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. Planta 8-14 polliearis. Badicis fibrae lignosae, gla- 
‚brae,' parce ramulosae,; pallide fuscae. Caulis epigaens per- 
brevis, hypogaens 'perbrevis. vel usque. ®/, pollicem Ilougus, 
Folia cespitosa, lanteolato -linearia, superne : sensim, atte- 
nuata,.-.apice abtusiusenlo, pilis longis sparsis ciliata, cete- 
xum .glabra,- demum glaberrima, nervoso -striulata, 1-—%%, 
pollices Jonga, medio usque 11/, liveam lata, plerwmqus an- 
gustiora, “Pedunculi per pancos ‚(usque 9) aggregati yel so- 
hitarii,..ereeti, "plerumgne rigiduli, pilis Jongis arreetis vol 
patentibus -mollikus densis‘ vesiiti, trisnleati, tert, v-B | 
pollicares. Vaginae .oblique fissae, Jamina Jonga apiee ahtı- 
siusenla integra, pilosae, demum calvar, ore eiliatae, 11/,— 
%-pollicares, :lamina 3-lineari vel longiore. Capitula juvenilie 
obeoniea, pilis longis albis involuta, demum semigloboss, 
albo-Yillosa, .® — 21/, lineas lata, Bracteae involnerantes 
ovatae vel ohoyatae, acntae vel obtusae, versus apicem albo- 
yillosae, argenteo - grisene vel obsenre olivacene, demum cal- 
vae ei parum nitidulae, Bracteae Hlores stipantes 'spathulatae, 
obtusae, versus apieem 'pilis comatae, nigrescenti- olivaceas, 
Boribus:b eviores. ' Receptacnlum pilosum. Flores’ maseuli 
, cum femineis aixti, pedicellati. Perigonü exterioris partes 3, 
hasi Connatäe, öhlonga - obovatae, rolundato-obtusae, versus 
apioem pilis eonnatao, nigrescenti-oliyacene vel obseure Zuscas, . 
versus bäsin paullo pallidiores, "Perigoniom interins nallum | 
Stamina 3, perigonium exterius superantia; filamentis in tubum 
farctum sinunto-triangularem connatis; antheris oblongis, albl- 
dis: In ceniro pistilli.effeti rudimentum versus apivem papil- 
losum . triplex.. Flores feminei. sessiles, ‚ Perigonü exterioris 
pättes 3.liberae, oblongae, ohtusinseulae, versns apivem pr 
losar;, ‚albidae, -: Perigonium-interius-ad pilos ereberrimös 8 | 
men.eingentes et magis duplo snperantes redactum, Germen 
frieooenm. „Stylus germine. Jongior, ‚triangularis, tubules0% 
