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C. lonj2;ifolium Poir, intcp ct C. dilTiisum L. C. Ilaspano valtlc 

 arrinem dicit Poirct. 



S'2. C. MOESTUS. (Wall. Cat. 3370 a.) Culmo tiiangularl, 



glabriu.sculo ; foliis ; umbella suljtlccomposita; involucro 



subliexaphyllo; foliolis planis, triiierviis, marginc scabris, um- 

 bcllam superantibus ; spicis solitaiiis-tcrnis, linearibus, comprcs- 

 siusculis, sub20-floris ; squamis carinato-navicularibus , nuicro- 

 uatis, obsolctc septcmncrviis, s2J.atliccis ; achcnio clliptico-oblon- 

 ^o, apicato, triquelro, nigro-castanco, longituilinc squamac. — 

 India oricntalis (Pcnang). — ^quamae ovato-subrotundac, gla- 

 brae, deciduae. Filamenta 3, persistcntia. Achcnium obsolctc 

 tuberculato-scabriusculum, nitidum. 



4) Altcrnifolii. — vSpicac multiflorae, compressiusculac, sty- 

 lis cxsertis villosac. Squamac approximatac, carinato-na- 

 viculares, mucronatac, dorso S-G-nerviae, viresccntcs, ra- 

 rius margine fusccsccntes vcl purpurascentcs. Stamina 

 plcrumque 3. 



83. C. PRASINTJS. Culmo triquctro, glabro; foliis ; 



umbella decomposita, divaricata; involucro pentaphyllo, longis- 

 simo; foliolis planis, margine scabris; spicis fasciculato-couglo- 

 meratis, lincaribus, compressis, 25-30-floris; squamis cai-inato- 

 uavicularibus , mucronatis , dorso viridibus ; achcnio triquetro, 

 obovato, mucronato, fusccscentc, squama dimidio breviore. — 

 Africa australis, ad oram oricntalcm. Drege lcgit. — Culmus 

 sulcatus. Umbella subdccemradiata. Foliola involucri striato- 

 multinervia. Squamae late ovato-ellipticae, dorso trincrviac, vi- 

 rides, lateribus hyalino-albidae, glabrae. Stamina nulla?. Stylus 

 trifidus, elongatus, fusccsccns. Achcuium subtilissime tubercu- 

 lato-scabratum, nitidum. 



84. C. INGRATUS. Culmo triquetro, scabro; foliis planis, 

 margine scabris; umbclla dccomposita, involucro subpentaphyllo 

 breviorc ; spicis fasciculato-conglomcratis ; squamis ovatis, cari- 

 uato-navicularibus, submucronatis^ obsoletc trinerviis, pallidis, 

 lateribus superne purpurascentibus; achenio triangulari, elliptico- 

 oblongo, mucronato, fuscescente. squama dimidio breviore. — 

 Africa australis ; in ora orientali legit Drege. — Culmus sulca- 

 tus. Squamae membranaccae. Stylus profundc trifidus, longis- 

 simus. Achenium immaturum laeve, glabrum. 



85. C. Dregeanus. Culmo triquetro, apicem vcrsus sca- 

 bro; foliis planis, margine scabriusculis; umbclla decomposita, 

 multiradiata, corymbiformi; involucro triphyllo, elongato; spicis 

 5-8, capitato-congcstis, clliptico-oblongis, compressis, subdcccm- 

 floris; squamis ovato-subrotundis, carinato-navicularibus, mucro- 

 u.-itis, obsolete 5-nerviis, carina viridibus, lateribus hyalino-al!)i- 

 dis vcl fuscescentibus ; staminibus 3; achenio (immaturo) cUip- 

 tico, triquctro, acutato-mucronato, squama dimidio brevioro. — 

 Africa australis ; in ora oricntali lc£;it Droge. — Culnius stria- 



