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v. breviter foliatis, ore truncato ciliatis, parte superiore setaceo- 
attenuata plurifoliatis; foliis subapproximatis reflexis, superne valde 
eurvatis, culmum superantibus perangustis basi vix semilineam 
latis sursum longissime angustatis acute carniatis, marginibus su- 
perne subtiliss. serratis, utringue celluloso-retieulatis; spica valde 
depauperata interrupta simpliei v. basi (cymoso-) pauciramosa, e 
spienlis paueis distantibus sessilibus v. breviter pedunculatis com- 
posita; his minutis perangustis—ut videtur—unisexualibus (an sem- 
per?) unifloris, a bracteis capillaribus superatis; squamis 4—3 
conformibus ovato-lanceolatis fuscescenti-testaceis e carina -viri- 
di euspidatis; caryopsi squamas subaequante (dura) late ovali, basi 
in stipitem crassum contracta obtuse triangula apiculata pallide 
coerulea laevi ac glabra nitida; perigynio disciformi obscuro (cum 
cupula pallida eoncreto) fructui adhaerente. — Herb. Luerssen. 
Samoa-insula Upolu. Graefie leg, 
75. 8. lithosperma Swartz. 
S. capillaris R. Br. 
Fidschi-et Samoa- insulae (Graeffe). 
76. (18 b.) 8. mackaviensis n. SP. 
Rhizom. parum elongato lignoso; eulmis faseiculatis subpe- 
dalibus foliisque firmis, apice leviter curvatis, 7, —HY, lin, erassis 
acute triquetris uno laterecanalieulatis, ad angulos scabris, pauei- 
(bi-) foliatis; foliis semilineam latis carinatis, margine spinuloso 
revolutis, supra interdum punetulis sparsis asperulis,inimo 1—2- 
pollicari, altero triplo quadruplove longiore; vaginis angustis hir- 
tulis, ligula elongata linguiformi; fascienulis 4—3 distantibus; pe- 
duneulis binis v. ternis aut singulis brevibus sessilibusque hirtulis 
3—2--I-stachyis; bracteis foliaceis elongatis, omnibus culmum 
superantibus; spiculis foemineis c. masculis androgynisque mix- 
tis 2”/, lin. long.; squamis oblongis carinatis obtusis pallide ferru- 
gineis v. viridulis; caryopsi parvula squamis '/; breviore fragili 
subglobosa trigona, basi contracta, albo-mucronata tubereulato- 
rugosa, rugis subhirtulis, lactea opaca; perigyniis minautis: superior- 
niveo membranaceo repando-trilobo, lobis obtusissimis undulatis, 
inferiore persistente patelliformi orbiculari. 
Queensl. Port Mackay (Am. D.) 
17. (18 c.) 8. pallidiflora n. sp. 
Fibrillis capillaribus ramosis brunneis e culmi basi subbulbosa 
vaginis brevibus nervosis ferrugineo-brunneis obtecta; culmis plu- 
ribus faseicnlatis filiformibus foliisque firmis, pedem eire. altis, 
Superne curvatis, acutangulis leviter sulcatis, ad angulos serrulato- 
