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184 | — TRIANDHIA, MONOGYNIA. CxrERUS. 
lanceolatis; glumis acutis apice patentibus. — Poire Enc, 
meth, Vl. p. 259. : 
Formá spicularum convenire cum C. nadicauli, sed post vegetum 
posuit. Had, fibrosa, odorata; culmi graciles, striati, obtus- 
anguli, 1i1:/2-spedales, basi foliis margine asperulis acutis 
culmo brevioribus, vaginis laxis scariosis albidis. Radii 5-5 
maxime inaeqales, exteriores 3-5pollicares, rigidi divaricati, 
ochreà brevi truncatà basi nigrescente; spiculae lucidae, lila- 
cinae, largae, compressae, S8-:0linearis, ovato-eblongae ob- 
tusae. lnvolueri foliola inaequalia. Semina parva nigra tri- 
angularia. In Jadagascar. .4. du Petit-Thouars. 
9o. . C. formosus V ahí; spiculis ovato-lanceolatis capi- 
tatis, involucro subhexaphyllo longissimo margine scabro. 
Fahl Enum, M. p. 327. | Pursh FL. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 9. 
Culmi crassitie pennae anserinae, acute trigoni, basi foliosi. - 
Folia hnearia.  Involucrum partiale 2-3phyllum, umbellulà 
brevius. Ochreae breves truncatae. Umbella composita, radiis 
circiter 10, 1ifepollicaris, teretibus; partialis paucioribus bre- 
vibus. Spiculae circiter 8, unguiculares, 20-2Joflorae, flaves- 
^centes , valvulis lineari- lanceolatis acutis, deciduis. 
Louisiana et Caribaeis. Herb. Juss. : 
91. C. rufas H. ex B.; culmo triquetro, angulis scabro$ 
foliis subcarinatis, margine scabris, culmo brevioribus; um- 
bellà decomposità, (sub) decemradiatà; capitulis subglobosis, 
. poljstachyis; involucro suboctophyllo, umibbellà (duplo et) tri- 
plo longiore; glumis mucronátis, punctatis; semine trigono. 
Humb. et Bonpl, Nov. gen. et spec, I. p. 169. : 
Culmus 5-6ped., sulcatus glaber, crassitie digiti minoris; folia 
linearia sulcato-striata glabra, 6 lin. lata; umbella terminalis | 
composita (in definitione:' decomposita), radiis triquetris, pol 
licaribus, aut tripollicaribus; partiales umbellae 10- aut 17 
radiatae; capitula solitaria; radii breviores umbellae univer: 
| sali; saepius capitulum solitarium loco umbellae partialis ferunt. 
'Spiculae 5o aut 40 in quovis capitulo, oblongae,,acutae, multt 
Mflorae. involucri foliola foliis simillima, inaequalia; involucella 
di.aut quadriphyHa, foliólis lanceolatis acuminatis, uiabelli 
.-partiali triplo longioribus. Ochreaesemipollicares, acutae, fus- 
. €escentes. Chniunae ovatae obtusae carinatae glabrae fuscae 
peliueido - punctatae, Stylus trifidus. Semen oblongum, acv 
minato-ap;catum, fuscum, glabrum, basi nudum. In inun- 
jatis frigidis altae convallis bogotensis inter. Suacha et. Chia. ?F 
de em ore €. surinamensis Aottb,; capitulis subglobosis glo- 
meéralis, spiculis ovatis, involucro longissimo. J'aA4 Enum. 
. p. 325... Graáminis tertia species Marcgr. Hist. p. 
Rottboell Gram. 35. t. 6. f. 5. JFilid. Spec, 1, p. 279 
Pers-Sypa T4 44. - M o dE 
.. Similis Sexm»o. Variat: umbellis subcompositis, compositis f 
|  éàecomposilis; rad. &brosa; culmus :fz-11/2pedalis,. crassitie 
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