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striato (14 — 18-pollicari) basi 2 — 3-foliato; foliis culmo 

 longioribus 3'" latis trinerviis supra undique subtus ad ner- 

 tos scabris; capitulo solitario terminali depresso globoso 

 e spicis compositis numerosissimis dense conglobato ; in- 

 volucro sub-6-phy!lo longissimo (20 - pollicari) foliolis in- 

 aequalibus subulatis ; spiculis per spicas compositas arete 

 dispositis linearibus subteretibus 3 — 4'" longis 6— 8-floris; 

 squamis ovatis dense imbricatis concavis brevissime mucro- 

 natis, obsolete 5 — 7-nerviis, dorso viridibus, latere pallide 

 fuscescentibus , margine pallidis ; > aryopsi elliptica trigona 

 leviter curvata apiculata granulata fusca, dorso convexa 

 latere snbplana squama duplo breviore ; rhacheola flexuosa 

 articulata, articulis brevibus subrotundis excavatis bialatis, 

 alis rotundatis albidis caryopsin excipientibus. Mexico. 



644. C. RUFINUS. Liebm. (1. c. 34.) Culmo trigono 

 glabro striato (1 — 2-pedali) basi foliato ; foliis culmo lon- 

 gioribus late linearibus margine scabris ; umbella composita 

 8 — 10-radiata, radiis inaequalibus patentissimis (usque bi- 

 pollicaribus); umbellulis 5 — 8-radiatis, brevi nudis apice 

 spicato-polystachyis ; involucro 8— 10-phyllo; foliolis late 

 linearibus longissimis usque pedalibus 4 — 5'" latis, margine 

 nervisque supra scabris , ocbreis compressis in laminam 

 lineari-lanceolatam Vs-pol'icarem productis ; involucellis 

 3— 5-phylHs foliolis setaceis subpollicaribus scabris ; spicu- 

 lis densissime congestis patentissimis vel divaricatis sub- 

 teretibus subulatis basi bractea setacea suffultis 5 — 6'" 

 longis, 7 — 8-floris ; squamis laxiuscule imbricatis ovatis ob- 

 tusis concavis infra apicem obsolete mucronulatis , leviter 

 stnatis, dorso viridibus, latere rufescentibus vel flavo ca- 

 staneis nitidis; caryopsi exserta obovata trigona apiculata, 

 dorso convexa granulato-scabrida fusca; stylo longissimo, 

 rhacheolae alis rotundatis conniventibus. Mexico. . 



645. C. CUBANUS. Liebm. (1. c. 34.) Rhizomate re- 

 pente crasso stolonifero ; culmo stricte-rigido glabro striato 

 (7— 20-pollicari) basi foliato et subbulboso; foliis culmo 

 longioribus 4"' latis planis carinatis nervosis , carina mar- 

 gine et nervis supra scabris ; umbella composita 7 — 8-ra- 

 diata. radiis erecto-patentibus , intermediis 2 subsessilibus 

 caeteris usque 2-pollicaribus, apice digitato-ramosis, ramis 



—5 patulis 1-pollicaribus spicato-polystachyis, intermedio 

 majore 20 — 28-stachyo ; ochreis obliquis acuminatis ; in- 

 volucro 7 — 8-phyllo foliolis inferioribus umbellam longe 

 superantibus 8— 10-pollicaribus late linearibus carinatis 

 nervosis , carina margineque scabris ; involucellis diphyllis 

 subpollicaribus; spiculis patentissimis 8—10'" longis, basi 

 ractea subulata suffultis subteretibus squarrosis 8—16- 

 °ris ; squamis patulis ovatis concavis obtusiusculis , infra 

 apicem minutissime mucronulatis , obsolete 4 — 5-nerviis, 

 orso v i r idibus , latere fusco-ochraceis margine hyalinis ; 

 aryopsi inclusa elliptico obovata apiculata leviter curvata 

 or . so co »vexa minutissime granulata flavo-fusca; rhacheola 

 r iculata, articulis brevibus excavatis bialatis, alis ochraceis 

 ■ cona ceis oblique late lanceolatis conniventibus caryopsin 

 nemdentibus. Vix idem ac C. cubensis Steud. nr. 459. 



647 C ST. CRUCIS. Liebm. (I.e. 35.) Culmo triquetro 

 gabro striato (1 y,- pe dali) ; foliis culmo longioribus 6'" la- 

 br" rina ''^ P'icato-nervosis, margine carina nervisque sca- 

 nmb J^" 1 ' 8 ru fescentibus antice tenuiter membranaceis ; 

 anei k de ° 0nipOSita 10__ n - radiata ' radiis compressis 

 umbel?!- 2 "~ 3 " lo ngi s , erecto-patulis , apice corymboso 

 pollic • ' FadiiS P artia,ibus 5 ~ 8 alternis, infimis semi- 

 invol pedunculatis simplicibus patentissimis polystachyis ; 

 late r Cr ° H-phyllo umbellam longe superante foliolis 



Pollica e f ribus ^ 4 ~ 5 '" ,atis ) t» asi amplectentibus; ochreis 

 'ot on" _ S J a . ncip ! tibus a P ice profunde bifidis; involucellis 



setacea suffultis, demum deciduis; squamis oblongo-ovatis 

 obtusis concavis infra apicem brevissime mucronulatis 7- 

 nerviis , dorso viridibus , latere fusco-stramineis ferrugineo- 

 lineolatis ; caryopsi oblonga trigona apiculata dorso con- 

 vexa lateribus planis , fusca granulata valvulis rhacheolae 

 arete inclusa easque parum superante; rhachi universal! 

 post spiculas delapsas bracteis et squamis obsita, rhacheola 

 articulata, articulis bialatis foveatis, alis subcoriaceis ob- 

 longis rotundatis. Ins. St. Crucis. 



