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reuUa, Stattiiuodia sciuamulacformia^ linearia^ oliliisiascula^ 

 in(egernma) lacvissima. 



Sericocoraa trichiuioides I'caal in Brige colt pU 

 cajK n. 4680. Patria: Africa extima austro-orientalts. Ha- 

 bitat: ill gramuiosis ad Uttora marid prope Port Xatal Caf- 

 frariae. O>rege0 



HerbuC) Terosimiflimo aumiae, caiiles video fere see- 

 quipedales, adscendeutes, &implicis9imoSj''infmusramu]o niio 

 alterove iueToInto, pollicari r. sesqiiipolUearl auctos^ crassitie 

 fili emporetici modioms, angulato-striatos^n^ulis alMcanti- 

 hwn^ l>asj ima teretiiiS(Mi]os, Jaevissimos^ ad teiaiam parfem lon- 

 gitiidiuis faQtnm foliates, iilterius seapiformeB^ squamnHs 2 — 

 b , herbaceis , laKiuscuTs ^ iiaam alloramve liueam longis, 

 linearibus, obtusis v. acali^, glabris obaesaos. Folia can- 

 liua ao ramaloriim iuiima opposita, reliqua suboppoaila^ pol- 

 Hcem diioidiiim ad duos per paria dissila^ suprema alterna, 

 crecto-patula, laiiceolata, basim vc^rsiis in petiolum^ cana- 

 lii^iilatoin, unam alicramve lijieam longiim, augustissimnm, 

 seusim aUetinala^ iiUegerrima, acuta snbcartilagmeo-mncro* 

 iiala, uniuerria, glabornina; iuBma ac ramulorum faseicuU- 

 formiiim inforioriim Ya — 1 poJJioein ]oi>ga, roliqaa ac ramo- 

 lorum snpcrioriim explicatorum biiincialia ac param longiora, 

 I'/a — 5 lineas lata, laete viridta, luf lorcscentia ter- 

 miualis^ sficam rjliittlricatn, densissimani, tritmeialcm , digi- 

 tam miuimura crassam, apiue rotundatara, Tillosam, strami- 

 neam, nitidam exhibens. Flo res hermaphroditi, (ernati, 

 latcrales bibracteolati, glomertati, glomenilia tribractcatis 

 in rachide recta, aiigulataj villosa, sussilibtis, confertisaimis, 

 demum ex axilla bracteae indmae, persisteutis delabentibus. 

 Bracteae, scariosae, nitidae viridi-carmatao*, trium ex- 

 teriornm infima, orala, acrnninata, aristato-nmcrouii- 

 lata, carina validlorc ima basi tautam subvillosa pcrcnrsa, 



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