1845.] Linnean Society. 259 



Satis (Elliottio Nuttallioque monentibus) a C. pseudo-cypero, L., etiam 

 Americse Septentrionalis incola, distincta. 



3. C. TRiQUETRA, spicis 3 V. 4 ; mascula 1 elliptico-cylindrica ; foemineis 

 2 V. 3 approximatis laxis apice masculis : suprema ovatd sessili : infimS 

 cylindrica basi attenuata longe vaginata incluse pedunculata, stigma- 

 tibus 3, perigyniis ellipticis acute triquetris pubescentibus bidentatis 

 sub-4-iierviis squama ovata mucronata ferruginea margine scariosa 

 longioribus. 



Hab. in California, Nutlall. 



Proxima C. gynoiasis, Vill. (C. alpestris, All.) 



4. C. GLOBosA, spicis 4 — 6 ; mascula 1 cylindrica ; foemineis 3 — 5 ovatis 

 oblongisve erectis evaginatis laxe paucifloris : superioribus 1 v. 2 sub- 

 sessilibus masculae approximatis : inferioribus remotis subradicalibus 

 longe pedunculatis, stigmatibus 3, pei'igyniis globosis conico-rostratis 

 ore membranaceo obliquo longe stipitatis hirsuto-scabris nervosis squa-' 

 mam lanceolatam mucronatam subaequantibus. 



Hah. in California, Nuttall. 



AfRnis C. bispicata, Hook. (C longerostrata, Meyer, C. catnschatcense, 

 Kunth.) 



5. C. Tweediana, spicis 8 cylindricis erectis; terminali mascula simplici; 

 reliquis andi'ogynis apice masculis compositis : superioribus approxi- 

 matis sessilibus : inferioribus pedunculatis evaginatis : infima remota 

 longissime exserte pedunculata, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ovatis acumi- 

 natis brevi-rostratis bifurcatis basi abrupte productis quasi stipitatis 

 scabris nervosis stramineis purpureo-maculatis vel olivaceis squamam 

 ovatam pallidam hispido-aristatam trinervem subaequantibus. 



C. Tweediana, Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 398. 

 Hab. ad Buenos Ayres, Tweedie {Herb. Fielding). 

 Affinis C. hirtce, L., et C. Houghfonii, Torr. 



6. C. FALEATA, spicis 7 — 10 cyliudricis erectis ; masculis 2 — 4 sessilibus 

 contiguis : infima bracteata ; foemineis 5 — 7 remotis foliaceo-bracteatis 

 exserte pedunculatis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis triquetro-obovatis brevi- 

 rostratis bifidis apice bispidis nervosis impresso-punctulatis squamam 

 ovatam byalino-paleaceam hispido-cuspidatam subaequantibus. 



Hab. in Insula Juan Fernandez, Dr. Scouler {Herb. Hooker). 

 Affinitas dubia. 



7. C. Langsdorffii, spicis 3 v. 4 oblongis ; mascula 1 ; foemineis 2 v. 3 

 laxifloris bracteatis exserte pedunculatis : superioribus contiguis : in- 

 fima subremota, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis triquetro-fusiformibus biden- 

 tatis nervosis hirto-scabris squama lanceolata hispido-cuspidata brevi- 

 oribus. 



C. Japonica, Fisch. in Herb. Boott. 



Hab. in Insula Nangasaki Japoniae, Langsdorff. A C. Japonica, Thunb. 



i{Schk. Car. t. W.W.) perigyniis scabris spicisque gracilibus distincta. 



