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sita ; hi s remotiuscuUs foHaceo-bracteatis brevi-pedunculatis 

 triangularibus sesquipoUicem altis subquinqueramosis, ramis 

 ramulisque brevissimis; spiculis obovato-oblongis pedicellatis, 

 y. singulis r. binis ternisve in ramis ramulisque confertis, (statu 

 florenti) 27a — 2 lin. long.; squamis tenui-membranaceis fusce- 

 scenti-rufis ovalibus obtusis uninerviis subraucronulatis. — Ex 

 affin. H. ampli Poepp, et Kunth. — Grlaziou hb. no.ll655. 

 Rio de Janeiro. 



8. Khynchospora imifiora Bcklr, 



Laete riridis ; culmo (9 — 10 pollicari) tenuifiliformi ex toto 

 triangulo profuude unisulcato, angulis — praecipue apicem ver- 

 sus — scabro; fol. basilar. . . . ., bractealibus herbaceis planis 

 longe angustato-cuspidatis margine subtiliss. serratis, infimo 

 semilineam lato, sequent, multo angustioribus ; spiels pluribus 

 (4) e spiculis 6—3 compositis, inferioribus 2 lateralibus valde re- 

 motis longe pedunculatis subpeudulis, superioribus in apice cul- 

 mi coBsociatis inaequaliter breviuscule pedunculatis ; pedunculis 

 capillarl'setaceis compresso-trianguUs ad angulos scabris; 

 bractea infima subquinquepoUicari, sequent, gradatim de- 

 crescentibus ; spiculis testaceo-albidis dense dispositis (fructi- 

 feris) ovato-lanceolatis 27, lin. long, unifloris; squamis seariosis 

 ovato-lanceolatis acutato-submucronulatis, inferioribus 3 minori- 

 bus vacuis, sequentibus 2 aequilongis florem foyeutibus; car 

 magna (c. rostro Vj^ — Vl^ 1, long.) pallide straminea breviss. 

 stipitata orbiculato-obovata biconvexa leviter compressa sub- 

 tilissime striolata; rostro anguste conico acutiusculo basi di- 

 screto fructui ^j breviore longitudinaliter ruguloso albescenti- v. 

 brunescenti-riridulo. — Setae hypogyn. nuUae. — Ex affin. B. 

 Ufiorae Bcklr. — Glaziou hb. no. 9336. 



Rio de Janeiro. 



9. Rhynchospora fiavida Bcklr. 



Pianta pallide viridis, glabra; radice fibrosa tenui pallida; 

 culmis pluribus fasciculatis stricte erectis inaequalibus 10 — 8 

 poll. alt. foUisque setaceo-filiformibus, obsolete 3- v. 4 angulis 

 sulcato-striatjs sursum ad angulos spinulosis, basin versus 

 paucifoliatis ; foliis erectis remotiusculis 6 — 4pollic. complicato- 

 canaHculatis acuminatis marginibus spinuloso-dentatis ; vaginis 

 purpurascentibus antice membranaceis hyalino albidis ; capitulo 

 hemisphaerico polystachyo rufescenti-stramineo subsemipollicem 







