286 Linnean Society. [Feb. 17, 



floris : superioribus sessilibiis approximatis simplicibus solitariis : infe- 

 rioribus remotis longe pedimculatis decompositis geminatis vaginato- 

 bracteatis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis trigono-ellipticis acuminatis longe 

 rostratis obliqufe recurvis bidentatis nervosis superne plus minus sca- 

 briusculis ad margines serrato-scaberrimis lineolis purpureis notatis 

 squama ovata uninervi ferruginea niucronat^ longioribus. 

 Hah. in Ins. Java, Horsfield. 

 Obs. Affinis C raphidocarpa, Nees, quae perigynio glabro subciliato, 



squama subulato-acuminata, foliis subtus margineque liirtis, differt. A C. 



ramosd, Schk., C.Jilicind, Nees. C. meiogynd, Nees, inflorescentia densiore 



aliisque notis differt. 



7. C. Prescottiana, spicis 6 elongatis cylindricis approximatis strami- 

 neia eoncoloribus : terminali 1 v. 2 mascula : reliquis foemineis sessi- 

 libiis nutantibus evaginatis inferioribus longe foliaceo-bracteatis basi 

 laxifloris, stigmatibus 2, perigyniis lato-ellipticis brevi-rostratis biden- 

 tatis compressis nervosis divergentibus stramineis squama hispido- 

 mucronat^ dorso trinervi pallida ad latera ferrugine^ latioribua longi- 

 oribusque. 



Hob. in Napalia? Herh. Wallich.. no. 3386. 

 Obs. Affinis C. crinitce, Lam. 



8. C, JUNCEA, spicis 2 — 4 gracilibus erectis fernigineo-purpureis : termi- 

 nali mascula filiformi : reliquis foemineis laxifloris subremotis infima 

 pedunculata evaginata, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis triquetro-fusiformibus 

 ore integro apice scabris squama ovata obtusa longioribus vel lanceo- ' 

 latam mucronatam subaequantibus. 



C. juncea, Willd. Enum. Suppl. p. 63 ; Kunth, Cyper. p. 468. 

 C. miser, Buckley in Sillim. Journ. 45. p. 173. 

 C. Rugeliana, Kunze in Herb. Hooker (ex parte). 

 Hah. in Montibus Carolinae Septentrionalis, Buckley, Rugel. 

 Obs. Affinis C. brachystachys, Schk. quae perigyniis foliis infimis vagi- 

 nisque glabris, &c. differt. 



9. C. OLivACEA, spicis 6 — 8 elongatis cylindricis alternis remotis : mas- 

 eulis ferrugineis 2 : foemineis 4 v. 5 rariiis 6 apice masculis fusco-oliva- 

 ceis longissime bracteatis infima remota rariiis incluse pedunculata, 

 stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ellipticis acuminato-rostratis bidentatis ven- 

 tricosis nervosis rugosis divaricatis squama lanceolata hispido-aristata 

 brevioribus latioribusque. 



Hah. in Assam Indise Orientalis, Major Jenkins {Herb. Hooker). 

 Obs. Habitus C. pendulce, Huds. 



10. C. Griffithii, spicis 4 v. 5 purpureis: terminali mascula obovata : 

 reliquis foemineis oblongo-cylindraceis inferioribus exserle pedunculatis 

 basi attennatis erectis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ovalibus tenuissiniis 

 abrupte brevi-cylindrico-rostratis ore integro v. emarginato membra- 

 naceo enerviis margine superne scabriusculis purpureis basi albidis com- 



