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ginatis basi compositis, stigmatibus 2, perigyniis obovatis rostellatis 
bidentatis atro-purpureis lucidis enerviis estipitatis squama lanceolata 
acuta apice ciliat&é v. hispido-mucronata nervo pallido brevioribus. 
Hab. in Columbia, Pillylum, ad alt. 13,000 ped., Jameson (v. in Herb. 
Hooker). 
Aspectus C, atrate, L. 
8. C. Pichinchensis, spicd decomposita e spiculis 20—35 ovatis v. ob- 
longo-cylindraceis inzequalibus fuliginoso-purpureis androgynis apice 
extremo masculis : supremis 8—12 congestis sessilibus simplicibus : re- 
liquis in spicas primum simplices deinde deorsim magis compositas 
pedunculatas inferiores brevi-bracteatas subnutantes? insidentibus, stig- 
matibus 2, perigyniis (floriferis) glabris enerviis ovalibus cylindrico- 
rostratis bidentatis stipitatis basi pallidis squama lanceolata acuminata 
acuta muticé fuliginoso-purpurea concolori brevioribus. 
C. Pichinchensis, Kunth, : 
Hab. in montibus Quito, Humboldt, Jameson, no. 143 (v. in Herbb, 
Looker et Lemann). 
Affinis C. Lemanniane. 
9. C. LemanniAna, spicd decomposita e spiculis 20—40 cylindricis inze- 
qualibus ferrugineo-purpureis androgynis apice extremo masculis: su- 
premis 6—12 congestis sessilibus : reliquis in spicas 4 v. 5 alternas pe- 
dunculatas erectas plis mints compositas foliaceo-bracteatas insiden- 
tibus, stigmatibus 2, perigyniis ovalibus brevi-cylindrico-rostratis sub- 
bifurcatis stipitatis nervosis viridibus superné ferrugineo-tinctis ad mar- 
one aculeatis squama lanceolata long? acuminata acuta vel rarits 
ispido-mucronata purpureo-ferruginea nervo pallido subduplo brevi- 
oribus, 
Hab. in locis humidis Montis ignivomi Cotopaxi Columbie, Hartweg, 
no. 1446 (Herb. C. M. Lemann); Columbia, Jameson, no. 220 (Herb. 
Lemann). 
Affinis C. Pichinchensi, Kth. 
10. C. Mertensii, spicis 4—10 cylindricis androgynis basi masculis pe- 
*  dunculatis nutantibus approximatis:.inferioribus remotis, stigmatibus 
3, perigyniis ovatis acutis rostellatis ore integro tenuissimis compressis 
binerviis squama oblonga mutica v. mucronulata longioribus latiori- 
busque. 
C. ettonai, Prescott, Hook, Fl, Bor.-Amer. t..217. 
C. Columbiana, Dewey. 
Hab. in Americee Ora Boreali-Occidentali, 4. Menzies, Esq.; ad fl. Co- 
lumbia, Dr, Scouler; in Insula Sitcha, ex Bongard. 
11. C, crinauis, spicis 3—5 oblongis congestis sessilibus erectis olivaceo- 
ferrugineis : terminali majore androgyna basi mascula: reliquis foemi- 
neis bracteatis evaginatis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ellipticis triquetris 
conico-rostratis bifidis glabris striato-nervosis ferrugineis squama equi- 
lata ovata obtus& v. acuta rarius mucronulata longioribus. 
Hab. in Columbia prope Antisana, Hartweg, no. 1461 (Herb. Bentham) ; 
Pillylum, Jameson (Herb. Hooker). 
Affinis C. hirsute, Willd. 
12. C. nivauis, spicis 4 atro-purpureis cuneatis v. ellipticis contiguis; su- 
perioribus androgynis basi masculis; infima foemineaé exserté pedun- 
culata subremota brevi setaceo-bracteata, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis el- 
lipticis erostratis bidentatis superné ad margines scabriusculis enerviis 
compressis atro-purpureis basi albidis tenuissimis squama atro-purpurea 
lanceolata mucronata longioribus latioribusque. 
