamina 3, vix exserta; anthere lineari-oblonge, obtuss, rubes- 
centes. Stylus nuce brevior; rami 3, breves—C. Gardnert, 
Nees, species Beeckelero ignota, Americana, a C. Bakeri distat! 
Sect. 9. DisrANTES. Majusculi, foliati. Umbella magna. Spicule 
lineares ; rhachidiorum ale anguste, non solubiles; glume dis- 
tantes, obtusiuscule. Nuxdimidium glume superans, angusta. 
38. C. DISTANS, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 103; spiculis spicatis, 
sessilibus, florum expansionis tempore rectangulatim divaricatis ; 
glumis oblongo-obovoideis; nuce obtusiuscule trigona.—Bojer, 
Hort. Maurit. p. 380 partim ?; Baker, Fl. Maurit. p. 411 partim ; 
Beck. in Linnea, xxxv. p. 612 (syn. quibusdam ad C. nutantem 
amandatis).— C. elatus, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. p. 37,5. 10 (nec Linn., 
nec Papyrus elatus, Nees). 
