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obtusis v. acutiusculis ; utriculis perminutis 5 /g Im. long., squamam 

 parum excedentibus pattide testaceis sessilibus cuneato-obovatis- obtusis 

 erostratis tumido - trigonis subtiliter nervatis, ore integro zona atra 

 angusta circumdatis celhdoso - reticulatis v. depresso-granulatis, Uuvtinu] 

 car. majuscula laxe inclusa täte ovali obtuse triangula ima basi atte- 

 nuata, ochrolenca subtiliss. punctata, stylo brevissimo basi incrassato 

 caronata; stigmatibus 3 brevibus viv exsertis. — Species insignis C. 

 bicolori proxime affinis. — Coli. Schlagintweit no. 8643. 

 Himalaya occident. 



C. trispiculata Böcklr. 



Culmis paucis erectis flliformibus flexuosis 5 — 4 poll. alt. 

 acute triangulls infra apicem acl angulos denticulatis ima basi pauci- 

 foliatis; fol. rigidulis confertis culmo multo brevioribm perangustk 

 cavinato - planis acuminafcis, margine subtiliss. dentatis, 2 1 /2 — 2 poll. 

 long. l /2 1. latis; spiciüis 3 parvis in culmi apiee conglomemtü per- 

 fecte sessilibus, summa gynaecandra basi floribus paucis masculis, 

 ooüto-rotunda 2 1 j% 1. longa, reliquis foemineis siibrotundis 2 — l 1 /^ 

 1. long. ; bractea infima foliacea fere setacea basi dilatata amplectente 

 spicam subacquante; squamis parvis atropurpureis concoloribus orbi- 

 culato - ovatis obtusis v. breviss. acutatis; utriculis squamam parum 

 excedentibus l 3 /4 — l 1 ^ I. long, luteo-viridulis sessilibus ovatis trigonis 

 breviter conico - rostratis bicostulatis tenuiterque plurinervatis celluloso- 

 reticulatis, ore atropurpurco minutiss. bidentatis; stylo brevissimo; 

 stigmatibus 3 (v. 2) exsertis subtilibus. — Species ex afrlnit. C. bico- 

 loris et C. pseudobicoloris. — Herb. Scblagintw. no. 10050. 

 Himalaya oeeid., prov. Garlival, alt. 10,000—10,000 ped. 



C. dimorph a Böcklr. 



Planta liumilis dense caespitosa; radieis fibrillis numerosis 

 validis; culmis leviter ineurvis &\% — 2 poll. alt. tenuibus ad angulos 

 acutos dense denticulatis latere interiore eoneavis, basin versus multi- 

 foliatis; foliis confertis laete viridibus eulmum superantibus rigidulis 

 angustis, 3 /4 — 1 \% 1. lat., marginibus reilexis carinaque dciitictdato- 

 perscabris, 3—2 poll. long.; spica nigricante opaca late ovata perdensa 

 6—5 Un. longa aeque lata, e spiculis 5—4 arete confertis composita, 

 a bractea foliacea basi auriculata superata; spiculis sessilibus ovatis 

 obtusis 3 1. circ. longis, suprema audrogyna, basi mascula, reliquis 

 foemineis; squamis chariaceo - rigidulis ollongis v. (infimis) lanecolatis 

 breciter cuspidatis sanguinoo - atris carina uninervi viriclulis; utriculis 



