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8. C Bong AUDI, spicis 4 cylindricis erectis alleinis stramineo-pallidis 

 concoloribus ; mascula 1 pedunculala; fcemineis 3 ajjice masculis basi 

 attenuatis laxe imbricatis : inferioribus exserte pedunculatis bracteatis, 

 stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ellipticis stipitatis late rostratis bicuspidatis 

 superne serrato-hispidis striato-nervosis squama oblonj^a emarginata 

 hispido-avistata brevioribus angustiovibusque. 



Hab. ad Bonin Insul. Loo Choo, Bongard, no. 70 {Herb, Hooker). 

 C. trichocarpce, Muhl. et afRnibus proxima. 



9. C. Jackiana, spic^ mascula 1 oblongo-cylindrica ; fcemineis 4 v. 5 : 

 superioribus oblongis contiguis sessilibus : inferioribus vaginalis longe 

 exserte pedunculatis : infima remotissima elongata laxifloia interdum 

 composita, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis triquetro-lanceolatis acuminatis 

 striato-nervosis emarginatis squama ovato-acuminata aristata longi- 

 oribus. 



Hab. in Insula Java, Dr. Horsfield. 



Habitu et aspectu C. pubescenti, Muhl. affinis. 



10. C. ^thiopica, spicis 4 v. 5 cylindricis erectis castaneis concoloribus ; 

 mascula 1 ; fcemineis 3 v. 4 : superioribus approximatis incluse reliquis 

 exserte pedunculatis : infima remota, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ovatis 

 triquetris rostratis bifurcatis nervosis sanguineo-maculatis squama ovato- 

 lanceolala emarginata hispido-aristata brevioribus angustioribusque vel 

 longioribus. 



C. ^thiopica, Schk. t. Z. f. 83. 



Hab. in Africa Australi ; CafFer-land, Dr. Gill (Herb. Hooker) ; Uiten- 

 hage, Zeyher, no. 684 (^Herb. Hooker). 



11. C. Arnottian.a, spicis 5 cylindricis erectis contiguis; terminali mas- 

 cula ; reliquis fcemineis : inferioribus vaginalis inserte pedunculatis : 

 superioribus sessilibus ebracteatis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis subinflatis 

 ellipticis acuminatis cylindrico-rostratis bidentatis nervosis glabris oli- 

 vaceo-viridibus squama lanceolata aristata longioribus. 



C. Neesiana, ArnottMSS. (iion Endlich.) — (^Herb. Arnott). 

 Hab. in Insula Ceylon, Dr. Wight, " 1836, no. 1295." 

 AfRnitas cum C.paludosd, Gooden. 



12. C. Sinai, glauca, spicis cylindricis gracilibus erectis ; mascula 1 ; 

 fcemineis 4 inferioribus remotis exserte pedunculatis, stigmatibus 3, 

 perigyniis elliptico-lanceolatis triquetris nervosis brevi-rostratis bifidis 

 apice hispidis squama ferruginea emarginata obtusa mucronata longi- 

 oribus. 



C. distans, L. var., Unio Itin. no. 176, 1835. 



Hab. " in fontanis ad radices Montis Sinai," Schimper. 



C. dilutee, Bieb. affinis. 



13. C. ABBREviATA, birsuta, spicis 3 v. 4 oblongis approximatis sessilibus ; 

 terminali mascula; reliquis fcemineis : inferioribus brevi-bracteatis eva- 

 ginatis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis trigono-obovatis abrupte brevi-rostratis 



