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spicata, rarissirae ad infimam partem ramosa, ramo 3-floro, densa, 

 stricta, erecta, semper folia superantia 20— 30-flora, inevoluta 18'^ 

 dein2Va— 6"longa, 1" fere crassa, bracteata; bracteae virides, e 

 basi lata acuminatae, acumine longe produeto, exceptis interioribus 

 foliiformibus quain floras beviores, 6—7'" longae, dorso carinatae et 

 puberulae, supra eoncavae naviculares, glabrae, liori suo adpressae. 

 Flores in axilla cujusque bracteae solitavii, pedunculo brevi, 

 apicepaullo curvato, 1— lVa'"longo puberulosuffulti et braeteola 

 e basi latiuscula, attenuato-acuminata, 5"' loBga, extus puberula, 

 intus glabra, viridi, planiuscula, eique arete adpressa sustenti, 

 erecti dein nutantes, ante anthesin 7'", post anthesin 9'" longi. 

 Perigonium externum foliaceum, in alabastro conicum, subu- 

 hitum, extus pubescens, basi IVi"' crassum, 7"' longum, post an- 

 thesin peristens connivens, basi trigonum 3'" latum, 9'" longum, 

 extus puberulum, intus glaberrimum lucens; foliola ad basin 

 usque libera, interiora longe superantia (uti recte dicit R. Br., 

 nee „iis paullo breviora" Knth.); interioris perigonii corol- 

 lina pariter tota libera 3, in sicco albida, rotundato-obovata, i\n 

 vivo flava?), basi paullo angustata, nervis furcatis, paullo inten- 

 sius coloratis percursa, diametro 6"', sub anthesi patentias post 

 anthesin marcescentia, tiec corrugate, vix majora, semper ex- 

 ternis tertidm partem at ultr-a br^viora (oponente Kunth), con- 

 niventia, fi*uctam obtegeotia. Stamina 6aequalia (nee sabae- 

 qoalia Eth.), ima basi foliolorum perigonii intern! inserta (nee 

 3 perigyna Sprng.), erecta, 2'" paullo excedentia, persistentia, dein 

 conniventia; filamenta e basi latiuscula, nervo medio crassius- 

 culo percursa, intus concava, apicem versus sensim attenuata, 

 recta, apice ipso subulato, supra medium incurva, ima basi pilis 

 paucis tenuissimis patentissimis, hyalinis, articulatis, caducis ob- 

 sessa, apicem versus punctolia elevatis hinc inde notata, indeque 

 scabriuscula (R. Br.); antberae er^tae conformeS, quam fila- 

 menta dimidio breviores (nee eis aequales Schlt.), oblongae, apice 

 obtusae, basi cordatae, supra sinum baseos insertae, flavae; locuH 

 paralleli;contigui, per tota m longitudinem, basi tantum excepta, 

 connexivo tenui lineari adnati, lateraliter rima longitudiffali ab 

 apice basin versus dehiscentes; pollen albidnm globosum. Ger- 

 m en sessile, trigonum, ovatum fuscum, totum pilis articulatis 

 albidis, articulo terminali minori ovali flavescenti, erectis et pa- 

 tentibus obtectum indeque pilosunv (nee puaetulis acutissimis con- 

 spersum Knth.), I'/t"' altum, 1'" crassum, triloculare; gemmulae 

 in lociilis binae^uperpositat sewUcs: stylos erectas, trigOMS, 



