500 
0. Böckeler. 
4-phylli foliolis erectis valtle inaequalihus. infiino 7 — 6 poll. longo: spiculis 
spicatiin dense dispositis patulis linearibus peranguslis acutis 4V 2 — 3 1. 
long. 12 — 7-floris. infimis bractea capillari-setacea munitis; squamis char- 
taceis minutis ovatis subcarinato-convexis enerviis a<tro-brunneis nitidulis. 
apice obluso margine membranaceo pallido circuradatis; stylo paruin ex- 
serto tenerrimo apice trifido. — Affinis C. mundulo, C. malaccensi. — 
J. M. Hildebrandt Fl. v. Centr.-Madagascar, no. 3736 pro parle. — Ost- 
Imerina: Andrangolöaka. ln Sümpfen. Nov. 1880. 
8. €. tenuispiculatus. Tola planta viridis; radice fibrosa lenui; culniis 
paucis fasciculalis v. singulis, strictis tenuibus ( 4 / 5 1. diam.) compresso- 
triangulis 1 1/ 2 — 1 ped. alt. basin versus pauci- (2 — 3 — 1-) foliatis; fol. 
mollibus culmo brevioribus I */ 4 1. lat. breviter acuminatis planis apice mar- 
ginibus spinulosis; involucri 5-phylli foliolis patenlibus, inferioribus um- 
bella multo longioribus (6 — 9 poll. long.); umbella explicala 6 — 7-radiata 
composita; radiis tenuibus valde inaequalibus, infimis patentiss. 3 — 1 4 / 2 poll. 
long., omnibus corymboso-ramosis; ramis fasciculalis plurispiculatis, brac- 
tea capillari elongata suffultis; spiculis spicatim dispositis erectis angusle 
linearibus acuminatis 9 — 7 lin. long. 16 — 10-floris; squamis remotiusculis, 
fructiferis patenlibus, tenui-membranaceis elongato-oblongis obtusiusculis 
e carina angusta viridi mucronulalis dorso subtiliter 7-nerviis ad latera 
albidis (raro macula alropurpurea notatis); rhacheola tenerrima rectiuscula 
leviter compressa aptera; car. squama circ. J / 3 breviore oblonga paruin 
incurvata mucronata triangula, augulis prominentibus, subtiliter granulata 
nigra nitidula; stylo parum exserto apice trifido: stamin. 3 persistenlibus. 
— Proxim. C. chromatolepidi et C. ehlorostachidi. — .1. M. Hildebramit 
F l. v. Centr.-Madagascar n. 3831. 
lmerina, Jan. 1881. 
9. C. (Papyri) imerineiisis. Subaphyllus: culmo pervalido 5 — 4 pedali 
triquetro medio 5 — 4 lin. diam. basin versus bulboso valde incrassatam 
vaginis magnis ovato-lanceolatis brunnescentibus dense vestito ; vaginis 
supremis elongatis membranaceis dilute purpureis lamina brevi (4 — 2 poll.) 
munitis; umbella opulenta multiradiata, radiis numerosiss. patulis, pluri- 
mis aequilongis, setaceo- filiformibus triangulis 6 — 3 pollic. ; umbellulis 
parvis purpurascenti - stramineis (6 — 7 lin. all. ac lat.) subtriramosis a 
bracteis 2 lineari-setaceis patentibus parum superalis; involucro univer- 
sali subquadriphyllo, phyllis valde abbreviatis, 2 — 3 poll. long., lanceolato- 
linearibus; ochreis radiorum purpurascentibus peraugustis atque recte 
truncatis; spiculis pluribus spicatim dense dispositis patentibus rectis 
tenuibus brevibusque teretiusculis 3 — 4 I. long. 10 — 12 — 8-floris; squamis 
patulis stramineo-rufulis v. purpurascentibus oblongo-ovatis convexis ob- 
tusiusculis muticis, carina vix prominente viridula obsolete nervata; car. 
squama i / 2 breviore ovali utrinque obtusa obluse triangulari subtiliss. 
punctulala alba; stylo exserto complanalo fusco profunde trifido; rhachillae 