648. C. GRANADINUS. Liebm. (I. c. 36.) Culmo tri- 

 gono glabro ; umbella decomposita 12-radiata, radiis 9 ses- 

 silibus 3 exterioribus bipollicaribus compresso trigonis; um- 

 bellulis sub-5-radiatis, radiis brevibus, sub 3 ramosis, cae- 

 teris simpliciter spicato poly- (30-) stachyis ; involucro 12- 

 phyllo longissimo, phyllis usque 1 '/, -pedalibus 3'" latis 

 carinatis nervosis, utrinque carina, nervis margineque sca- 

 bris ; involucellis 3-phyllis umbellula brevioribus ; ochreis 

 pollicaribus compressis bicuspidatis, ochreolis 2 — 3" longis 

 bifidis ; spiculis divergentibus vel divaricatis in spicas sub- 

 pollicares compositas congestis 8 — 9'" longas lineares sub- 

 compressas acutas deciduas 13 — 18-flores, basi bractea 

 minuta suffultis; squamis oblongis obtusis convolutis patulis 

 infra apicem brevi mucronatis dorso viridibus , latere fusco 

 stramineo lineolatis; caryopsi ovato-oblonga trigona apicu- 

 lata laeviter curvata exserta fusca subtiliter granulata, 

 dorso convexa; rhacheola articulata fragili, alis obovato- 

 oblongis ochraceis. N. Granada. 



649. C. 0ERSTED1I. Liebm. (I. c.) Radice fibrosa; 

 fibris longissimis pedalibus fibrillosis; culmo triquetro glabro 

 (1 '/ 2 -pedali) basi tuberascente et foliato; foliis culmo bre- 

 vioribus 4"' latis carinatis nervosis margine scabris; va^inis 

 2 — 3-pollicaribus glabris basi rubescentibus ; umbella de- 

 composita 12 — 14-radiata, radiis 8 erecto-patulis 1'/j — 2- 

 pollicaribus compressis , caeteris brevioribus vel sessilibus ; 

 umbellulis corymbosis 5 — 8-radiatis, radiis brevibus 2 — 4'" 

 longis, longioribus sub-3 ramosis caeteris simpliciter spicato- 

 poly-(12 — 15-) stachyis; involucro 10-phyllo longissimo, 

 foliolis usque pedalibus 3'" latis patulis; involucellis 5- 

 phyllis erecto-patentibus umbellulam parum superantibus; 

 ochreis Vs -pollicaribus bicuspidatis ; spiculis patentissimis 

 subulatis 3— 4'" longis, 7 — 9-floris, basi bractea setacea 

 suffultis; squamis oblongis obtusis mucronulatis 7-nerviis 

 dorso viridibus , lateribus fusco-stramineis ferrugineo-lineo- 

 latis; caryopsi ovatw-oblonga apiculata trigona fusca sub- 

 tiliter granulata exserta dorso convexa ; rhacheola articulata, 

 alis oblongis membranaceis. Nicaragua. 



650. C. FOSSARUM. Liebm. (1. c. 37.) Radice fibrosa; 

 rhizomate crasso repente stolonifero ; culmo trigono glabro 

 striato (lV's-pedali) basi foliato; foliis culmo longioribus 

 planis late linearibus 3 — 4'" latis, carinatis sursum mar- 

 gine carinaque scabris; umbella decomposita, primaria 

 8— 10-radiata corymbosa, radiis 5— 6 exterioribus inaequa- 

 libus 2— 3-pollicaribus rigidulis compresso-trigonis patenti- 

 bus; umbellulis 5— 8-radiatis, radiis divergentibus 1— 1 V 

 pollicaribus hie illic ramosis , usque ad basin fere remote 

 spicato-polystachycis; involucro 5— 6-phyllo, foliolis paten- 

 tissimis late linearibus , inferioribus longissimis (usque 20- 

 pollicaribus ; involucellis 5— 6-phyllis umbellulam sub- 

 aequantibus ; ochreis %" longis compressis in laminam 

 '/,-pollicarem abeuntibus; spiculis patentissimis remotius- 

 culis anguste linearibus teretiusculis subulatis 4 — 5'" longis, 



6 8-floris, basi bractea setacea suffultis; squamis adpresse 



imbricatis concavis oblongis obtusissimis, brevissime mucro- 

 nulatis striatis basi convolutis, dorso viridibus latere fusco- 

 stramineis ferrugineo-striatis , margine hyalino-scariosis ; 

 caryopsi obovata trigona apiculata subtilissime granulata 



b rev ? Uo * radii umbellularum . infimis bipollicaribus sursum | ochracea alis rhacheolae oblongis obtusis submembranacea 



Pollip " den >«m reflexis; spiculis in spicam laxam sub- I fere tota inclusa. Mexico. 



gis arem dis P° sitis remotiusculis divergentibus 6— 9"' Ion- 651. C. FRAGILIS. Liebm. (1. c. 38.) Rhizomate crasso 

 » "nearibus teretiusculis 8— 11-floris. basi bractea I repente , radiculis fibrosis ; culmo erecto basi tuberascente 

 8 t«*<to. Gluaweae. jj. 8 



