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mascttla, bracteta oblongo-elKpticia onspidatoracmninaiis qnam 

 ■ fructus c Hsi cnneata ovali-triquetri acumiuati, mai^nesw- 

 feum subalati angustioribus, — In Brasilia meridionali legit 

 Sellow banc eyiaiiam speciem cui consangaineae pluries , mono, 

 stachyae androg^ae scilicet, in America boreali reperiunint 

 \ nulla Tero proxima, — Radix fibrosa e fibris sat longis tenoio- 

 ribns fibrillosis. Caules plnres foliosi steriles atciue spiciferi, 

 pedem et nltra longi, basi raginis sensim jnajorJbns apbyllis 

 fuscis striato-nervosis, nervis Talidioribns, medio scilicet pan- 

 fssqne lateralibus snb apibe eonnirentibng atqne in mncronem 

 parvam mox obsoletam mox evidetttiorem junctis , nervis lis 

 tandem snpe^stitibus. Folia lon^ssime sesqnipedalia, flaccida, 

 Bubplana linearia lon^ssoufk sensim acnminata, mnltiner^a, 

 kiQrris tribns, medio scilicet latcralibusgue duobus (medinmHs 



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^ costam inter ct ^arginem tenentibns) ma^s prominnlis et eras- 



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sioribns , pagina snpera m^i'gineq^ae snrsiim scabris pagma iu- 

 fera laevi. Oanlis trigneteir ad angulos Hervo snbcartilagiueo' 

 notatos sursnm gcaber, foliis brcyior, pedem cirolter altns, ere- 

 Ctns, attainen !hand rigidns sed llaccidns potins, ima basi foliis 

 ali<Luot drcnmdains. Splca vix unqnam pollicaris , saepius se- 

 Biipollicaris snbcyliudrica. Bracteae oblongo - ellipticae aeami- 

 natae'T. cnspidato-acnminataej nervo medio valido in inferiori- 



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bng flores foemineos snffnlcientibias . bracteis longius procnrrcnte 



: et eeyl-nlafp scabro (infimi floris bractea ratius enbfoliacea spi- 



camqap florere incipientem siiperans)^ in superioribns vero, fi«I* 



mascnlis floribus coUocatis, vix ac ue vix qnidem emergente; 



ntrnmque bracteae Ulns jnxta costam aervis pluribus tenuiori- 



. bus , exsiccationc fossitan solommodo in conspectiim Tcnienti- 



bns, iiisigncj regio marginalia ve'ro tennius membranacea suB- 



liyalina et fuscescens. Fructug (immatnrns tantani visus) bra- 



. ctea loiigior et latior, triqueter: fere oboyafo cnneatos acnmina- 



tus ; .anguU laterales acutiores evidentius marginati, maigine fere 



alaeformi apicem versus Iatioj:c sub- eroso ct eerrulato - sciibro 



