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scabriusculis, basi foliatas ■ pars spicas gerens 3^-5 poll, longa. 
Folia l|-2^ lin. lata, culmo longiora, plana. Bractea infima 
foliacea, lin. lata, culmum subsequans vel eo longior vel an- 
gusta spica sua brevior, reliquse sursum breviores: summse 
squamseformes : omnes evaginatse, vel infima rarins breve va- 
ginans. Pedunculus infimus 1-1^-poUicaris. Spicce primo 
atro-purpurese, demum flavido-tinctse, omnes saepe clavatae, vel 
cylindrical terminalis et inferiores foeminearum solum basi 
attenuatae. Spica terminalis mascula, rarius basi mascula, 17 
lin. ad poll, longa, apice 2 lin. lata, breve pedunculata. Spicce 
fmmineae 1-3 poll, longae, apice 2 lin. latae, a se 2-6 lin., vel 
inferiores interdum 10 lin. ad 1^ poll, remotae. Squamae con- 
formes, masculae, inferiores nervo pallido infra, vel in omnibus 
extra apicem breve producto; fcemineae rarius muticae. Peri- 
gynium Ito-ItU lin. longum, Lo~-rw lin* latum, flavidum, 
lineolis ferrugineis crebre obsitum, ore saepe purpureo biden- 
tato demum integro subobliquo leviter nervatum. Achenium 
1 9 0 - lin. longum, H lin. latum, ovale vel obovatum, lenticulare, 
lucidum, fuscum, basi styli decidua. In uno perigynio e spe- 
cimine Roy lei, n. 110, duo acbenia normalia, stylo et stigmati- 
bus 2 praedita, inveni. 
The specimens of Dr. Hooker alone have occasionally the termi¬ 
nal spike Iasi mascula, the orifice of the perigynium more entire, 
and the bracts longer than in the specimens of other collections. 
They are not fully mature, and the scales, often muticcc, are of a 
very dark purple. I observe also, at the apex of some of the upper 
female spikes, either sterile or male florets. 
The specimens of Hoyle, n. 145, on which Nees founded his O. 
victorialis, were all too young for any satisfactory character. He 
admits that the one he had “Jlorihis gaudet sine fructu.” I have 
examined several specimens of them in my own and in the Her¬ 
barium of the Linnean Society, and in all I find 2 stigmata, and 
the characters of C. notha , as far as they can be ascertained from 
such imperfect data. 
Nees thought that his G. punctata might prove to be a variety 
of G. lenticularis, Don (C. phacota, Spr.), and Drejer quotes it as 
a synonym under that species in his £ Symbolce though, in referring 
to it in his subsequent observations, he had doubts on the subject, 
from the difference he observed in the form of the perigynium. 
He had no means of forming a satisfactory opinion. Both he and 
Nees omit to notice the rnucro on the scales. There can be no 
question of the evident and wide difference between the two spe¬ 
cies, apparent to any one by comparing t. 24 with Drejer’s figure 
of G. phacota, and t. 168. They do not belong to the same group, for 
while O. phacota is placed by Drejer in his AErostachyce, G. notha 
belongs to his Microrhynchce. 
23. C. Jackiana (Boott); spicis 4-7 oblongis erectis 
pallide lutescentibus concoloribus, terminali mascula ses- 
sili, reliquis foemineis, superioribus masculse contiguis 
sessilibus, omnibus sirnplicibus, vel inferioribus remotis 
longe exserte pedunculatis compositis, infima longiori 
basi attenuato-laxiflora longe lateque bracteata ; stigma- 
tibus 3; perigyniis oblongo-ellipticis triquetris sensim 
aciuninato-rostratis, ore membranaceo integro vel emar- 
ginato oblique secto demum bifido, glabris leviter sequa- 
literque crebre nervosis olivaceis superne vacuis, squama 
lanceolata acuta cuspidata gequilata pallida brevioribus 
longioribusque.—C. Jackiana, Boott, Lin. Tram. xx. 132. 
(Tab. XXV.) 
Hab. In Java, Horsfield, et in regionibus temperatis 
mont. Khasise, alt. 6000 ped., Hooker et Thomson. 
