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1958. Floral bracts blunt, laterally very dark. 



From quite dwarf to somewhat tall ; stems trigonous, very 

 weak ; leaves comparatively short ; spikelets flat, forming 

 one to five mostly or partly sessile fascicles, seldom 

 reduced to two or one ; floral bracts towards the carinular 

 venule greenish- or yellowish-brown ; stamens two ; anthers 

 very short ; stigmas two ; fruit roundish-obovate, com- 

 pressed. C. Eragrostis. 



Floral bracts somewhat pointed, laterally brownish 

 or yellowish ... 1959 1 



1959. Spikelets comparatively narrow. 



Often rather dwarf ; leaves very narrow ; conspicuous floral 

 leaves two or three, of unequal length ; fascicles of spikelets 

 crowded into a solitary or two or few clusters, partly 

 umbellate, stalked ; spikelets flat ; floral bracts pale- or 

 dark -brown, quite narrow; stamens two; fruit com- 

 pressed, roundish-obovate, short in proportion to its floral 

 bract. C. globosus. 



Spikelets comparatively broad. 



Often rather tall ; leaves flat ; conspicuous floral leaves one 

 or two ; fascicles of spikelets partly umbellate or some- 

 what spicately or capitularly arranged ; spikelets flat ; 

 floral bracts pale-yellowish- or greenish-brown, hardly 

 pointed, shining ; stamens often three ; stigmas two ; fruit 

 much compressed, from ovate to rhomboid-orbicular, short 

 in proportion to its floral bract, greyish outside. 



C. unioloides. 



1960. Comparatively dwarf 1961 



Comparatively tall ... 1965 



1961. Floral bracts pointed ... 1962 



Floral bracts blunt ... ... ... 1963. 



1962. Fascicles of spikelets singly terminal. 



Rather or quite dwarf ; stems very thin ; leaves very 

 narrow ; conspicuous floral leaves one to three ; spikelets 

 flat, quite small, one to three or few, seldom numerous ; 

 floral bracts greenish, lined with prominent venules ; 

 stamens three ; stigmas three ; fruit trigonous, broadish 

 upwards. C. gracilis. 



