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membranaceum, leviter nervatum. Achenium lineam longum, 
liu. latum, perigynio conforme, ovali-triquetrum, pallidum, 
basi styli persistente apiculatum. 
C. olivacece affinis, quae differt spicis pluribus, longioribus, 
evaginatis ; foliis latioribus ; perigyniis ventricosis, divaricatis, 
rostro breviori ; bracteis longissimis. 
The peculiar tumidity of the rostrum in this species appears to 
depend on the shrinking of the membranous apex and of the base, 
in the more mature state of the perigynium. 
168. C. Beecbeyana (Boott); spicis 5-6 cylindricis 
erectis densifloris purpureis vel ferrugineis comosis, ter- 
minalibus 2 masculis, reliquis foemineis, suprema subinde 
apice mascula, superioribus sessilibus evaginatis approxi- 
matis, infima saepe remota longe exserte pedunculata basi 
attenuata longissime bracteata; stigmatibus 8 ; perigy¬ 
niis ellipticis sensirn attenuato-rostratis bifidis obtuse 
trigonis setis brevibus scabris, nervatis coriaceis ferrugi¬ 
neis, squama lanceolata acuminata vel obtusa longe 
hispido-cuspidata purpurea longioribus.—C. hebecarpa, 
Hooker, Beechey, Voy. 50 ( non Meyer). C. Hookeri, 
Kunth, 490 {non Dewey). (Tab. CLXXXII.) 
Hab. In America meridionali. Chili, Conception, 
Captain Beecliey. Valdivia, Gay. 
Culmus 1 |-ped., triqueter, validus, lgevis, inter spicas scaber; 
pars spicas gerens 6-15 poll, longa. Folia 3 lin. lata, nodosa. 
Bracted culmo longiores : infima vaginata, nunc sesquipedalis. 
Vagina 4 lin. ad poll, longa. Pedunculus infimus 1-4 poll, 
longus, he vis. Spica mascula suprema 11-21 poll, longa, 
2-21 lin. lata, altera arete contigua, sessilis. Spied foemined 
1-2 poll, longge, 4-5 lin. latte: infima interdum 7 poll, remota. 
Squamae omnes conformes: masculge inferiores brevius cus¬ 
pidate. Perigynium lin. longum, At fin. latum, intus 
(dempto achenio) punctis nigris notatum. Achenium l T \ r lin. 
longum, T fi , T lin. latum, ovali-triquetrum, basi styli contorta 
apiculatum, punctulatum. 
The rostrum of this species is commonly more elongated than 
the figure exhibits it. Its affinity is with C. lanuginosa , Michaux. 
169. C. gemathoryncha (Desvaux); spicis 4 cylindricis 
erectis approximatis densifloris, terminalibus 2 masculis 
purpureis, reliquis foemineis evaginatis pur pur eo-ferru¬ 
gineis, infima pedunculata; bractea culmum subse- 
quante; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ovatis rostratis emar- 
ginato-bidentatis, setis longis asperrimis, nervatis ferru¬ 
gineis basi pallidis, rostro purpureo, squama lanceolata 
vel ovata acuminata acuta purpurea brevioribus vel paulo 
longioribus.—C. semathoryncha, Desv. FI. Cliil. vi. 224. 
(Tab. CLXXXIII. Fig. 1.) 
Hab. In America meridionali. Chili, humid, arenos., 
ad Talcahuano, Pceppig. Valdivia, near rivers, Gillies, 
854 {Herb. Hooker). 
Culmus lq-ped., triqueter, gracilis, scaber • pars spicas ge¬ 
rens 4 poll, longa. Folia 1-2 lin. lata, culmum subsequantia, 
firma, carinata, pallide viridia. Bractea infima angusta, eva- 
ginata, culmo paulo longior : sumrna spied suit longior. Auri¬ 
culae purpurese. Spied masculd 8-16 lin. longge, 1-2 lin. lata;. 
Spied foemined 13-17 lin. longse, 3 lin. latte, contiguse. Squa- 
md masculse inferiores obtusge, rotundatge, purpurege, nervo 
pallido infra apicem evanescente, ciliatge, margine albidge; 
superiores nervo egrediente apiculatge: fmmineae inferiores 
lanceolatge, perigynio longiores: superiores ovatge, acutge. 
Perigynium l 1 s (T -2 lin. longum, A lin. latum, intus (dempto 
achenio) maculatum. Achenium A lin. longum, | lin. latum, 
ovale, triquetrum, basi styli contorta apiculatum. 
