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basi canVis ad varias altitudmes pro^untibus. Stolones sub- 

 lerranei radicantes longi glabri vaginis ochreaeformibus gla- 

 bris striatis ampliatis obliqiiis firiniasqae acuminatis (folio- 

 rum rndimenta) ornati, Caults 25—30 cent, longus, teres, 

 simplex, ad basin crassitie digiti minoris, birsntinsculns, pi- 

 lis in snmmo caule crebrioribns albidis; apex in iufloresceu'^ 

 tiam excurrit. Folia alterna, omnia fere canle mnUo loii- 

 giora (25 — 30 cent.), disticba, basibus subimbricatim va- 

 ginantibus, eusiformia, baai vaginante angustiora in lami' 

 mam latiorem, in medio 2 — 3 cent, latam, planam, irideam, 

 longitndinaliter striatam, glabram, teneram, sivcam subtrans- 

 pareutem, snbfiliter serriilatam, vel inlegerrimam , explicata; 

 serraturae inferiores distantiores. Pars vaginata integerri- 

 ma altitts in folio adsceudit. Flores subpaniculati. Pani- 

 Cttla 5 — 7 cent, louga^ primnm contracta, dein magis ex- 

 plicata,* rami pnbescentes pills foscis, alferni, erecto-patuli, 

 magnitndine fere aeqoales, ramuH e latere superiorc erum- 

 pentes fere unilaterales 3 — 4 millim. longi, dcnsius pnbes- 

 centes. Bracteae qnaedam majores foHiformes, lanceolafae 

 infra paniculam, sed verae ovales appressae ad paniculac 

 ramos, longe pilosae. Flores snbpenduli. Erolutio centri- 

 peta. Alahastra elliptico-oblouga, praefloratione imbrica- 

 tira; perigonii segmeuta biscrialia^ 3 externa et iotidem in- 

 terna, oblongo-lanceolata^ acuta, in sicco membranacea, 

 apice pilosa, inprimis tria externa, integerrima , nervis 7 — ' 

 — 8 (qnornm 3 interui validiores) instructa, 7 millim. fere 

 louga. Flos apertns campanulatiis. Stamina tria recepta- 

 cnlo inserta, omnino libera, tribus interioribus perigonii 

 aegmentis opposita et breviora ; filamentum complan^fnm 

 membrauaceum, vix 2 millim, longum, glabrnm? antherae 

 fere ejusdera iongitudinis ercctae, oblongae, sacculis connecti- 

 ve piano anlice adnatis, autrorsis, ex apice rima dehiscen- 

 libus, conuectivum supra antboram snbexsertnm. Ovarium 



