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tatis; vaginis angustis subpuberulis, Jigula abbreviata rotundato- 
obtusa margine dense hirtella ; fasciculis terminalibas ac laterali- 
bus 3—2 distantibus pedunculatis sessilibusque; bracteis foliaceis 
elongatis; pedunculis laevibus glabrisve; spieulis 3—5—2 sexu 
distinetis in faseiculis eonfertis, foemineis pluribus ce. masculis 
singulis consociatis, his anguste linearibus vix 2 lin. longis ; squamis 
foemineis e lato-ovato lanceolatis, breviter cuspidatis carinatis 
laevibus fuscescenti-testaceis, carina viridula, masculis angustiori- 
bus; caryopsi grandiuscula squamasfere aequante dura glandiformi 
basi truncata, teretiv. obsoletiss. trigonaapiee minute umbonulata 
leviter striata inter stıias obsolete lacunosa lactea nitidula; peri- 
gynio superiore viridulo-albo trilobo, lobis suborbicularibus, mar- 
gine latiusculo triangulari concolore fructui adnato; perigynio 
inferiore in squamarum fundo persistente seutelliformi triangulari. 
— Herb. Luerssen. 
Port Mackay. Nov. Holland. (Am D,) 
80. (44 b.) 8. Dietrichiae n. sp. 
Culmo stricto 2'/, ped. alto lineam erasso peırigido (4—1-—- 
foliato) aequilatero-triangulari, angulis acutis retrorsum asperu- 
lis ; foliis distantibus ereetis coriaceo-rigidis viridibus carinatis longe 
angustatis, marginibus reflexis superne scabris, basi 2 lin. latis, 
4—9 poll. longis; vaginis 2—2, poll. long. anguste alatis, alis 
scabris ; ligula herbacea rotundato-obtusa margine hirta; panicula 
unica terminali simpliei oblongo-lanceolata laxa quadripolli- 
cari subseptemramosa; bracteis ramorum valde inaequalibus, 
inferioribus duabus foliiformibus paniculam parum superanti- 
bus, reliquis capillari-setaceis spicas suas vix aequan- 
tibus basi parum dilatata eiliolatis; spiculis biois ternisve fas- 
eieulatis, masculis numerosioribus plerumgue sessilibus oblongo- 
linearibus teretiusculis sesgnilineam longis; squamis rigidis ca- 
rinatis brunnescenti-fuscis: foemineis suborbiculatis v. breviter 
acutatis v. apice obtusis mucronulatis, maseulis ovato-lanceolatis 
cuspidatis; caryopsi majuscula exserta sessili ovata trigona basi 
truncata, apice umbonulata, obsoletiss. undulata, alba nitida gla- 
bra v. obsolete hirtella; perigynio rigido, superiore albido ad 
basin usque trilobo, lobis lanceolatis fructui adpressis, inferiore 
illo adnato orbieulari leviter repando, disco fusco margine pal- 
lido. — Herb. Luerssen. 
Port Mackay, N. Holland. ( Am. D.) 
81. (75 b.) 8. Graeffeana n. Sp. 
