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validis 2 — 1 poll. long. compresso-trigonis, apice saepius 
pluriramosis; ochreis longiuseulis ampliatis oblique truncatis 
apice rotundato- obtusis, sanguineo -punctulaüs lineolatisve; 
eapitulis compositis v. simplicibus compactis subtriangularibus, 
5—8 lin. crassis; spiculis dense fasciculatis orbiculato-ovatis 
4 — 6-flloris; bracteis fasciculorum squamiformibus subrotundis 
breviter subfoliaceo -acuminatis v. mucronatis spiculas sub- 
aequantibus ; squamis oblongis acutiusculis v. submucronulatis 
coriaceis enervüs juxta earinam obtusiusculam sulcatis , sub- 
tiliss. lineato-pnnctulatis f'udvés concoloratis; caryopsi valde 
juvenili majuscula squama cire. !/ breviore oblonga utrinque 
acuminata triangulari punctulata pallida; stylo exserto; fila- 
mentis 3 annulo insertis elongatis. 
| €. Lechleri Steud. Syn. p. 27. — C. bracteosus Kunze 
in sched, — C. Cumingü N. ab E. herb. et in Steud. Syn. 
p- 25. — Poeppig. coll. IIl. no. 17. — Cuming. hb. n.426. — 
Philippi pl. chil. ed. Hohenack. n. 288. 
Chili. 
149. €. consanguineus Kunth. 
Glauco-virens; culmis pluribus subnutantibus sed firinis 
triangulis, latere uno suleatis, laevibus 12 — 15 poll. long.; 
foliis culmo brevioribus .tenacibus planis vix supra lineam 
latis, inter nervos septato- punctatis, apicem versus margine 
denticulatis; capitulis compositis solitariis quaternisve, ex his 
tribus breviter pedunculatis, sloboso-triangularibus, diam. 
4— 6 lin.; involuero triphyllo, phyllis 1 —3 poll. long.; spi- 
culis confertissimis squarrosis orbiculato-ovatis obtusissimis 
12 -- 6-floris; rhacheola validula subflexuosa; squamis sub- 
coriaceis patentibus, fructiferis remotis, basi parum decurren- 
tibus, subincurvis oblongo - ovatis brevissime acutatis prope 
carinam latam obtusiusculam apice tamen acutam strami- 
