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146 Caricis Species Nove vel minis cognite, 
50. C. /ErHIoPICA ; spicis 4-5 cylindricis erectis castaneis concoloribus ; mas- 
culâ 1; foemineis 3-4 superioribus approximatis inclusé reliquis exserté 
pedunculatis infima remota, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ovatis triquetris 
rostratis bifurcatis nervosis sanguineo-maculatis squama ovato-lanceolata 
emarginata hispido-aristatà brevioribus angustioribusque vel longioribus. 
C. ZEthiopica, Schkuhr, Car. t. Z. f. 83. 
Hab, “ In Caffer-land, Cap. Bonz Spei," Dr. Gill, Herb. Hooker! “ Uitenhage, Cap. Bonz 
Spei, Zeyher, 684,” Herb, Hook. 
Culmus bipedalis et ultra, basi foliosus, glaber, apice scabriusculus ; pars spicas gerens 3-14 
poll. longa. Folia 3-5 lin. lata, culmo longiora. Bractec foliacez vaginate, superior 
setacea, infima longissima 4 lin. lata, culmum superans, superné cariná marginibusque 
scabra. Vagine 4 lin. ad 2 poll. longa. Spice concolores, lucidé castaneze; mascula 
1-2 poll. longa, 2 lin. lata, squamis arcté imbricatis, hispido-aristatis, inferioribus emar- 
ginatis apice ciliatis, nervo pallido. Spicze feemineze, erectze, 11-21 poll. longze, 4 lin. 
lata, duz superiores spice mascule approximate, sessiles vel incluse pedunculate ; 
reliquz exsertze, infima remota; omnes sublaxiflore ; squamis laxis oblique divergenti- 
bus, cariná pallidá latiori nervosá scabrá, apice emarginatis vel acutis in aristam lan- 
ceolatam hispidam productis. Perigynium 2} lin. longum, 1 lin. latum, nervosum, 
maculis sanguineis notatum, pellucidé punctatum, nitidum. Achenium 1j lin. longum, 
$ lin. latum, trigonum, obtusum, fuscum, subtilissimé punctulatum. 
Schkuhrius hanc speciem, e specimine Thunbergiano, primüm quasi incolam Insulæ Borbo- 
nicz descripsit, deinde in ejus Nachtr. quamvis a cel. Smithio et Willdenovio infausté 
eam ad C. levigatam, Sm., referre seductus, rit? ad Cap. Bonz Spei relegit. Nemo 
post Thunbergium ante Gillium et Zeyherium prospexit. A C. levigatá, Sm., spicis 
foemineis (superioribus mascule approximatis) lucidé castaneis sublaxifloris et squa- 
mis emarginatis abundé differt. 
51. C. Snar; glauca, spicis cylindricis gracilibus erectis ; masculá 1 ; foemineis 
4 inferioribus remotis exsertà pedunculatis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis 
elliptico-lanceolatis triquetris nervosis brevi-rostratis bifidis apice hispi- 
dis squama ferruginea emarginaté obtusà mucronata longioribus. 
“C. distans, L., var. Unio Itin. 176, 1835.” 
Hab. * In fontanis ad radices Montis Sinai, Schimper.” 
Radix fibris lignosis aurantiacis longis. Culmus subsesquipedalis, erectus, levis vel apice 
scabriusculus, sulcatus, angulis obtusis, basi foliatus, rudimentis foliorum foliisque va- 
ginantibus tectus. Folia glauca, nervosa, basi involuta, apice triquetro scabra, culmo 
