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bracteis inferioribus culmo longioribus ; stigmatibus 3 ; 
perigyniis ovalibus trigonis glaucis punctis ferrugineis 
saepe notatis scabris nervatis rostratis clemum arcuatim 
deflexis contiguis, ore obliquo integro vel bilobato ferru- 
gineo membranaceo, squama ovata aristata fermginea 
striato-nervosa scabra ciliata subsequilata longioribus.—■ 
C. ramosa, Schk.f. 204; Willd. 247 ; Kunth, 507. C. 
cruciata, /3, Nees (ex parte), Herb. Arnott. C. Merca- 
rensis, Hochstetter ('Herb. Hooker). (Tab. CCCXXII.) 
Hab. Mauritius, Schk., Bojer (Herb. Hooker). Pa¬ 
nins. Ind. Orient., Courtallum, Wight, n. 998,1293 {Herb. 
- Boott). Prope Mercara ( Hochst .). 
Culmus bipedalis, gracilis, lsevis; pars spicas gerens 8-16 
poll, longa. Folia 2-3 lin. lata, linearia, culmo longiora, 
glauco-viridia. Bractece inferiores 1-3 lin. latse, 1-1^-pedales: 
superiores setacese. Spiculce divaricatse, bracteolis longis se- 
taceis ssepe suffultse. Squamae ferruginese vel fulvse, lineolis 
ferrugineis notatse : masculse lanceolatse, acutse, glabrae : foe mi¬ 
ll etc aristatse, scabrae, ciliatae. Perigynium 1 T 7 (T lin. longum, 
lin. latum, rostro -/q lin. longo : ore saepius bilobato : laci- 
niis ferrugineis obtusis subinde ciliatis, scabrum. Achenium 
x 3 0 - lin. longum, T 4 ff lin. latum, triquetrum, stipitatum, fusco- 
purpureum, angulis pallidioribus, basi styli acquali depresso- 
curvata, stipite tortuosa. 
I have alluded to the G. ramosa, Schk., at p. 102, inferring from 
his figure, and from a specimen from the Mauritius [Bojer) in 
Herb. Hooker, that it was distinct from the O. crinigera of Bour¬ 
bon. The specimen I have figured, Tab. CCCXXII., is from 
Courtallum, in the peninsula of India, sent to me by Dr. Wight. 
It agrees in all essential points with Bojer’s plant from the Mau¬ 
ritius. The roughness of the perigynium, its ferruginous spots, 
the peculiar depressed and tortuous base of the style and stipes of 
the achenium, and the squanue, are the same in both. It is evi¬ 
dent from a specimen in Herb. Arnott, that Nees was in doubt 
about it, and eventually referred it to his C. cruciata, /?. The spe¬ 
cimen -j-fif has a ticket on which the'name of “ Q.ftlicina” is 
scored out, and is followed by “ meiogyna, cruciata, /3.” As Nees 
had no mature perigynia to his G. meiogyna, he must have referred 
the specimen in question, which has them, to his G. cruciata, /3. 
C. ramosa differs from G. amcena in longer culm, bracts, and in¬ 
florescence, broader leaves, scabrous glaucous perigynia, the arched 
direction of the shorter rostrum, and the tortuous base of the style 
and stipes of the achenium. 
255. C. vesiculosa (Boott); spica elongata laxa ferru- 
ginea, e spicis partialibus subcluplicato-pinnatim compo- 
sitis remotis, ambitu lanceolatis, inferioribus longe ex- 
serte pedunculatis geminis inaequalibus nutantibus ; spi- 
culis oblongis apice flosculis masculis pluribus in ramulis 
3-6 spiculiferis subsessilibus remotis insidentibus ; brac¬ 
teis culmum subsequantibus; stigmatibus 3; perigyniis 
ellipticis triquetris rostratis scabris nervatis ferrugineis 
rectis, ore demum bifido saepe antice alte fisso, squamam 
oblongo-ovatam mucronatam glabram ferrugineamaequan- 
tibus.—C. vesiculosa, Boott. (Tab. CCCXXIII.) 
Hab. In montibus Khasiae, Wallich, Griffith, Hooker. 
Culmus 2-21-pedalis, gracilis, lsevis, rigidus, basi vaginis 
foliorum reticulato-fissis tectus; pars spicas gerens 10-15 poll, 
longa. Folia 1-2 lin. lata, culmo breviora, rigida, carinata, 
supra vesiculis apiculatis ssepe attritis (basi cava circulari de¬ 
mum solum extante), infra punctis indentatis notata. Spices 
partiales 2—3 poll, longse, 6—8 lin. latse. Pedunculi inferiores 
insequales, scabri, 4-6 poll, longi, filiformes. Spiculce 4 lin. 
longse, 1 lin. latse, contiguse. Squamce conformes. Perigy¬ 
nium 1 T V lin. longum, | lin. latum. Achenium TX7 lin. longum, 
\ lin. latum, triquetrum, stipitatum, basi styli decidua bul- 
bosa. 
