(margine undulatis), in superficie evidenter celluso - reticulatis, 2 — 2 x n 

 1. lat. ; involucro 5 — 6 pliyllo umbella simplici Gradiata bremorei ramii 



erectis fere setaceis 3V a — 1V 2 poll. long., longioribns apice triramu- 

 losis, ramulis subsessilibus patentibus; spicis brevibus 1 — 1 / a poll. 

 alt., rhachi glabra; spicnlis 12 — G disticliis approximatis patentibus 

 linearibus 6 — 4% l. long. P\ k L lat. 18 — 12 floris, bractca brevi 

 lanceolata cuspidata munitis ; squamis majusculis rigidulis densis apice 

 patulis lote ovalibus infra apicem obtusum breviss. mucronatis pro- 

 funde 7 — 5 striatis, apice extremo tamtum marginatis, luteo-fuscescen- 

 tibus (humect. purpurascent, v. rufulis); car. squamae dimidium 

 subaequante oblongo - obovata obtusa triquetra; stylo validulo profunde 

 trifido lilamentisque exsertis. — E vicinia C. pilosi, C. ornati. 

 In Africae Orient, montibus ad fl. Schire leg. J. Buchanan. 



C. Kamphoeveneri Böcklr. 



Rhizom. tuberoso obliquo lignoso oblongo, vaginis emortuis 

 brunneis timicato, fibrillas radicales pervalidas emittentc ; culmo incur- 

 vato tenui acute triangulo haud compresso laevi 13 — 7 poll. alto, 

 supra basin plurifoliato ; fol. confertis valde elongatis curvato-flexuosis 

 perangustis rigidulis longe angustato - acuminatis complicata basin 

 versus ad margines denticulatis, 1V 2 — 1 pecl. longis lincara circ. latis; 

 vagines membranaccis fuscis subbipollicaribus; corymbo umbellifonni 

 parvo, vix supra pollicem alto, simplici 7 — 8ramoso, raniis erectis 

 inaequalibus apice plurispiculatis ; involucri tripltylli foliolis inferioribus 

 valde elongatis; spiculis confertis lineari - oWongis 8 — 6'ßorü- 3 — 2 l 

 long.; squamis chartaeeis adpressis oblongo - ovalibus convexis obtusis 

 tenui - nerv atis stramineo - pallidis , dorso purpureis; car. majuscula 

 squamam fere aequante ovali hinc plana indc convexa v. obsolete 

 angulata, obtusa subtiliss. multipunetata brunnea nitidula; rhachilla 

 valida articulata, articulis subeuncatis marginatis apice truncatis; 

 stylo parum exserto breviter bifido. — Species ex affin, naturali C, 

 tuberosi, C. rotundi. 



In Nicobaram insula Teressa leg. Kamplioevencr. 



C. spongioso - vaginatus Böcklr. 



Culmo exaltata acute triangulo nudo, inferne obtusangulo; 

 vaginis valde elongatis, pedem et supra longis, spongioso-evasdusculis; 

 foliis subbipedalibus coriaeco - rigidis supra glaueo-viridibus subtiliter 

 celluloso - reticulatis, subtus luteis, acuminatis planis, apicem versus 

 ad margines serrato - perscabris, 6 — 5 lin. latis; involucro 8 — 1 pliyllo, 



