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2. C. EsENBECKii, spica cylindric& dioicS.?v. androgynd apice masculS 

 multiflora basi laxiflora foemineis paucioribus alternis instmctS, stigma- 

 tibus 2, perigyniis (floriferis) linearibus ore inembranaceo truncato ob- 

 lique fisso ciliato-serratis squama lanceolata bispido-mucronata angus- 

 tioribus longioribusque. 



C. trinervis, Nees in Wight, Contr. Ind. Bot. (non Decand.) 

 Hab. in India Orientali, Moura, Roi/le. In Monte Chiir, ad alt. pad. 

 12,000, Edgeworth. 



3. C. Geyeri, spica simplici androgyiia apice mascuia basi flosculis foemi- 

 neis 1 V. 2 alternis instnicta, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis triquetro-ob- 

 ovatis stipitatis rostratis ore integro glabris pallidis squama lata basi 

 amplectente brevi-cuspidata dorso trinervi pallida ad latera ferrugined 

 brevioribus angustioribusque. 



Hah. in declivitatibus aridis Montium Saxosorum, Americae Septentrio- 

 nalis, C. A. Geijer, no. 332 {^Herh. Hook.). 



Obs. Affinis C. phyllostachys, Meyer, quEe flosculis foemineis saepe 3, 

 squamis masculis brevioribus apice hyalinis, foemineis foliaceis longissimis, 

 racbi flexuosa, difFert. 



4. C. coACTA, spica castanea basi setaceo-bracteata e spiculis pluribus 

 androgynis apice masculis parvis ovatis sessilibus ebracteatis in capi< 

 tulum longiusculum arete congestis composita, stigmatibus 2, perigyniis 

 ovatis acuminato-brevi-rostratis bifidis stipitatis utrinque sub-9-nervii3 

 superne ad margines bialatas serrato-scabris stramineis squama ovatd 

 hispido-mucronata brevioribus. 



Hah. in AfFghanistan, Griff., no. 79 (Herb. Hooker). 



Obs. Affinis C. vulpiiicp, L. ; differt culmo obtusangulo, superne gracili, 

 nee in axim angustiorem abrupte coarctato. A C. vulpinari, Nees, spica 

 longa cylindricd basi miniis composita (nee ovata), perigyniis scabris, di- 

 stincta. A C. glomeratd, Thunb. culmo graciiiori obtusangulo, perigyniis 

 8ub-9-nerviis, spica congesta (nee basi sublobata), bractea solum ad basin 

 spicae setacea, foliis angustioribus (nee glaucescentibus) differt. 



5. C. SANGUiNEA, spica decomposita dupHcato-racemosd ; racemis termi- 

 nalibus axillaribusque remotis solitariis geminatisque longe exserte pe- 

 dunculatis vaginatis; spiculis 3 — 8 ovatis sessilibus atro-purpureis an- 

 drogynis apice masculis ad apicem pedunculorum spicatim v. duplicato- 

 spicatim dispositis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis trigono-ovatis rostratis 

 bifidis nervosis stipitatis scabris subrecurvis squama lata ovat4 acut4 v. 

 mucronulata purpurea longioribus. 



/3. magis composita (junior). 



Hab. in AfFghanistan, Griffith, no. 96. ^, No. 91 {Herh. Hook.). 



Obs. .\d gregem C. pohjstachya, Willd. &c. pertinet. 



6. C. Rafflesiana, spica ferruginea concolori subsesquipedali paniculata 

 e spiculis permultis congestis sessilibus oblongis androgynis apice mas- 

 culis supra-decompositS ; paniculis terminalibus axillaribusque multi- 

 No. XXIX. — Phoceedings of the Linnean Society. 



