556 



Spec. Chae. Spikes somewhat decompomid, subpinnate, 

 axillary, lower ones exserted-pedimclM : rliacliis angular, very- 

 scabrous : spikelets alternate, sub-distichous, terete, acute, females 

 at the base : stigmas 3 : fruit trigonal-ovate, beaked, scabrous : 

 scales nearly equal, imbricated, ovate, mucronate, females a little 

 longer, mucronate, scabrous : leaves broadish-lLnear, scabrous at the 

 edges, floral ones exceeding their own spikes. 



Peninsula. 



(13) C. FniciNA. (N. ah E.) 

 Ident. Nees ab Esenb. in Wight Contrib. 123. 



Spec Chae. Spikes pinnately decompound and supra-decom- 

 pound, androgynous, peduncled, dense : spikelets male above, 

 below loosely female : stigmas 3 : fruit lanceolate, subulate-rostrate, 

 longer than the ovate scales : leaves broad, scabrous. 



Peninsula. 



(14) C. Ldtdlexana. fN. ab E.J 



Ident. Nees aKEsenb. 1. c. p. 122. 



Spec. Chae. Spikes decompound-glomerate, oval, lower ones 

 long-peduncled, solitary or twin, upper ones confluent: rachis 

 strigose : spikelets ovate, males at the apex : stigmas tern : fruit 

 trigonal, ovate, glabrous, beaked, longer than the ovate, acuminate- 

 awned scale : leaves narrow, serrulate-scabrous at the apex, shorter 

 than the culm. 



Peninsula. 



(15) C. WiGHTiAtfA. (m ab. E.J 



Ident. Nees. ab. Esenb. 1. c. p. 122. 



Spec Chae. Spikes decompound-glomerate, oblong : lower ones 

 long-peduncled, upper ones confluent : rhachis glabrous : spikelets 

 oblong, imbricated, males at the extreme apex : stigmas 3 : fruit 

 erect, trigonal, oval, scabrous between the nerves, beaked, twice 

 longer than the acute, striated, oval scale : leaves broad-linear, 

 very scabrous and with the bracts exceeding the cuhn. 



Peninsula. 



(16) C. EHAPHTDOCARPA. f N. ub. E.J 



Ident. Nees. ab. Esenb. 1. c. p. 122. 



