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culmum subsuperantibus; vaginis rigidis ampliatis superne latere 
anteriore adpresso-hirtulis; panicula universali erecta e parti- 
alibus 10—5 composita 1—!/, ped. alta continua basi interrupta; 
panienlis secund. aequalibus striete erectis densiusculis subde- 
compositis pyramidalibus submultiramosis 2—1?/, poll. alt. 11,,— 
1°/, poll. lat. breviusenle pedunenlatis; peduneulis validis obtu- 
sangulis leviter compressis; bracteis primariis foliiformibus, in- 
ferioribus elongatis inflorescentiam superantibus, supremis pa- 
niculas suas subaequantibus; ramis triangulis ramulisque erecto- 
atentibus brevibus validis hirtis, braeteolis setaceis basi dila- 
rata ochreisque brevibus hirtulis; spiculis binatis solitariisque 
dense dispositis subfaseieulatis sessilibus subulatis perangustis 
3 lin. long, monocarpis, bracteola breviuscula capillari basi 
lanceolato-dilatata hirtella munitis; squamis arcte adpressis brun- 
„escenti-fuseis chartaceo-rigidulis late oblongis breviuscule mu- 
cronato-aristatis; stylo profundiuseule bifido. — Ex. affinit. R. 
aristalae, R. Moritzianae, R. thyrsoideae. 
R. sclerioides Hook. Arn. ex Steud. Syn. 148. 
Insul. Sandwie, (Gaudichaud), Oahu (J. Remy, no. 132.) 
Chaetospora hexandra n. sp. 
Pallide viridis. Rhizom. brevi crasso duro, fibrillis validis 
“igidis, vaginis vestito; his fuscescenti-ferrugineis multistriatis, 
nferioribus nudis, superioribus lamina lineari-lanceolata subpolli- 
‚ari auctis; culmo solitario gracili rigido strietiusceulo c. in- 
oresc. 15—22 poll. alto triquetro, superne perfecte nudo v. 
ınifoliato, basi polyphyllo; foliis confertis patentibus coriaceo- 
ıgidis culmi dimidium parum superantibus rectis v. superne 
aviter curvatis longe angustato-acuminatis acute carinatis, mar- 
inibus revolutis, striatis laevibus, basi 11/,—2'/, lin. lat; pa- 
leula erecta elongata angusta laxa 6-8 poll. alta e ramorum 
ascieulis 4—5 remotis constructa; ramis Dinis singulisve re- 
ıotis, infimis elongatis 2—3- pollic. remotissimis, stricte erectis 
‘. m. compressis, angulis scabris, apice pauciramulosis v. inter- 
"ım simplieibus monostachyis; bracteis ramos subaequantibus 
. anibus foliiformibus, margine carinaque scabris, vagina pallide 
‚36%; spieulis binis v. solitariis, bracteis duabus oblongo- lan- 
olatis cuspidatis munitis, teretibus v. vix leviter compressis 
—6lin. long. bifloris, flore altero fertili, altero quidem her- 
‚aphrodito attamen sterili; squamis 8—9 perrigidis fusco-fer- 
ugineis arcte imbricatis convexis apicem versus carinatis, lae- 