Affinis C. Beechyanae, differt culmo graciliori; foliis angus- 
tioribus, nec nodosis ; perigyniis minoribus, ovatis, setis longis 
asperrimis; squamis masculis obtusis, muticis, ciliatis, foemi¬ 
neis acuminatis. 
170. C. verticillata (Boott); spicis 5-6 gracilibus, 
terminali mascula, reliquis foemineis, superioribus apice 
masculis oblongis erectis sessilibus densifloris, infima pe¬ 
dunculata evaginata cernua basi attenuata, flosculis ver- 
ticillatim clispositis; bractea infima foliacea culmo bre¬ 
viori ; stigmatibus 2; perigyniis minimis orbiculatis 
vel ovalibus abrupte cylindrico-rostratis, ore integro, 
enerviis superne ad margines ssepe dentatis compresso- 
biconvexis, squama ovata obtusa fusco-purpurea nervo 
pallido brevioribus.—C. angustata, var. verticillata, Boott, 
FI, Bor. Am. 218. (Tab. CLXXXIII. Fig. 2.) 
Hab. In America septentrionali. Columbia River, 
Scouler. Oregon, Nuttall. 
Radix stolonifera. Culmus lf-ped., gracilis, lgevis, inter 
spicas scaber, basi foliatus, rudimentisque foliorum fusco-pur- 
pureis tectus; pars spicas gerens 4-5 poll, longa. Folia 1-1 | 
lin. lata, culmo breviora, mollia, plana, viridia. Bractea infima 
foliacea, culmum subgequans, vel brevior : proxima nunc culmo 
vel spied sua (sgepe multum) brevior : superiores obsoletse. Au¬ 
ricula oblonga. Spica mascula 8-12 lin. longa, H-2 lin. lata. 
Squamd fusco-ferruginege, obtusge. Spied foemined Jr-3 poll, 
longge, 2 lin. latge, densiflorge, erectae vel infima cernua, breve 
pedunculata; flosculis inferne verticillatim interruptis. Squa- 
m.d ovatge, obtusge, fusege vel concolores vel nervo pallido infra 
apicem evanescente. Perigynium f- t) - lin. longum, | lin. latum, 
glabrum vel superne ad margines parce dentatum, glauco-vi- 
ride, demum fuscum. Achenium A,- lin. longum, fere I lin. 
latum, perigynio conforme, orbiculatum, fuscum, basi styli 
abrupte apiculatum. 
A C. torta satis, notis pluribus, distincta, et affinibus omni¬ 
bus, perigyniis minoribus, spica infima vel inferioribus basi ver¬ 
ticillatim interruptis. Ad C. strictam, Lam. (non Good.), pro- 
prius accedit, qua; tamen spicis appressis, squamis linearibus, 
vaginis foliorum reticulato-fissis, perigyniis nervatis, gaudet. 
171. C. indecora (Kunth); spicis 3-6 oblongis erectis 
ferrugineo-purpureis, terminali mascula sessili, reliquis 
foemineis subinde apice masculis, superioribus vel omni¬ 
bus masculse contiguis evaginatis sessilibus, vel infima 
remota inserte vel exserte pedunculata ; bracteis supe¬ 
rioribus culmo longioribus ; stigmatibus 3; perigyniis 
oblongo-ovalibus vel ovatis obtuse trigonis sensirn atte¬ 
nuato-rostratis bidentatis, nervis 2 marginalibus, aliis 
ssepe inconspicuis, lutescenti-viridibus lineolis maculisve 
rubro-purpureis notatis lucidis glabris vel superne ad 
margines plus minus serratis, squama ovata acuta vel 
subrotunda obtusa vel emarginata valide hispido-cuspi¬ 
data rubro-purpurea nervo pallido longioribus.—C. inde¬ 
cora, Kunth, Cyp. 448; Hooker, FI. Antarct. 367. C. 
distenta, Kunze, Kuntli, 449. C. fuscula, D’Urv., Brony., 
Dup. It. 154. t. 28 b. C. hymenina, Nees, MSS. {Herb. 
Hooker). C. inconspicua, Steudel {Herb. Mus. Paris). 
C. brachycephala, Pceppig {Herb. Mus. Paris). (Tab. 
CLXXXIY.) 
Hab. In America meridionali. Ins. Falkland., Val¬ 
paraiso, Cuming, 419, 458; Pceppig. Valdivia, Gay, 
