995 
Cyp. amplissimus Steud., 316. — C. longiradiatus Baldw. 
herb. | 
Nova Granada, Venezuela, Uruguay, Brasilia, Mexico. 
L. Sphaerolepides. Umbellae radii saepissime elongati 
corymboso-ramosi v. | umbelluliferi, interdum  indivisi. 
Spieulae multi- v. paueiflorae compressiusculae per 
spicam laxe dispositae v. capitato -congestae. Squamae 
orbiculatae, raro eilipticae, obtuse carinatae plerumque 
mucronatae superne margine tenuissime membranaceae 
pallidae, 5- v. 7-, raro multinerviae v. striolatae. Ca- 
ryopsis squamam subaequans. Filamenta 3 persistentia. 
Stylus haud elongatus. ^ Rhacheolae internodia margi- 
nata. Inflorescentia interdum (in C. spectabzt? — (C. Jili- 
culmi — C. leucolepidi) ad capitulum solitarium re- 
dacta. | 
187. €. Eria L. 
Radice fibrosa fascieulata; eulmis subpluribus ereetis gra- 
eilibus 1/, — 2%, ped. long. triquetris non raro compressis 
(uncque infirmis, basin versus foliatis; foliis alternis remotis 
-,eulmo brevioribus angustis subrigidis planis v, carinato - com- 
plicatis acuminatis, apice marginihus remote patenteque spi- 
nulosis; foralibus 3 — 5-nis, inferiorum duobus v. tribus 
patulis pátentissimisque umbella longioribus, interioribus ple- 
rumque multo brevioribus setaceis; umbella eomposita et de- 
composita 6 — S-radiata; radiis subsetaceis patulis 1 — 6 poll: 
long, v. brevioribus, apice corymboso- (5 — 3-) ramosis, 
radio centrali brevi multiramoso ; ramis subbilinealibus paten- 
fibus braetea setacea elongata fultis; spicis 1 !/, — !/5 poll. 
long. (longioribus flaecidulis); spieulis remotiuseulis; interdum 
fascieulatim approximatis, erectis linearibus v. oblongis ob- 
tusis compressiuseulis 5 — 1/, lin. long., 20 — G- floris; 
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