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longo-Hncaribiis , comprossis, l-i-16-floris; involucro Iripliyllo, 

 longissinio; squamis laiissimo ovatis, apicc acuiato-rccurvatis, 

 carinato-navicnlaribus, l)-ncrviis, viriilibus; aclicnio obovato-tur- 

 binato, triquctro, mucronato, castanco, squama tlimidio brcviorc. 

 — Nova Ilollandia. — Culmiis striatus. Folia anguste lincaria, 

 glal)ra vcl apiccm vcrsus margine scabriuscula. Stamina 3. Fi- 

 lamcnta j)crsistentia, byalino-fusccsccntia. Antbcrae oblongac, 

 obtusac, flavac. Stylus trifidus, fuscescens. Acbcnium triquc- 

 trum, angulis apice rotundatis, laeviusculum, nitidulum. 



70. C. ERYTHRA.EUS Schrad. in Schult. Mant. 2. 477. Linlc, 

 Jtort. 1. 304. Culmo filiformi, triangulari, glabro : foliis planis, 

 trincrviis, glabriusculis, culmum subacquantibus; nmbclla sim- 

 plici, contracta, 4-5-radiata ; involucro tripbyllo, longissimo ; spi- 

 cis solitariis-ternis, oblongo-lincaribus, comprcssis, 1'2-20-floris; 

 squamis carinato-navicularibus, acutis, 7-9-ncrviis, dorso viridi- 

 bus , lateribus byalino-albidis , basim versus intcrdum roscis ; 

 cicbcnio obovato -elliptico , apicato, triquctro , nigro-castanco, 

 squama dimidio brcviore. C. rubesccns Link. Enum. 1. 44. 

 {tcsie ipso auct.) — Patria? — Folia glabra vcl margine sca- 

 ])riuscula, Umbclla contracta, 4-5-radiata, interdum spicae 7-9, in 

 apice cnlnii fasciculato-congcstac. Filamenta persistcntia 3, bya- 

 lina. Stylus tripartitus (minime bifidus, ut Linkius notavit ), 

 fcrrugincus. Acbcnium apicatum, apiculo brevi, truncato, punc- 

 tulato - scabriusculum , iiitidnm. Varictas C. conglomcrati? 

 (Link.) Sprcngel {Syst. 1. 227.) cum hoc conjungit. Diflcrt a 

 C. gracili Srown. nonnisi fornia fructus. 



71. C. TETRAPHYLLUS Broivn. Prod. 214. Nees ah Esenh. 

 in Linnaea 9. 284. {Sieh Agrosi. n. 22.) Culmo triquctro, gla- 

 bro; foliis culmum acquantibus vel superantibns, planis, rigidis, 

 snbtus sulcatis, apicem vcrsus scabriusculis ; umbclla simplici, 

 subscptcmradiata; radiis strictis, 1-4-stachyis; involucro tcti-a- 

 pbyllo, longissimo; spicis lincaribus, comprcssis, 10-12-floris; 

 squamis latissime ovato-subrotundis, carinato-navicularibus, brc- 

 viter mucronatis, scptcmncrviis, dorso viridibus, lateribus atro- 

 sanguitieis ; staminibus 3 ; achcnio cUiptico, triangulari, apicato, 

 fnsccscente, squamam subaequante. — Nova HoUandia. — An- 

 ibcrae linearcs, flavae vel atro-sanguineac, in speciminc supj^c- 

 tcnte efl^etae?. Stylus tripartitus, fuscescens. Achenium punc- 

 tulatnm. 



72. C. OCHRACEUS Vahl Enum 2. 325 et Jierh. Foliis cari- 

 natis, margine carinaqne scabris, caule iriangulari longioribus; 

 umbcUa simplici vcl ramosa, inierdum depaupcrata ; radiis apice 

 polysiachyis ; involucro 5-7-phyllo, longissimo ; spicis fasciculaio- 

 confcrtis, lincaribns , comprcssis, mulii-(15-25-floris); squamis 

 carinato-navicularibus, acutis, subcoriaccis, obsolcte trinerviis, 

 fnscesccnii-ochraccis ; achenio oblongo , acuminato-snbrostrato, 

 trigono, fusco, subtilissimc imprcsso-jjunctulaio, squama ^ 

 breviore. — Insula St. Crucis, Aniigua ct St Domingo. 2|i — 



