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(immatur.) squama multo brevioribus v. ovalibus compressis subangu- 

 lato - convexis v. oblongis triangulis, in stipitem contractu, rostellatis 

 ore ferrugineo bidentatis, paucistriatis ac dense granulatis fuscescenti- 

 pallidis; stigmat, 3, v. non raro 2. — Ex affin. C. alpin ae. — 

 Schlagintw. coli. no. 4175. 

 Himalaja occident. 



C. tibetica Böcklr. — Culmo tenui federn circ, alto acute trian- 

 gulari striato superne ad angulos scabriclo basi foliato; foliis appro- 

 ximatis culmo partim brecioribus (10 — 6 poll. 1.) augustis, vix lineam 

 latis, apice breviter angustatis, marginibus reflexis carinulaque sub- 

 tiliss. dentatis; spica triangulari pollicem circ. alta 7 lin. lata 7 — 5 

 qnculata; spiculis confertis, infimis 2 breviter pedunculatis bractea 

 foliacea evaginata spicam subaequante munitis , cylindraceo - oblongis 

 obtusis densifloris 4 1 /2— -4 1. long. 2*/g 1. latis: terminali androgyna, 

 basi rnascula, reliquis foemineis; squamis membranaceis atro- brunneis 

 opacis subcuncato - dbovatis carinulatis ex apice obtuso submucronulatis ; 

 utriculis parvis membranaceis pallidis V-fa 1. circ. long, squama 

 l l%— l U brevioribus anguste oblongis utrinque breviter attenuatis rectis 

 v. apice recurvis obtuse triangulis vix brevissime rostratis , ore integro 

 colorato, tenuiter nervatis ac celluloso - reticulatis ; car. pallida utriculo 

 parum breviore arcte inclusa ellipsoidea triangula apiculata obsolete 

 celluloso - reticulata. — E vicinia C Lehmanni. — Sclilagintw. hb. 

 n. 6960. 



Tibetia, prov. Spiti. 



C. Hieronymi Böcklr. — Laete viridis; dense caespitosa; 

 radice fibrosa, fibrillis numerosis longis rigidis; culmis numerosis 

 gracilibus strictis foliosis 11—8 poll. alt. obtuse triangulis lae~ 

 vilus; foliis valde inaequalibus herbaceo - mollibus erectis flacci- 

 dulis perfecta planis acuminatis striolatis margine subtiliss. den- 

 tatis 2—1 ^2 1. lat., superioribus remotis culmum longe superantibus, 

 11—9 poll. long., basilaribus multo brevioribus, 4 — 2pol3ic; 

 spiculis 0—5 contiguis, v. infima non raro distante, densi-ac 

 multifloris in anthesi 8—6 1. long. 2 1. crassis, inferioribus breviter 

 pedunculatis, erectis cylindricis oblongisve, terminali gynaecandra 

 clavata, reliquis foemineis; bracteis vaginantibus , inferioribus 2 valde 

 elongatis, 9—4 poll. long. ; squamis pellucido - membranaceis adpressis 

 late ovalibus ex apice obtuso, interdum truncato v. cxciso, setuloso- 

 aristat'ts, nervo mediano aristaque laete viridibus ; utriculo (immaturo) 



