Cakex confertiflora (Boott, sp. nov.) : spicis 6 alternatim subcontiguis erectis, terminali mascula 
cylindrica gracili ferruginea, reliquis fcemineis fusco-olivaceis concoloribus oblongo-cylinc^cis obtusis densifloris, 
superioribus sessilibus, summa abbreviata apice mascula, infima vaginata brevi-exserte pedunculata; bracteis 
inferioribus late foliaceis culmum superantibus ; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis triquetro-ovatis ventricosis rostratis 
(ore ferrugineo membranaceo margin© liyalina oblique secto demum bilobo) glabris nervatis confertis mem- 
branaceis squama lineari longe attenuato-acuminata ferruginea nervata longioribus triplo latioribus.—Affinis 
G. olivacece, Boott, Ill. Car, p. 56, t . 149 : differt spicis paucioribus multum brevioribus densifloris obtusis nec 
apice masculis ; bracteis culmoque multum brevioribus; squamis foemineis attenuatis nec longe cuspidatis. 
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Hakodadiy 
