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sessiHa, intcgcrrima, glaLemraa, cxiimum reli- 

 qua et flores obVolvens, basi in vaginam amplanif 

 membranaceam, subdiapbanam, in siccis fuscescen- 

 tem, >o« lin. fere altam, semitubulosam dilatatunit 

 uno latere productum in verum folium lanceola- 

 tuxQj apice subconvoluto breviter acuminatum, fir- 

 atnum, margine carlilagineo undulalum, intense vi- 

 Tide* spathas florum expansorum paulo superans, 

 poUicare, 3. lin. latum ; folia sub hoc proxima 

 tubimbricata, lineari-lanceolala, supra basin quld- 

 quam dilatatam paulo angustiora, acumine incras- 

 aalo rigidulo, margine subundulata , nervo medio 

 ©bsolelo, nervls lateralibus iongiluclinalibus pau- 

 CIS, spathas expansas aequantia vel paulo superan- 

 tia, 2 pollices longa, medio 4 "" 4x lineas lata 5 



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interiora tenuiora, apice tantum firma; lanceolato- 

 linearia, ba&i quidquam attenuata et membranacea, 

 breviter acuminata , apice nervo dorsali obsolete 

 carinata, subundulata, ceterum plana, 12— - 1/7 Hn. 

 longa, 2 — 3 lin, lata; intima fere lincaria, acuta, 

 membranacea, sicca subdiaphana, 9 lin, longa, li- 

 neam lata. Flores numerosi, circiter 40, in cen- 

 tro foliorum tanquam in receptaculo subsessiles, 

 dense congest!, erecii, medii praecociores folia su- 

 pcrantes, exteriores tardiores adhuc inexpansi me- 

 diis foUisque breviores, singuli spatha inclusi. 

 Pedicelli brevissimi, erecti, mbo fere craasiores, 

 glabri, vix ultra J lin. longi, Spatha cominunis 

 nulla; singula ad quemvis florem uniflora, mono- 

 pbylla, tubulosa, superne concave - dilatata,- loaelrft- 



