FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 295 
nigra reticulatim albo-velata. Baker, Fl. Maurit. p. 413; Benth. 
Fl. Austral. vii. p. 284.—C. canescens, Vahl, Enum. ii. 855; 
Beck. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 340. 
SEYCHELLES, Horne n. 219.— DrisTRrs. India. Asia australi- 
orientalis. Australia tropica. Polynesia. 
50. C. LIGULARIS, Linn. Amen. Acad. v. p. 391, Sp. Pl. p. 70; 
spieulis dense congestis rufescentibus. Bach. in Linnea, xxxvi. 
p. 332.—C. glandulosus, Rolfe! in Trimen’s Journ. Bot. n. s. ii. 
p. 362.—Mariseus glandulosus, Bojer, Hort. Maurit. p. 882.— 
Sloane, Jamaica, i. p. 36, t. 9. 
GanEGa, Bouton, Blackburn.—DisTRrB. In oris Africe, a 
Loango usque ad Senegambiam, frequens. Madera. America 
tropica. Australia,,fide Boeckeler. 
C. Gunnii, Hook. f., floriger C. ligularem aliquando simulat; 
nux autem C. Gunnii elongato-oblonga est. 
Sect. 14. LEPTOSTACHYI. Spicule pauci- (ssepius 8-4-)flora, 
spicate, divaricate, lineares. Glume distantes, elongate, ad- 
presse. Nux longiuscula, angusta.—Rhachidiorum genicula 
spongioso-incrassata. Nux inter alas rhachidii abscondita. 
51. C. rerax, A. Rich. in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, i. p. 106. 
Spieulis in forma typica 8-4-floris, subflexuosis aut rarius rectis. 
Beck. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 399; Decaisne in Ann. Mus. d' Hist. 
Nat. iii. p. 859 (errore typ. ferox).—C. flexuosus, Vahl, Enum. ii. 
p.359; Rottb. in h. propr.—C. phleoides, Nees; Steud. Cyp. p. 62; 
Seem. Fl. Viti, p. 8319.—C. Prescottianus et C. multiceps, Hook. 
et Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. p. 100.—C. strigosus, Hook. et Arn. 
loc. cit. p. 99, non .Linn.— C. multibracteatus, Beck.! in Flora 
1875, p. 107.— C. pennatus, Beck. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 404, non 
Lam.—C. luteus, Beck.! in Linnea, xxxvii. p. 370 (cum plu- 
ribus aliis). 
N.O. de Mapacascar, Pervillé nn. 451, 516.—Dtistrre. India 
orientalis (frequens). Malaya. Polynesia (frequens). America 
tropicalis. Terra Zambesica. Madera. 
Exempla Mascarenica (C. luteus, Boeck.) cum C. ferace Ameri- 
cano typico optime congruunt. Exempla Indica (or.) et in 
insulis Pellew, Samoa &c. lecta omnino similia.—C. odoratus, 
Vahl; Beck. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 407, non Linn., paullo differt 
spiculis 14-21-floris, sed mihi varietas videtur. 
