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ceolata, glabra. Spicae capitalifornies, ^lobosae r. oratae, 



putigenfes, TiUoslssimae. Flores biuati'r, tcrnati, capi- 



tato - spicati. Bracfcae perigonttque foliola exferiora duo 



lougiora spinescuuti aristala, stibulata, extas laiiata» 



SeriGOcoma pungens Fenzl inBrigecolt. pi. cap. n, 3067* 

 P a t r i a : Africa extima anstro - ocpidentalis. H a b i t a t : la ra- 

 pestribus ad amnem fiarip, prope Verleptpram, infra 300' 

 supra marls superftciem CDr&ge). Fi. Sept. 



Herb a, cnjus stimmitatem semipedalcm solam yideo, pro- 

 babiliter erecta, squarroso-ramosissima, caule ramisque 

 validioribus crassitie fili emporetici teiiiiioris, snbSexaosis, 

 .. rigidis, terefitisculis J elerafo -striafis, putie brevi, compla- 

 f^ uata, crlspata, adpressissima, demum deilueiitc, incano-sub- 

 (omeutosis; ramulis florig'eris alternis, a semiuucla ad nu- 

 ciam (lissUia, plus miauave patentibHs, 1 — ^3 poUiccslougis^ 

 foliatis. Folia ramea (iufcrioribus caulims inihl ignotis) 

 subsessilia^ alterua asymelnce sparsa^ ultra polHcem vix 

 dissita, pattila, oblonga, minora ao suprema lanccolata, in- 

 tegerritna, actuinscula, subeartilagiiieo-mucronalafa, car- 

 no3uIa, facie euervia, glabra, laete virldia, majora Q — 8, 

 minima 2 — 3 liiieas loi]g;a, latifiidiiie a tribus lineis ad se- 

 miliueam decrescciUia. Spicae in ramniis tcrminalcs, capi- 

 tnliformes, globosae v, ovatae, maguilndinc Trifolii praten~ 

 sis ac miaores, pntig;eutes, rillosissimac^ dilate ferrugineae. 

 Flores teriiati, glomcrali, lalcraiitim luio nt pliirimum he- 

 bctato complefo, sterJIi, aot iiicomplcto rudimejitario, glome- 

 rulis iribractealis in rachide brevi, allio - fomeniosa conge- 

 stis, demnm. tana circumdante avolantibus. Bractearnia 

 seariosarnitt iuaequalium iiifima omnium minima, 2-^2^^ 

 iincam longa, late ovata, euspidata, carina fnsea, vatida, 

 excnrrenfe spinoso-mucronata, glabra t. iufra apicem sub- 

 Tillosa, duabns exterioribus latcralibus, latioribnsj 

 magis }i}'a1i)us, longins aristfttis ac TiUosioribns , trieutc bro- 



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