Yariat infiorescentia magis compacta, spiculis longioribus, 
ramulis spicarum longius pedunculatis. 
This species was first found by Gomez (Herb. Wallich), in 1829, 
at Chirrha Pungee, a specimen being figured in Tab. CCCXXIII. 
It has since been sent from the Khasia Mountains by Griffith and 
Dr. Hooker. It is generally too young for a satisfactory character 
of the perigynia. In some of Wallieh’s specimens the inflores¬ 
cence is more compact, and in some of Griffith’s the spiculas are 
6-7 lines in length, with the lower rami of the spikes pedunculate. 
The perigynium is occasionally deeply cleft. 
256. C. Cumingiana (Steudel); spica elongata gracili 
laxa olivaceo-ferruginea, e spicis partialibus parvis oligo- 
stachyis saepius compositis singulis vel geminis, inferiori- 
bus remotis longe exserte setaceo-pedunculatis erectis; 
spiculis apice flosculis masculis pluribus ovatis ssepe soli- 
tariis in apicem pedunculorum contiguis sessilibus ; brac¬ 
teis superioribus spicis suis longioribus ; stigmatibus 3 ; 
perigyniis ovalibus trigonis demum turgidis valide ner¬ 
vatis rostratis divergentibus superne scabris marginibus 
dentatis olivaceis ferrugineo-punctatis, squama ovata 
acuta vel obtusa emarginata hispido-aristata nervata 
glabra vel superne scabra ferrugineo-punctata longiori¬ 
bus vel subsequantibus.—C. Cumingiana, Steud. Synop. 
p. 206. C. rhizomatosa, Steud. 1. c. 
TIab. Ins. Philipp., Manilla, Cuming, n. 1795 [Herb. 
Hooker). Assam [Herb. Hooker), Ins. Sumbawa, Zol¬ 
linger, 7i. 3447. Ind. Orient., in ripas fluv. Burram- 
pooter, prope Gowhatty, Booth [ex Herb. Nuttall, Herb. 
Boott). (Tab. CCCXXIV., CCCXXY.) 
Radix fibris longis lignosis. Culmus l-l|-pedalis, gracilis, 
rigidus, l;cvis, basi reliquiis capillaceis nigris foliorum tectus ; 
pars spicas gerens 4-12 poll, longa. Folia 1-1| lin. lata, 
culmo breviora, plana. Bractece breves, superiores culmum 
paulo superantes : infima spica suit longior vel brevior. Pe¬ 
dunculi filiformes, scabri, longe exserti: infimus subinde 5 - 
pollicaris. Spicce partiales oligostachyse, superiores congestse, 
sessiles, e spiculis 3-5 compositse: inferiores remotse, singulae 
vel geminatse, rarius monostachyse, plerumque 2 - 3 -stachyse, 
vel e geminis una monostachya, altera composita. Spiculce 
4-5 lin. longse, in apicem pedunculorum sessiles, basi flosculis 
fosmineis 3-6 patentibus, apice masculis pluribus imbricatis, 
instructs. Squamce omnes aristatae, ut folia, bractese, vagime, 
perigynia, punctis ferrugineis notatse. Perigynium 1 r 7 0 lin. 
longum, t Y lin. latum. Achenium T q - 0 - lin. longum, -/q lin. 
latum, ovale, triquetrum. 
I see no essential difference in the specimens from the Philippine 
and Molucca Islands, and those from Assam and the banks of the 
Burrampooter river. The last, sent to me by the late Mr. Nuttall, 
collected by Mr. Booth, are the more mature, and the perigynia 
are more turgid, smoother, with a less deep and less acute orifice. 
I cannot explain the difference in the descriptions of Steudel’s 
species. That of G. Cumingiana is correct. I have figured, Tab. 
CCCXXIY., the plant of Zollinger, from Sumbawa, from the Herb. 
Mus. Paris, through the kindness of M. Spach; and in Tab. 
CCCXXV. the plant from the Burrampooter. It has no affinity 
with G. gracilis, Br. [G. lachnosperma, Wallich), as Steudel asserts 
it has. 
257. C. impunctata (Boott) ; spica elongata gracili 
laxa rubro-ferruginea, e spicis partialibus 4-5 ovatis pin- 
natim vel subduplicato-pinnatim compositis, mediis ge- 
