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rostratis bidentatis stipitatis basi pallidis sqiiana lanceolata acuminata 

 acuta niutica fuliginoso- purpurea concoloii brevioribus. 



C. Picbinchensis, Kunth. 



Hah. in montibus Quito, Hmnboldt, Jameson, no. 143 {y. in Herbb. 

 Hooker et Lernann). 



Affinis C. LemannianeB. 



9. C. Lemanniana, spica decomposita e spiculis 20 — 40 C3lindricis inae- 

 qualibus ferrugineo-purpureis androgynis apice extreme masculis : su- 

 premis 6 — 12 congestis ses'silibus : reliquis in spicas 4 v. 5 alternas pe- 

 dunculatas erectas* plus minus compositas foliaceo-bracteatas insiden- 

 tibus, stigmatibus 2, perigyniis ovalibus brevi-cylindrico-rostratis sub- 

 bifurcatis stipitatis nervosis viridibus superne ferrugineo-tinctis ad mar- 

 gines aculeatis squama lanceolata longfe acuminata acuta vel rariias 

 hispido-mucrouata purpureo-ferruginea nervo palUdo subduplo brevi- 

 oribus. 



Hab. in locis Immidis Montis ignivomi Cotopaxi Columbiae, Hartweg, 

 no. 1446 (Herb. C. M. Lemann) ; Columbia, Jameson, no. 220 (Herb. 

 Lemann). 



Affinis C. Pichincliensi, Kth. 



10. C. Mertens'ti, spiels 4 — 10 cylindricis androgynis basi masculis pe- 

 dunculatis nutantibus approximatis : inferioribus remotis, stigmatibus 

 ?>, perigyniis ovatis acutis rostellatis ore integro tenuissimis compressis 

 binerviis squama oblonga mutica v. mucronulata longioribus latiori- 

 busque. 



C. Mertensii, Prescott, Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. t. 217. 

 C. Columbiana, Dewey. 



Hab. in Americas Ora Boreali-Occidentali, A. Menzies, Esq. ; ad fl. Co- 

 lumbia, Dr. Scolder ; in Insula Sitcha, ex Bongard. 



11. C. CRiNALis, spicis 3 — 5 oblongis congestis sessilibus erectis olivaceo- 

 ferrugineis : termiuali majore androgyna basi mascula : reliquis foemi- 

 neis bracteatis evaginatis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ellipticis triquetris 

 conico-rostratis bifidis glabris striato-nervosis ferrugineis squama aequi- 

 lata ovata obtusa v. acuta rarivis mucronulata longioribus. 



Hab. in Columbia prope Antisana, Hartweg, no. 1461 {Herb. Bentham) ; 

 Pillylum, Jameson (Herb. Hooker). 

 Affinis C. hirsiitcB, Willd. 



12. C. NIVALIS, spicis 4 atro-purpureis cuneatis v. ellipticis contiguis; su- 

 perioribus androgynis basi masculis ; infima fceminea exserte pedun- 

 culata subremota brevi setaceo-bracteata, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis el- 

 lipticis erosiratis bidentatis superne ad margines scabriusculis enerviis 

 compressis atro-purpureis basi albidis tenuissimis squama atro-purpurea 

 lanceolata mucronata longioribus latioribusque. 



Hab. in India Orientali, supra Dhunrao, versus fauces Montium Himalen- 

 sium Mana dictas, ad altitudinem 16,000 ped., M. P. Edgeworth, Esq. 

 Facies C. atratce, L. ; C. coriophoree, Fisch. affinior. 



