188 Linncean Society. 



7. C. Prescottiana, spicis 6 elongatis cylindricis approximates strami- 

 neis concoloribus : terminali 1 v. 2 mascula : reliquis fcemineis sessi- 

 libus nutantibus evaginatis inferioribus longe foliaceo-bracteatis basi 

 laxifloris, stigmatibus 2, perigyniis lato-ellipticis brevi-rostratis biden- 

 tatis compressis nervosis divergentibus stramineis squama" hispido- 

 mucronat& dorso trinervi pallida ad latera ferruginea latioribus longi- 

 oribusque. 



Hab. in Napalia? Herb. Wallich., no. 3386. 

 Obs. Affinis C. crinitai, Lam. 



8. C. juncea, spicis 2—4 gracilibus erectis ferrngineo-purpureis : termi- 

 nali mascula filiformi : reliquis fcemineis laxifloris subremotis infima 

 pedunculata evaginata, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis triquetro-fusiformibus 

 ore integro apice scabris squama ovata obtusal longioribus vel lanceo- 

 latam mucronatam subaequantibus. 



C. juncea, Willd. Enum. Suppl. p. 63 ; Kuntk, Cyper. p. 468. 

 C. miser, Buckley in Sillim. Journ. 45. p. 173. 

 C. Rugeliana, Kunze in Herb. Hooker (ex parte). 

 Hab. in Montibus Carolinae Septentrionalis, Buckley, Rugel. 

 Obs. Affinis C. brachystachys, Sclik. quae perigyniis foliis infimis vagi- 

 nisque glabris, &c. differt. 



9. C. olivacea, spicis 6 — 8 elongatis cylindricis alternis remotis : mas- 

 culis ferrugineis 2 : fcemineis 4 v. 5 rarius 6 apice masculis fusco-oliva- 

 ceis longissime bracteatis infima remota rarius incluse pedunculata, 

 stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ellipticis acuminato-rostratis bidentatis ven- 

 tricosis nervosis rugosis divaricatis squama lanceolata hispido-aristata 

 brevioribus latioribusque. 



Hab. in Assam Indiae Orientalis, Major Jenkins {Herb. Hooker). 

 Obs. Habitus C. pendulee, Huds. 



10. C. Griffithii, spicis 4 v. 5 purpureis : terminali mascula obovata : 

 reliquis fcemineis oblongo-cylindraceis inferioribus exserte pedunculatis 

 basi attenuatis erectis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ovalibus tenuissimis 

 abrupte brevi-cylindrico-rostratis ore integro v. emarginato membra- 

 naceo enerviis margine superne scabriusculis purpureis basi albidis com- 

 pressis squama lanceolata acuminata longe cuspidata purpurea nervo 

 albo angustioribus brevioribusque. 



Hab. in Afghanistan, Griffith, no. 78 {Herb. Hooker). 

 Obs. Affinis C. lucida, Boott. 



11. C. Suluvantii, spicis 4 — 6 cylindricis gracilibus : mascula 1 : fcemi- 

 neis 4 rarius 3 — 5 laxifloris erectis pedunculatis superioribus approxi- 

 matis infima remota exserte pedunculata basi attenuata saepe compo- 

 sita, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ellipticis brevi-rostratis ore integro v. 

 emarginato viridibus pellucide punctatis pilosis enerviis squama ovata 

 ciliata hispido-mucronata albida nervo viridi paululum longioribus. 



C. Sullivantii, B. Bot. Exc. to the Mount, of N. Carol. Gray in Sillim. 

 Journ. 42. p. 29. 



Hab. in sylvaticis prope Columbiam Ohionis, America? Septentrionalis, 

 W. S. Sidlivant (1840). 



Obs. Affinis C. arctatce, Boott, satis herba pilosa, spicis erectis, perigyniis 

 enerviis distincta. 



12. C. acutata, spicis 5 v. 6 erectis cylindraceis fuscis : mascula 1 v. 2 

 sessilibus : reliquis 4 fcemineis saepe apice subulato-acutatis masculis 

 densifloris sessilibus vel pedunculatis longe foliaceo-bracteatis alter- 

 nation contiguis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis elliptico-lanceolatis rostratis 



