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birtella monospcrnia membranacca, aemine snboMiqne triaa- 

 guUri aciito nilido fuseo-gmeo- raricgafo. 



Crescit in Savauis ad Oaoribo^ m. fliartio, Florca albi 

 parTi. 



Bx arSaitate M. Jacquini Schult. et H, protractae, 

 Caules \ — 2*pedale9, sabsimplicea, basi folioram ra- 

 ginis obtectt, glabri, nodis panim tumidis. Vaginae f^ 

 liorum inferiorum 10 — 15 vent, longae lanceolalae sursnin 

 atlenuatae meiubrauaceae, glabrae praeler snmmuin Apicpia 

 (oraaiao ad&atnin aal tix lobulatum) intus hirtelluro. /V* 

 tioli lenuea a laleribiis comprcssi autice canaiiculali, apice 

 tnmido coinpresso -cjltndrico autice brevi - hirtello sed eito 

 glabrato, vaginas longitudiue eirciter aeqiiantea* In foUis 

 superioribui vaginae petJoliqne sen$iin mnlto breriorea^ hi 

 in snmmis ad apicem tumidam redncti. Laminae inferiQ- 

 rum majorcs ovatae basi atiquando subcordatae (sinu rat^dia 

 vix aliquid protracto), apicis acumine sobfiliformi- atteauato, 

 26 — 18 cent, longae, 10 — 11 latae^ subtns glauceaecalifS 

 (gubpruiiiosael) nerro medio sub apice deliteacente, venis 

 arcuatO'-adscendentibus, Folia euperiora magis elliptica 

 12—14 cent, longa, 5 — 7 lata. Injlorescentia oppositi- 

 folia, junior praecedentis folii vagina iuclusa^ breviter p^ 

 dnneulata, recta, stricta, tereti-altenuata, bracfeis 8ubdi- 

 etichf irobricata, 8 — 10 cent, longa, fructifera aliquid Ion- 

 gior, bracteis tunc patulis rhackin valde compreasam panMo 

 flexnosam nudantibaa. Bracieae virides striulatae lanceola* 

 Ue carinato-conTolmae 3 — 2 «en(* longae ^^ores aedsiles 1 

 ~-2 ttormalea, 3*~4 sleriles nanos difformea? includentes. 

 Bracteolae inclusae aognste lineares inembranaceM colora- 

 tae? Ovarium tngonum apice hirtello- incanum. Periapt 

 tkii tu&u$ 2^3 cent, longns filiformts, florena snbexsertpa, 

 tegmenta exteriora lanceolata acata Tfrsna apicem hirtello '- 

 ciliaU, inleriora QHperantia. Fiore9 eteriies uw filiforai»' 



