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subinde basi composita. Squamae omnes muticse, pallide fer- 
ruginese, superne margine albo-hyalinse: masculae obtusse: 
foeminese obtusse vel lanceolatse, acutse: nervo infra apicem 
late byalinum evanescente. Perigynium 2-, A, lin. longum, H 
lin. latum, glabrum, enervium, nisi nervis 2 marginalibus; 
rostrum apice albo-byalinum, demum con strict urn ; ore hya- 
lino, obliquo, bilobo Achenium stipitatum, 1-i- lin. longum, 
~ 4 ir lin. latum, oblongo-obovatum, triquetrum, basi styli apicu- 
latum, faciebus basi concaviusculis. 
A C. fusiformi differt, spicis pluribus, angustioribus, sub- 
confertifloris; squamis muticis; perigyniis minoribus, glabris, 
enerviis • foliis subrigidis. 
The habit of this species allies it to the var. /3 of 0. fusiformis, 
but the obtuse awnless squamae and the smooth perigynia distin¬ 
guish it. The scarious apex of the rostrum becomes contracted 
in the mature perigynium, and the hyaline bilobed orifice in both 
species is characteristic. 
106. €. ligulata (Nees); spicis 5-7 cylindricis stride 
erectis, mascula 1 rarius 2 sessilibus castaneis, foemineis 
4-6 griseis, superioribus contiguis, inferioribus vel om¬ 
nibus alternis subremotis exserte pedunculatis subinde 
apice masculis bracteatis; bracteis foliis conformibus ri- 
gidis strictis culmo longioribus ; vaginis scabris ; stigma- 
tibus 3; perigyniis ovalibus triquetris rostratis bifidis 
rectis undique scaberrimis, nervis 2 marginalibus, squama 
ovata subacuta hispido-aristata latioribus longioribusque, 
—C. ligulata, Nees, Wight, Contr. 127; Kunth, 516. 
(Tab. CXIII.) 
Hab. In Himalaya subtropica et temperata. Kumaon, 
alt. 7000 ped., Hoyle, n. 115. Nipal, alt. 5-6000 ped., 
Ilooleer; et in montibus Khasise, alt. 4-5000 ped., Hooker 
et Thomson. 
Culmus 2-21-pcd., triqueter, rigidus, piloso-scaber, usque 
ad apicem foliis bracteisque vaginantibus fere omnino clausus; 
pars spicas gerens 3-10 poll, longa. Folia 3-4 lin. lata, plana, 
glauca, apice attenuato-acuta, firma, stricta, deorsum breviora: 
superiora culmo longiora. Brad,eat foliis conformes, culmo 
longiores. Vaginae piloso-scabrse, intus apice ferruginese. 
Ligula ferruginea, superne ad faciem bractese albgata, apice 
libera. Pedunculi inferiores 2 poll, longi, triquetri, scabri, 
graciles. Spica mascula 9-12 lin. longa, sublineam lata, ses- 
silis, apicem spicae fosminese superioris subinde vix attingens: 
vel altera quandoque apice foeminea, breviori, ad basin aucta. 
Spicae foeminece 1-1 \ poll, longse, 3 lin. latse: superiores con- 
tiguse, inserte vel omnes alteram exserte pedunculatse, inter- 
dum apice masculae. Squamae omnes conformes, vel mascubc 
submuticae, apice ciliatae. Perigynium lyy lin. longum, U lin. 
latum. Achenium 1 t l— lbs- lin. longum, T fi u ~T 7 u lin. latum, 
ovali-triquetrum, breve stipitatum, basi styli decidua incras- 
sata. 
Nees remarks of this species that it is “ a Caricibus omnibus 
distincta vaginis culmum totum vestientibus.” This remarkable 
character however becomes modified as the culm is more and 
more developed, leaving spaces between the sheathing leaves. Its 
affinity is with G. hebecarpa, Meyer, which Nees apparently never 
saw, though one of "Wallich’s plants, but still more closely allied in 
habit with O. Maubertiana , B. 
107. C. Maubertiana (Boott); spicis 7 cylindricis linea- 
ribus stride erectis contiguis ferrugineis, terminali mas¬ 
cula vel apice foeminea pedunculata, foemineis exserte 
pedunculatis bracteatis; bracteis foliis conformibus rigidis 
strictis vaginatis culmo longioribus; stigmatibus 3; pe¬ 
rigyniis late ovalibus triquetris rostratis, rostro ssepe 
excurvo, bifidis undique scaberrimis, nervis 2 marginali¬ 
bus, squama ovata subacuta vel obtusa breve hispido- 
aristata vel mutica ferruginea longioribus. (Tab. CXIV.) 
