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lat.; vaginis 4—5 poll. long, dense pubescentibus late alatis; 

 ligula efformatarigldalanceolata; panicula unica terminal! densa 

 obiongo-Ianceotata 8 — 9 poll, altacomposita multiramosa; ramls 

 erecto-patentibus elongatis leviter flexuosis, angulis laevibus ; 

 bracteoUs perminutis subrotundis margine ciliatis; spiculis densis 

 solitariis alternis sesSiJibus ovato-Ianceolatis apice leviter re- 

 curvi8, foemineis 21in. ferelongis, masculis minoribus ; sc[uamis 

 pallide virldulo-testaceis late ovato-lanceolatis acutis margine 

 subtiliss. ciUatis; ovario magno cjlindrico-oblongo. — Species 

 8. oriisoidi Presl proxima. — Vidi in herb. R. Berolin. 



Brasilia (Sello.) 



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Calmo gracili (medio V3 ^^^ diam.) subbipedali apice sub- 

 nataate, obtuse triangulo suloato ac striato laevi basin versus 

 paucifoliato; foliis laete viridibus herbaceis (culmeis) remotis 

 culmo xnulto brevioribus (9 — 4 poll long.) perlonge angustato- 

 acuminatis carinato-planis compUcatisve perfecfce laevibiis r. 

 margine miniUissime dentatis basl 21in. lat.; vaginis tenui-mem- 

 branaceis nervatis rufulis 1 — l^a pollicar,; spiculis 5 (magnis) 

 in apice culml laxe dispositis, omnibus conformibus peduncu- 

 latis primuin erectis, cylindraceo-clavatis obtusis densifloris eae* 

 piss, 17 — 16 lin. long. 3 — 2^/j lin. lat.; suprema gynaecandra, 

 reliquis foemineis ; pedunculis setaceis laevibus, infimo elongato, 

 subbipollicari, reliquis decrescentibus; bracteis lineari-oblongls 

 basi amplectentibus longe^selaceo-cuspidatis, iufima herbacea 

 poUicem circ. longa; squamis tenui-membranaceis dense imbri- 

 catis adpressis majusculis conformibus fusco-purpureis opacis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis acutatis subtiliss. scabrove mucronatis; 

 utrieulis membranaceis squamas excedentibus iisque concolo- 

 ratis basi albidis, perfecte laevibus subenerviis oblongo-ovaiibus 

 sublanceo latis ve sensim in rostrum mediocre cylindricum per- 

 angustum ore hjalino minute bidentatum attenuatis, margine 

 perangusto viridulo clrcumdatis, facie interiori planis medio 

 glbbosis, exteriori subangulato-convexis^ (noudum maturis) 2 

 lin* longis; stylo exserto profiinde trifido^ partttionibus subtiliss, 

 rectis fuscis hispidulisj car. perlaxe inclusa utriculo circ. ^/^ 

 breviore ovali-oblonga acute triangula insigniter longe stipitata 

 styli basi minuta conica laet© viridi coronata, subUliter reUcu- 



