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ginatis basi conipositis, stigmatibus 2, pcrigyniis obovatis roslellafis 

 bidentatis atro-purpureis lucidis enerviis estipitatis scpiaina lancuolalu 

 acuta apice ciliata v. bispido-mucronata nervo pallido biovioribus. 



Hab. in Columbia, Pillylum, ad alt. 13,000 pcd., Jameson {o. in Herb. 

 Hooker) . 



Aspectus C. alratce, L. 



8. C. Pichinchensis, s^ick decomposite e spiculis 2Q — 35 ovatis v. ob- 

 longo-cylindraceis inaequalibus fuliginoso-purpureis androgynis apice 

 extreme masculis : supremis 8 — 12 cougestis sessilibus simplicibus : re- 

 liquis ill spicas primum simplices deinde deorsum magis compositas 

 pedunculatas inferiores brevi-bracteatas subnutantes ? insidentibus, stig- 

 matibus 2, perigyniis (floriferis) glabris enerviis ovalibus cylindrico- 

 rostratis bidentatis stipitatis basi pallidia squama lanceolata acuminala 

 acuta muticd fuliginoso- purpurea concolori brevioribus. 



C. Picbinchensis, Kunlli. 



Hab. in montibus Quito, Humboldt^ Jameson^ no. 143 {v. in Herbb. 

 Hooker et Lemann). 

 Affinis C. Lemanniance. 



9. C. Lemanniana, spica decomposita e spiculis 20 — 40 cylindricis inae- 

 qualibus ferrugineo-purpureis androgynis apice extremo masculis ; su- 

 premis 6 — 12 congestis sessilibus : reliquis in spicas 4 v. 5 alternas pe- 

 dunculatas erectas plus minus compositas foliaceo-bracteatas insiden- 

 tibus, stigmatibus 2, perigyniis ovalibus brevi-cylindrico-rostratis sub- 

 bifurcatis stipitatis nervosis viridibus superne ferrugineo-tinctis ad mar- 

 gines aculeatis squama lanceolata long^ acuminata acuta vel rariiis 

 hispido-mucronata purpureo-ferruginea nervo pallido subduplo brevi- 

 oribus. 



Hab. in locis humidis Montis ignivomi Cotopaxi Columbise, Hartweg, 

 no. 1446 (Herb. C. M. Lemann) ; Columbia, Jameson, no. 220 (Herb. 

 Lemann). 



Affinis C. Pichinchensi, Ktb. 



10. C. Mertensii, spicis 4 — 10 cylindricis androgynis basi masculis pe- 

 dunculatis nutantibus approximatis : inferioribus remotis, stigmatibus 

 3, perigyniis ovatis acutis rostellatis ore integro tenuissimis compressis 

 binerviis squama oblonga mutica v. mucronulat^ longioribus latiori- 

 busque, 



C. Mertensii, Prescott, Hoolc. Fl. Bor.-Amer. t. 217. ' * 



C. Columbiana, Deivey. 



Hab. in x\mericae Ora Boreali-Occidentali, A. Menzies, Esq. ; ad fl. Co- 

 lumbia, Dr. Scouler ; in Insula Sitcha, ex Bongard. 



11. C. cRiNALis, spicis 3 — 5 oblongis congestis sessilibus erectis olivaceo- 

 ferrugineis : terminali majore androgyna basi mascula : reliquis foemi- 

 neis bracteatis evaginatis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ellipticis triquetris 

 conico-rostratis bifidis glabris sti'iato-ncrvosis ferrngineis squama sequi- 

 lata ovata obtusa v. acuta rariiis mucronulat^ longioribus. 



Hab. in Columbia prope Antisana, Hartweg, no. 1461 (Herb. Bentham) ; 

 Pillylum, Jameson (Herb. Hooker). 

 Affinis C. hirsutce, Willd. 



12. C. NIVALIS, spicis 4 atro-purpureis cuneatis v. ellipticis contiguis; su- 

 perioribus androgynis basi masculis ; infima foeminea exserte pedun- 

 culata subremota brevi setaceo-bracteata, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis el- 

 lipticis erostratis bidentatis superne ad margines scabriusculis enerviis 

 compressis atro-purpureis basi albidis tenuissimis squnmtl atro-purpurea 

 lanceolata mucronata longioribus latioribusque. 