Hab. Touran, Cochin-China, Gaudichaud. {Herb. Mus. 
Paris.) 
Culmus sesquipcdalis, triqueter, validus, rigidus, omnino 
nisi inferne foliis vaginantibus clausus; pars spicas gerens 3 
poll, longa. Folia 2 lin. lata, plana, sensim apice attenuata, 
rigida, stricta: inferiora brevia, remota: superiora 9 poll, 
longa, contigua, quadrifaria. Vaginae glabrae, culmum omnino 
tegentes, inter se thecatae, basis superioris in inferioris apice 
recepta. Bractece foliis conformes, culmo longiores. Vaginae 
foliorum fusco-purpureae. Spica mascula pollicaris, 1 lin. lata, 
subinde apice foeminea. Spicae foeminece 12-15 lin. longae, If 
lin. latae. Squamae omnes conformes, plus minus apice ciliatae, 
ferrugineae, masculis saepe conspersae. Perigynium I t ®t lin. 
longum, -jL lin. latum. Achenium 1 lin. longum, t 7 tt lin. latum, 
perigynio conforme, basi styli incrassata decidua. 
C. ligulatce arete affinis, sed omnibus partibus minor ; spicis 
foliisque angustioribus, vaginis glabris; perigyniis minoribus, 
rostro excurvo. 
I am indebted to M. Spach for the knowledge of this species, 
and have named it after M. Maubert, to whom I am under great 
obligations for the labour bestowed on the figures of this Work. 
The specimens in the Herbarium in Paris are the only ones I have 
seen gathered by M. Gaudichaud in Cochin-China. 
108. C. Prescottiana (Boott); spicis 6-10 cylindricis 
elongatis densifloris contiguis sessilibus stramineis con- 
coloribus, masculis 1-2 gracilibus, reliquis feemineis, infe¬ 
rioribus longe foliaceo-bracteatis evaginatis basi attenua¬ 
te ; stigmatibus 2; perigyniis late ovalibus subturgidis 
rostellatis emarginato-bidentatis nervatis divergentibus 
stramiueis ssepe ferrugineo-punctatis, squama ovata ob¬ 
tusa valide hispido-cuspidata purpurea medio pallida tri- 
nervi latioribus longioribusque.-—C. Prescottiana, Boott, 
Lin. Trans, xx. 135. (Tab. CXY.) 
Hab. In ins. Hawaii. “ In Napalia ?,” Herb. Wallich, 
n. 3386. Ins. Hawaii, “in the forest above the saw¬ 
mill,” Captain Wilkes {Herb. Gray). 
Culmus 2-3-ped., triqueter, validus, rigidus, laevis, inter 
spicas scaber, basi foliis vestientibus tectus ; pars spicas gerens 
6-9 poll, longa. Folia 4 lin. lata, plana, carinata, rigida, 
culmum subaequantia. Bractece evaginatae : inferiores culmum 
longe superantes. Spicce masculce 1-2^ poll, longse, 1 lin. latse, 
sessiles. Spicae foeminece 2f-4 poll, longse, 2.\ lin. latse, omnes 
contiguse, erectse vel cernuse. Squamae omnes purpurese, medio 
pallidse, trinerves, cuspidatse. Perigynium lyy-L/V fin. longum, 
Wo—1 T V fin- latum, nervatum, nervis 2-4 vel 5-7 concoloribus. 
Achenium W—1 lin. longum, -A, lin. latum, obovatum, lenticu- 
lare, castaneum vel atro-purpureum, punctulatum, basi styli 
sequali apiculatum, vix cavitatem dimidiam perigynii implens. 
Affinis C. crinitae, Lam. Differt spicis pluribus, sessilibus ■ 
perigyniis nervatis, bidentatis, ferrugineo-punctatis; squamis 
brevius cuspidatis; foliis rigidis. 
This species, which I first met with in the herbarium of the late 
Mr. Prescott, to whom it was entrusted by Dr. Wallich for de¬ 
scription, was accompanied by a ticket from Dr. Wallich’s cata¬ 
logue, referring it with a query to Nipal. Dr. Gray subsequently 
sent it to me with the other Garices from Captain Wilkes’s Ame¬ 
rican Exploring Expedition, by whom it was found in the woods 
of the island of Hawaii; and the conjecture of Dr. Wallich as to 
its' being a native of Nipal must be considered very doubtful. 
109. C. paleata (Boott); spicis 7-10 cylindricis den¬ 
sifloris, masculis 2-4 contiguis sessilibus, infima bracteata, 
reliquis androgynis, ima basi attenuatis masculis remotis, 
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