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J, LatifoHa^ Glaucesceus; vagints sabomnibiis folii- 

 feriSf fotiTB tongis latisre, sqnamis floriferis brerisfiiine a^u- 

 iDiDatis aptcihus rerlis obtasiuBcalis, carina m alata. 

 Mayotte (Boirin). 



€. Tenuis^ Viridula ; euimo pertenui pedati , foliis 

 paans angastissimis; capitulo parro, magnitadioe pip^Tig allii- 

 squamiH sordide pallidis atnpunctuiftlis superne cwiuH aitgaste , 

 aJat'8, alts laerihus; stylo (an stamper ?) abbrerialo. 

 Insul. Mariauae, Timor (Gaadicfaand*) 



^. Humilis^ Viridis; iaxe caespitosa; rhixomalo brevi, 

 vag^nts fere ominlms folifferis* folits ronferljs latiiisculid bre- 

 Titer aeomiaatis aculis i^dIiuuhi tripoljifarem ae^uantibus et 

 Bnperaittibue, 



Ins. Giiaban (Haenke). In h«rh. LiBkiano sine loco 

 addito natali. 



27. H. controverflii Steud, 

 Viridula; rhizomate brevissirno apice dWiso; cnlmo {^ra* 

 cili 7 — 4 poll, longo coinpresso apice vix evidenter triangu- 

 larly tenuiter striato, basj incrassata multifoliato; foHis culmum 

 aeqnantibua t. saperantibus ( I — '/^ 'in* la(«) longe acuroinatia, 

 piani9 baud carinalie apicem rerstjs marginibos sparsim api* 

 nulosis; fioralibns tongis (3 - l-pollio«) patentiBsimiaj eapU 

 tulo solttario sphaeriro diam. 3 — 4 lin., compacto; ^apienlia 

 IV^ 'JJi- long* subbifloris ovato-lanceolatis, basi sabobliqais, 

 totis pallidis; squamis floriferis fere aequalibus acuminatis 

 apice rectiusculis , inferiore fertili triandra 4 - nervia , snpe- 

 riore — nou raro mafivnla — obsolete nervata; carinae crista 

 crenata e( piloso^citiata; caryopsi jurenili squama Ya ^^^' 

 viore late oblongo-obovata apice obtusa; stylo vix exserto 

 breriter bifido ; iiUmenlis teuniesimis ar angasiissimis. — Fa- 

 riefi &, monoc€phaia€' 



