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obtusiusculis prominentibus, in rostrum basi tumidulum ore menibranaceo 
fissum margine serrulatum attenuatis, multinerviis hirtellis; car. arctiss. 
inclusa c. utriculo conforini) brunnea nitida densiss. punctulata, styli basi 
incrassata pallida coronata. In viciniam G. leucanthae Arn. locanda. 
Manila, Makakai. — Wichura leg. — (Herb. Mus. bot. Berolin.) 
49. C. madagascariensis. Laete viridis; caespitosa; fibrillis radicalibus 
validis fuscis; culmis stricte erectis subbipedalibus tenuibus tricjuetris in- 
fra apicem ad angulos scabris basin versus plurifoliatis; vaginis subdistichis 
ferrugineis antice membranaceis, omnibus laminiferis; foliis culmo multo 
longioribus confertis rigidulo-herbaceis angustis longe angustato-acumina- 
tis planis, margine scabris, 1 — 1 , / 2 1. lat.; spiculis 6 — 4 pedunculatis 
approximato-alternis, terminali mascula filiformi ferruginea 2’/ 2 poll. longa, 
reliquis foemineis ferrugineo-testaceis anguste cylindricis curvatis densi- 
floris longe pedunculatis subpendulis c. mascula aequilongis 1 2 / 3 — 1 y 2 1. 
lat.; bracteis foliaceis subevaginatis , infimis valde elongatis; pedunculis 
capillari-setaceis cernuis teretibus scabriusculis ; squamis parvis ferru- 
gineis concoloribus : foemineis minoribus suborbiculatis apice rotundato- 
obtusis v. subtruncatis e carina viridi trinervi brevius scabro- mucronatis ; 
masculis cuneato-ol)ovatis apice leviter emarginatis; utriculis fusco-flavidis 
squama plus duplo longioribus vix supra lineam longis orbiculato - ovatis 
compressis enervibus breviss. rostratis ore integro, dense granulatis, stylo 
perbrevi exserto, stigmat. 2 reflexis. — Species perinsignis ex affin. 
G. pruinosae et C. phacotae. — M. Hildebrandt Fl. v. Central-Madagascar, 
no. 3753. 
Ost-Imerina: Andrangolöaka. In Sümpfen, im Nov. 1880. 
50. C. fuscescens. Planta caespitosa denique fuscescens fibrillis radi- 
calibus validis rigidis pallide purpureis; culmis gracilibus firmis pedem 
circ. altis, angulis acutis scabris, basi multifoliatis; foliis confertis erectis 
angustis rigidis acuminatis carinato-planis 1 —1 1 / 2 1. lat. margine nervisque 
perscabris, longioribus culmum subaequantibus; vaginis fissis purpura- 
scenti- luteis, marginibus latis membranaceis subliliss. reticulato- fissis; 
spiculis 5 in culmi apice subfasciculatim approximatis : mascula solitaria, 
v. altera minori associata, breviter pedunculata ferrugineo-straminea lineari 
15 — 9 lin. longa lineam circ. lala, foemineis (non raro apice masculis) brun- 
neis exserte pedunculatis subpendulis cylindraceis densifloris subbipolli- 
caribus sesquilineam diametro; bracteis foliaceis evaginatis, infimis spicu- 
las longe superantibus; squamis valde inaequalibus sed subconformibus 
fuscescenti-stramineis obovato-oblongis breviter subacutato-mucronulatis, 
foemineis parvulis; utriculis parvis squama brevioribus vix lineam longis, 
ferrugineo-bruuneis orbiculato-ovalibus biconvexis leviter compressis rugu- 
losis subtiliterque lineolatis opacis, rostro brevi atque tenui ore integro. 
— Ex aflinit. C. notliae Kunth. 
