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2. C. Esenbeckii, spica cylindrica dioica? v. androgyna apice mascula 

 multiflora basi laxiflora foemineis paucioribus alternis instructa, stigma- 

 tibus 2, perigyniis (floriferis) linearibus ore membranaceo truncato ob- 

 lique fisso ciliato-serratis squama lanceolata, hispido-mucronata angus- 

 tioribus longioribusque. 



C. trinervis, Nees in Wight, Contr. Ind. Bot. (non Decand.) 

 Hah. in India Orientali, Moura, Royle. In Monte Chur, ad alt. ped. 

 12,000, Edgeworth. 



3. C. Geyeri, spica simplici androgyna apice mascula basi flosculis foemi- 

 neis 1 v. 2 alternis instructa, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis triquetro-ob- 

 ovatis stipitatis rostratis ore integro glabris pallidis squama lata basi 

 amplectente brevi-cuspidata dorso trinervi pallida ad latera ferruginea 

 brevioribus angustioribusque. 



Hah. in declivitatibus aridis Montium Saxosorum, Americae Septentrio- 

 nal is, C. A. Geyer, no. 332 {Herb. Hook.). 



Obs. Affinis C. phyllostachys, Meyer, quae flosculis foemineis saepe 3, 

 squamis masculis brevioribus apice hyalinis, foemineis foliaceis longissimis, 

 rachi flexuosa, differt. 



4. C. coacta, spica castanea basi setaceo-bracteata e spiculis pluribus 

 androgynis apice masculis parvis ovatis sessilibus ebracteatis in capi- 

 tulum longiusculum arete congestis composita, stigmatibus 2, perigyniis 

 ovatis acuminato-brevi-rostratis bifidis stipitatis utrinque sub-9-nerviis 

 superne ad margines bialatas serrato-scabris stramineis squama ovata 

 hispido-mucronata brevioribus. 



Hah. in Affghanistan, Griff., no. 79 {Herb. Hooker). 



Obs. Affinis C. vulpince, L. ; differt culmo obtusangulo, superne gracili, 

 nee In axim angustiorem abrupte coarctato. A C. vulpinari, Nees, spica 

 longa cylindrica basi minus composita (nee ovata), perigyniis scabris, di- 

 stincta. A C. glomeratd, Thunb. culmo graciliori obtusangulo, perigyniis 

 sub-9-nerviis, spica, congesta (nee basi sublobata), bracted solum ad basin 

 spicae setacea, foliis angustioribus (nee glaucescentibus) differt. 



5. C. sanguinea, spica decomposita duplicato-racemosa ; racemis termi- 

 nalibus axillaribusque remotis solitariis geminatisque longe exserte pe- 

 dunculatis vaginatis ; spiculis 3 — 8 ovatis sessilibus atro-purpureis an- 

 drogynis apice masculis ad apicem pedunculorum spicatim v. duplicato- 

 spicatim dispositis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis trigono-ovatis rostratis 

 bifidis nervosis stipitatis scabris subrecurvis squama lat& ovata acuta v. 

 mucronulata purpurea longioribus. 



/3. magis composita (junior). 



Hah. in Affghanistan, Griffith, no. 96. /3, No. 91 {Herb. HooJc.). 



Obs. Ad gregem C. polystachya, Willd. &c. pertinet. 



6. C. Rafflesiana, spica. ferruginea concolori subsesquipedali paniculata 

 e spiculis permultis congestis sessilibus oblongis androgynis apice mas- 

 culis supra-decomposita ; paniculis terminalibus axillaribusque multi- 

 floris : superioribus sessilibus approximatis simplicibus solitariis : infe- 

 rioribus remotis longe pedunculatis decompositis geminatis vaginato- 

 bracteatis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis trigono-ellipticis acuminatis longe 

 rostratis oblique recurvis bidentatis nervosis superne plus minus sca- 

 briusculis ad margines serrato-scaberrimis lineolis purpureis notatis 

 squama ovata uninervi ferruginea mucronata longioribus. 



Hah. in Ins. Java, Horsfeld. 



Obs. Affinis C. raphidocarpes, Nees, quae perigynio glabro subciliato, 

 squama subulato- acuminata, foliis subtus margineque hirtis, differt. A C. 

 ramosd, Schk., C.filicind, Nees, C. meiogynd, Nees, inflorescentia densiore 

 aliisque notis differt. 