Culmus 1^-2-ped., acutangulus, Levis, debilis, basi foliatus; 
pars spicas gerens 3-7 etiam 14 poll, longa. Folia 2-4 lin. 
lata, culmo breviora, plana, mollia. Bractece inferiores 3-4 
lin. latae, vaginatae, elongatae: superiores e vaginatae, culmo 
longiores. Pedunculus infimus 2-7 poll, longus, lands, vagina 
infima 1—2 poll, longa. Spica mascula 7—12 lin. longa, 1 lin. 
lata. Spicce foemineae superiores 6-11 lin. longae, 2-3 lin. latse, 
infima interdum 2 poll, longa, 4-14 poll, remota, laxiflora: om¬ 
nes simplices, vel binse inferiores vel infima solum basi spicu- 
lis 1-2 paucifloris appressis sessilibus vel pedicellatis ssepe sub- 
remotis composita. Squamae omnes conformes, pallidae: foemi- 
nese inferiores perigynio longiores. Perigynium 3-3^ lin. lon¬ 
gum, -/l lin. latum Achenium 1 lin. longum, T 8 V lin. latum, 
triquetro-obcordatum, abrupte basi styli aeqnali apiculatum, 
partem inferiorem perigynii implens. 
In habit and appearance this species is like G. pubescens, Muhl. 
I see no difference between the specimens from Java and those 
from Khasia. The orifice of the perigynium is, I think, normally 
entire, obliquely cut, but from its membranous texture it is easily 
ruptured on the protrusion of the stigmata, and then appears more 
or less bifid. 
24. C. maculata (Boott); spicis 4-5 cylindricis densi- 
floris, terminali mascula ferruginea sessili ssepe abbre- 
viata clavata obliqua, reliquis foemineis interdum apice 
masculis vel sterilibus atro-purpureis stricte erectis, su¬ 
perioribus masculse arete contiguis subsessilibus, inferi¬ 
oribus remotis exserte pedunculatis longissime bracteatis; 
stigmatibus 3; perigyniis ovalibus vel ellipticis sensim 
vel abrupte rostellatis rectis, ore emarginato, nervatis 
compresso-triquetris granulato-asperulis atro-purpureis 
sexfariis, squama ovata acuta vel mucronulata ferruginea 
medio viridi trinervi latioribus longioribusque.—C. ma¬ 
culata, Boott, Lin. Trans, xx. 128. (Tab. XXVI.) 
Hab. In montibus subtropicis peninsula: India: orien¬ 
tals : Nilgbiri, Wight, et Ceylonim, Walker, Gardner, n. 
944. 
Culmus 1-lVpedv gracilis, rigidus, laevis, triqueter, ssepe 
(ut folia vaginseque prsecipue) punctis ferrugineis (sub lente) 
maculatus; pars spicas gerens 3-5 poll, longa. Folia 1-4 lin. 
lata, culmo longiora, glauca, plana vel marginibus revolutis, 
rigida, granulata. Bractece inferiores vaginatse, culmum longe 
superantes: suprema ssepe spica sua brevior. Vaginae 1-14 
lin. longse, intus membranacese, ferruginese. Pedunculus in¬ 
fimus 10 lin. ad 2 poll, longus, granulato-asperulus. Spica 
mascula 4-14 lin. longa, 1 lin. lata, cylindrica vel clavata, 
sessili s, ssepe obliqua, spica feeminea suprema brevior. Spicce 
fcemineae 6-22 lin. longse, 1-2 lin. latse, rarius alternse, ssepius 
superiores 2 vel 3 masculse arete contiguse, scssiles vel breve 
inserte pedunculatae; infima vel binae inferiores 11—3 poll, 
remotae, longe exserte pedunculatae. Squamae conformes, fer- 
rugineae, medio viridi trinervi: fcemineae acutse vel mucronu- 
latae. Perigynium T, ? „—V bn. longum, lin. latum, nervis 
concoloribus vel pallidis, achenio latius, bine marginibus com- 
pressis. Achenium -{g bn. longum, lin. latum, ovali-trique- 
trum, pallidum, basi styli aequali. 
Habitus C. granularis, Mubl. Differt forma perigynii, spicis 
atro-purpureis, etc. 
Since the publication of the paper in the Linnean Transactions, 
I have received specimens of this species from Dr. Wight, gathered 
on the Nilghiries. Whether it has occasionally only two stigmas 
I am doubtful. I find the achenium is always triquetrous. 
25. C. lloorcroftii (Falconer); spicis 3-5 ovalibus ob- 
longisve densifloris flavide purpureis demum plus minus 
decoloribus, terminali mascula sessili, reliquis foemineis 
vel apice masculis, omnibus vel superioribus masculse 
arete contiguis sessilibus ebracteatis, infima nunc subre- 
mota pedicellata breve bracteata, vel rarius subradicali 
longe pedunculata composita ; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis 
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