54 Linmsan Society. 



Hah. in IndiS, Orientali, supra Dhunrao, versus fauces Montium Himalen- 

 sium Mana dictas, ad altitudinem 16,000 ped., M. P. Edgeworth, Esq. 

 Facies C. atratce, L. ; C. coriophorce, Fisch. affinior. 



13. C. ciNNAMOMEA, spicis 5 cyliudricis nutantibus basi attenuati's ferru- 

 gineis concoloribus; terminali androgyna basi mascula reliquis foemineis: 

 superioribus contiguis sessilibus : inferioribus pedunculatis : infima re- 

 mota longe exserte vaginato-bracteata basi composita, stigmatibus 3, 

 perigyniis ovalibiis bidentatis enerviis compressis ferrugineis basi albi- 

 dis superne marginibus pallidis scabriusculis squam^ oblonga acuta vel 

 cuspidate ferruginea longioribus latioribusque. 



Ilab. in India Orientali, Prof. Boyle. 

 C. coriophorce^ Fisch. afRnis. 



14. C. Banksii, spicis 3 — 7 oblongis ovatisque crassis atro-purpureis ex- 

 serte pedunculatis nutantibus ; supreraa basi mascula ; reliquis foemi- 

 neis infima remota, stigmatibus 3 longis, perigyniis hyalino-tenuissimis 

 late ovatis compressis leviter nervosis cylindrico-rostratis glabris ore 

 obliquo bifido squama oblongo-spathulat^ emarginata cristata breviori- 

 bus latioribusque. 



C. atrata et C. Magellanica, Herh. Banks. 



Hah. in Terr^ del Fuego, Banks et Solander (v. etiam in Herhh, Henslow 

 et Hooker e eel. Darwin, sub num. 300 et 301). 



15. C. Walkeri, spica composita e spiculis pluribus androgynis apice 

 masculis fasciculatis cylindricis laxifloris insequalibus exserte setaceo- 

 pedunculatis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis angustis triquetro-lanceolatis 

 longe-rostratis bicuspidatis stipitatis nervosis marginibus superne ser- 

 rato-scabris squama lanceolata cristata longioribus. 



C. Walkeri, Arnott MSS. 



Hah. in Insula Ceylon {Herh. Arnott). 



C. validcs, Nees proxima. 



16. C. HoRSFiELDir, glaucescens concolor, spicis 4 v. 5 decompositis 

 erectis strictis alternis : inferioribus longe exserte pedunculatis remotis : 

 terminali majore evaginata ; spiculis apice masculis oblongis alternis 

 patentibus, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis triquetro-ellipticis acuminato- 

 rostratis bidentatis oblique fissis arcuatim recurvis nervosis superne 

 parce serrato-denticulatis squama ovata albo-membranacea hispido- 

 aristata nervo viridi scabriusculo longioribus. • 



Hah. in Insult, Java, Dr. Horsjield. 

 Affinis C. polystachyce, Willd. 



17. C. LEuc ANTRA, spica dccomposita e spiculis parvis androgynis apice 

 masculis ; terminalibus et infra ad apicem pedunculorum congesto-ses- 

 silibus axillaribus ; spicis partialibus 4 — 6 alternis plus miniis compo- 

 sitls : inferioribus remotis elongatis exserte pedunculatis : superioribus 

 approximatis abbreviatis sessilibus, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis trigono- 

 ellipticis acuminatis rostratis alte oblique fissis striato-nervosis scabris 

 squam^ ovata hispido-mucronata pallida nervos^ dupl6 longioribus. 



C. leucantha, Arnott MSS. 



Hah. ad Courtallum, in Penins. Indiae Orientalis, Wight {Herh. Wight^ 

 2379 a, " July 1838, no. 993," juvenilis ; 2379 b. var. composita; " Aug. 

 1835, no.- 992, 998," senilis). 



18. C. Jamesoni, spicis circiter 20 fusco-nigris cylindricis androgynis 

 apice masculis inaequaliter longe pedunculatis bracteatis evaginatis pen- 

 dulis simplicibus compositisque : extremis solitariis : reliquis geminatis 

 ternatisve, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis lanceolatis utrinque nervosis in 

 rostrum breve attenuatis bidentatis glabris atro-purpureis squama Ian- 



