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C. Sellowiana Schldl. Var. tenuis Böcklr. 



Culmo jx'rtenui debili (8 pollic.) triqucti'o, angulis ci,v scabnus- 

 nilis; foliis lineam ad snmmnm latis longe angustato - acuminaiis, 

 mair/irie tanlum scabrkh'n. 



Argentina, prov. Missionnm. Leg. Gr. Niederlcin. 



C. Dieckii Böcklr. 



Viridis; d<>m<> caespitosa; rliizömato brecissimo, fibrillis tenuibus'; 

 cnlmis nmnerosis patentibus rectis triangulis snlcatis leviter compressis 

 ad angulos ex more denticulatis, 4—5 poll. longis, basin versus 

 foliatis; foliis densis laete viridibns herbaceis ciünmm aequantibüs 

 v. parum superantibüs planis longo angustato -acuminatis ^'4 — V- 1. 

 lat. ad marginis denticulatis; spica bruhncHcante nuda capituliformi 

 eoinpacta mbtrianyuluri obtusa 5 — 4 lin. lata; spiculis pluribus an- 

 drogynis, floribus perpaucis basilaribus masculis; squamis parvis tenui- 

 membranaceis brunneis oi'biculato-ocut-is roiuudafo-obtwk; utriculis 

 exsertis wssilibm sesquilineam longis oeato-lanceolatix plano-convexis, 

 inferne flavidis superne brunneis, rostro angusto ore intcyro, ad an- 

 gnlos scabrido; stigmatibus 3 — '2 mbtililmx breclbua rejle.ri.s. — Species 

 insigriis Carici foetidae All. modice affinis. — Herb. Arboreti Zoesciieu 

 No. 471. Columbia- angiica-,- prope Lytton. 



C. rufo-variegata Böcklr. 



Laete viridis; radicis fibrillis tenuibus rigidulis; cubnis paiicis 

 strietis xubw.sqiujieduHbiifi tenuibus triangulis snlcatis ini'ra apieeni ad 

 angulos scabridis, basi phiriftüiatia\ foliis erectis. >:o)i)^rti.s cidmi dhni- 

 (liwin subaequantibuti rigidulo-herbaceis perlonge angustato-aciiminatis 

 carinato-planis subtiliss. cellulpso-punctatis, ad margines dense den- 

 ticulatis, /— 1 /'2 /. lat; spica nuda pallide vufa simplici oblonga 

 dcn.siiisndd <> spiculis 7 — (! eomposita X *'/-t — l'/2 poll. longa 4 — 5 lin. 

 lata; spiculis androgynis, basi masculis, adpnwix ablonyia obtusis 

 5 — 6 lin. long. 2 1 /'-2 1. cire. latis; squamis membranaceis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis acutis carinatis, diseo ferrugineo-rufis, margine lato pallido; 

 utriculis niagnis adpressis xquanut patwu fanyhribrin 3-/' s 1. long. 

 compressis oblongo - lanceolatis basi leviter attenuatis, liinc plano- 

 concavis indc eonvexiusculis , ore breeiter //.v.s7.y, tenuiter nervatis, 

 brwmieo-'i'ußn, ala riyt'da (acte vii'kli ad margines mbiiliter ssrritta 

 circumdatis. — Ex affin. C. Liddoni Boott (non Carey), 0. aridae 

 Schwein, et Torr. — Herb. Arboreti Zoesclien No. o IS. 

 Columbia angiica, prope Lytton. 



