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Presl. In Rel. HaenJc. 1. 174. Nees ab Esenb. in Wighl. Bot. of 

 Ind. 87. (IVall. Cuf. n. 3360 g-. 3346 b, ex purie, et, teste JSeesio, 

 3361.) IVilld. hcrh. n. 1394. Cvilmo Iriquetro, glabro; foliis 

 plaiiis, llaccidis, iiiari;;iiie scaliris; innbella 6-8-ra(liala ; iiivolu- 

 cro 3-4-phyllo, loiigissiiiio; radiis vaUle iiiaeqvialibus, apice fas- 

 ciculalo-rainosis; spicis iii rainis pcr spicam coinposiiaiii laxani 

 tlisposilisj lincaribus, coinpressis, 8--2U-noris; floribus <listanli- 

 bus; squamis subrotuiulo-obovatis, emarginatis, brevissiuie mu- 

 cronatis, carinato-navicularibus, quinqueuerviis; achenio clliptico, 

 triangulari, mucronato, castaneo-fuseo, iiitido, squamam subae- 

 quaiite. C. Santouici Rotib. G'rum. 41. t. 9. f. 1. C. panicoitles 

 Lam. lll. 1. 14.5. C. chrysomelinus Linlc. Ilort. 1. 30.5. (Jide 

 ipso anct. m Ilort. 2. 318.) — liulia orientalis, Insulae Pliilippi- 

 iiae, China. — 8quamac olivaceo-virides, dorso inter nervos fer- 

 rugiiieo-croceae, glabrae, deciduae. 8tamina 2?. Antherae ob- 

 longae, acutae, flavae. Ovarium ovatuni, triangulare. Stylus 3- 

 pattitus. 



107. C. ELEUSIXOIDES. (fl'all. Cat. n. 3346 b.) Culmo tri- 

 angulari, glabro, basi foliato; foliis ])Ianis, rigidis, apiceni ver- 

 sus margine scabris ; iimbella composita, subseptemradiata; ra- 

 diis partialibus circiter 1, uiidi(]ue spicis obloiigis compressis 

 8-10-iloris dense obsitis, spicas referentibus composKas cyliii- 

 draceas; involucro subpentaphyllo, longissimo; squamis ovato- 

 ollipticis, sub apicc mucronulatis, carinato-navicularibus, seplem- 

 iierviis, fuscescentibus, dorso fusco-Iineolalis ; slylo tripartito, 

 lougissimo; achenio obovato-oblongo, triangiilari, apicato, fusco, 

 squama ^ breviore. C. fastigiatus et niysurensis herb. Ileynean. 

 (Jide JVall.) — India orientalis. — Squamae inenibranaceac, 

 fuscescentes, inter nervos lineolis croceo-fuscis notatae. Fila- 

 nienta 3, persistentia, loiigissima, liyalino-fuscescentia. Stylus 

 triparlitus, fuscus. Achenia punctulato-scabriuscula, subopaca. 

 An C. racemosus (Reiz., Vahl.) j\'ees ab Escnb. in JVight. Boi. 85? 



8) Luzuloideae. — Spicae muliiflorae, compressae, capitato-^ 

 confertae, capitulis umbellalis, rarius soliiariis. Squamae 

 approximatae, carinato-naviculares, acutae, trincrviae, ra- 

 rissime obsoletc 7-9-ncrviae. Stameu 1. 



108. C. INCOMTUS. Caespitosns; culmis gracilibus, triangu- 

 Jaribus, glabris, basi foliatis: foliis culino brcvioribus, anguste li- 

 nearibus, planis, margiuc scabris; spicis 15-17, iu apice culmi 

 fasciculato-congestis, linearibus, compressis, mulli-(sub'25-)floris; 

 involucro 3-4-phylIo, longissiino; squamis approximatis, late 

 ovatis, acuto-submucronatis, carinato-navicularibus, obsolete 7-9- 

 nerviis, lutcscentibns; stamine 1; slylo trifido; achenio ovato- 

 subrotundo, acuminato-mucronato, triaugulari, impresso-punctu- 

 lato, ferrugiueo, squama i^ brevioro. — Brasilia. 2!\> — Culuii 

 sesqui- vel bipedales. lihacheola squamis parallele compressa, 

 aptera. Filamentura persistens, hyalino-fcrrugineum. Stylus fer- 



