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14 Terminal spike gynaecandrous; leaves shorter than or 
scarcely exceeding culms; utricles not or faintly nerved, 
3- 4.5 mm long . 11a. C. buxbaumii 
14* Terminal spike male or at least male in the uppermost 
portion; leaves much exceeding culms; utricles strongly 
numerous-nerved, 2.3-3 mm long . 12. C. maculata 
13* Utricles not minutely papillose, with beak 0.5-2 mm long; 
leaf-sheath and Hgule not red-dotted; culms 1-10 cm long 
15 Inflorescence 1-3 cm long, hidden amongst leaves; utricles 
4- 6.5 mm long, glabrous, with beak 1-2 mm long . 
. 9. C. jackiana 
15* Inflorescence 8-35 cm long, mostly exceeding leaves (lowest 
spikes may be amongst the leaves); utricles 3.3-4 mm long, 
minutely hispid on upper margins (occasionally glabrous), 
with beak 0.5-0.8 mm long . 10. C. blakei 
1* Style 2-fid (rarely some styles 3-fid within an inflorescence in C. gaudidiaudiana); 
nut lenticular or plano-convex 
16 Inflorescence of a single spike 
17 Plants long-rhizomatous; female bracts 3-4 mm long; utricles slightly 
hispidulous on upper margins 
18 Female flowers above male in spike; utricles 2.5-3 mm long, weakly several- 
ner\'ed; culms 25-40 cm long . 26a. C. raleighii 
18* Male flowers above female in spike; utricles 5.5-7 mm long, with 8-10 
strong nerves abaxially; culms 80-130 cm long . 20a.C. klaphakei 
17* Plants short-rhizomatous; female bracts 2.5-3 mm long; utricle glabrous . 
. 29. C. cephalotes 
16* Spikes 2-numerous 
19 Spikes long-cylindrical (i.e. much longer than broad), mostly 2-17 cm long 
(rarely some as short as 0.5 cm but then glumes dark red-brown or blackish), 
clearly distinct and often distant from each other 
20 At least lower spikes obviously pedicellate, drooping to spreading 
21 Utricle white-hispid, with beak c. 1 mm long with 2-fid or split apex; 
spikes clustered at nodes or rarely solitary at lower nodes . 
. 4. C. brunnea 
21* Utricle minutely papillose; beak to 0.3 mm long with truncate or obliquely 
truncate apex; spikes solitary at nodes . 13. C. lobolepis 
20* Spikes sessile to subsessile ('pedicels' may be up to 1 cm long in C. polyantha), 
erect to spreading 
22 Leaves 4-9 mm wide; spikes mostly 3-17 cm long; utricles nerveless or 
with few rather faint nerves . 14. C. polyantha 
22* Leaves 2-4 mm wide; spikes 0.5-6 cm long; utricles distinctly several- 
to numerous-nerved 
