516 
0. Böekeler. 
patentibus purpureo-ferrugineis laneeolato-ovalis ovalisve aeutiusculis v. 
obtusis aristulatis ; utriculis squama multo longioribus patentibus parte 
superiore recurvis, membranaceis stramineo-viridibus apice non raro colo- 
ratis, trigonis ex oblongo sensim longe attenuato-rostratis ore bifidis, pluri- 
nerviis laevibus 2 — 2'/ 2 — 1 */ 2 1- long. — C. Wahlenbergfanae affmis. — 
.1. M. IIildehrandt Fl. v. Centr .-Madagascar, no. 3752. 
Forma minor tenuis, foliis angustis paniculisque secund. 3 — 2. — Coli, 
no. 3746. 
Ost-Imerina: Andrangolöaka. Im Urwaldschatlen, Nov. 1880. 
47. C. llildob rnmltiana. Laete viridis; rhizomate brevi stolonifero , va- 
ginis dissolutis brunneis obtecto, fibrillis capillaribus; stolonibus hori- 
zontal. filiformibus nodulosis duris; culmis paucis gracillimis 22 — 14 poll. 
altis firmis obtuse triangulis laevibus basi pluri foliatis ; foliis confertis 
patentibus rigidulo-herbaceis earinato-planis angustis longe anguslato- 
acuminatis 10—12 — 4 poll. 1. 1 ’/ 4 — 3 / 4 1. lat. apice serrulato-perscabris; 
spicis singulis v. 2 distantibus parvis e spiculis paucis compositis 11 — 7 
lin. long. purpurascenti-viridibus simplicibus v. pauciramulosis, inferiore 
breviter pedunculata; bracteis brevi -vaginatis foliaceis lineari-setaceis 
spicas aequantibus v. superantibus; rhachi scabra; spiculis androgynis 
7 — 3 remotiusculis patentissimis subreflexisve paucifloris 3 lin. long.; 
squamis chartaceis subconformibus e basi lata lanceolatis acutatis seabro- 
arislulatis subtiliter nervatis viridulo- stramineis ferrugineo- variegatis ; 
utriculis tenuibus laete viridibus squama subduplo longioribus 2'/ 2 1* circ. 
long. rectis v. raro apice leviter recurvis oblongis longe attenuato-rostratis 
triangulis plurinerviis laevibus apice fissis. — C. Cumingianae proxima. 
.1. M. Hildebrandt Fl. v. Central-Madagascar no. 4014. 
Betsileo, in Sümpfen, Jan. 1881. 
48. C. noilillora. Rhizom, brevissimo fibrillis longis rigidis; culmo tenui 
rigido triangulari laevi c. inflorescent. 2 — 1-pedali 1 — 3 / 4 1. diam. ima basi 
multifoliato ; foliis confertis subdistichis rigidulo-herbaceis laete viridibus 
opacis culmo saepiss. longioribus perfecte planis latiusculis longe angustato- 
acuminatis margine acute serrulatis 4 — 3'/ 2 1- lat*; spicis 5 — 3 — 2 olivaceis 
valde remolis pedunculatis compositis, terminali majori subdecomposita, 
elongato-oblongis lanceolalisve 3 — 2 — 1 */ 2 poll. long.; spicis simplicibus 
e spicularum glomerulis densis laxiuscule dispositis subrotundis construc- 
tis; bracteis primariis foliaceis vaginatis, infimis valde elongatis, ad 1 — iy 2 
ped. long.; bracteis secundariis setaceo- capillaribus scabris spicas suas 
subaequantibus ; spiculis androgynis brevibus confertis 2'/ 2 — 2 — 3 lin. 
long. paucifloris orbiculatis ovalibusve, floribus terminalibus nonnullis in- 
conspicuis masculis; squamis subconformibus parvulis membranaceis slra- 
mineo-ferrugineis late ovato- lanceolatis scabro-mucronatis multinerviis 
hirtellis; utriculis membranaceis olivaceis squama subduplo longioribus 
iy 3 — 1 3 /ö 1* long. tumido-triangulis ellipsoideis utrinque attenuatis angulis 
