597 
longioribus rigidis planis marginibus superne serrulatis; um- 
bella composita 8-- 5-radiata; radiis validis erectis valde 
inaequalibus, exterioribus 2 —5 poll. long., interioribus multo 
brevioribus, apice umbelluliferis; radiis partialibus 7 — 5 
confertis erecto -patulis, saepius brevissimis a basi fere spi- 
euliferis; involucri folis 6 — 5 ereetis, duobus inflmis radios 
longe superantibus (infimo interdum sesquipedali); involucellis 
subhexaphyllis, foliolis perangustis setaceo- acuminatis spicas 
fere aequantibus; spieis fasciculato- umbellatis ceylindraceis 
obtusis pollicem cire. longis 2!/, — 3 lin. crassis; spiculis 
laxiuscule imbrieatis erectis oblongis 8 — 10- floris (quando- 
que 4—35- floris); squamis distantibus patulis ovato - ellipticis 
ex apice exciso dein recurvatulo mucronulatis, dorso olivaceo 
9- v. 4 —9-nerviis, lateribus luteis v. rufescentibus et rubi- 
ginoso -lineolatis, superne margine pellucido-pallidis; caryopsi 
squama !/, breviore obovato-oblonga triangulari breviter api- 
eata punctulato-scabriuscula luteo - fuscescente v. fusca; stylo 
exserto breviter diviso. 
C. eleusinoides Kunth |. c. 39. — (C. anthopus Steud., 
36. — Richard, 485. — C. infraapicalis Nees herb. — (C. 
nutans Krenzl in Denkschr. d. k. Akad. d. Wissensch. 1854. 
p. 46, nec Vahl. — Wallich. hb. n. 3346, b. — Schimp. it. 
Abyssin. no. 1159. 
India orient., Abyssinia, Gallabat (Schweinfurth). 
189. €, nutans Vahl. 
Viridis v. glaucescens. Badice fibrosa capillari; culmo 
1 — 2-pedali gracili compresso-£riangular? infirmo, basi 
Luberascente; folis culmum vix superantibus membranaceis 
sed tenacibus planis margine nervisque scabris ; involucri foliis 
circ. sex, inferioribus umbella 9 — 10-radiata multo longiori- 
bus; radiis erecto-patulis setaceis 4 — 1$ poll. long. apice 
