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recnrvo, dorso obsolete frinerriis stramtneo-TiridiiliSf lateribas 

 plernmqne castaneis; earjopsi sqnamam fere aeqnante obovato- 

 ellipsoidea breviter mttcronata iriquetra laeTiQBCola pallido- 

 Intesrente; stylo exserto. 



(7. dichroostachyus Hochst, in berb. AbTss. Qtiion. ilin, 

 no*391» — Richard I. c. 481. ~ Stend, I c. 36. — Forma 

 minor, foliis abbrcviatis; C Andsckoa Kich. I, c, 4S1- — 

 Stead. U r. 36, — Schimp. hb- Abyss. 273, 



Abyssinia (altit, 9300')- 



K. Leptolepides. Inflorescenlia saepissime capitato-con- 

 trai^ta. Spicuiac fascirulatae v. rariss. spiratim dispo- 

 sitap , pluriflorae compressae, sqnainis angnstis oblongo- 

 linparibus obtusrs mutirifa snbrarinato-navifularibus, ob- 

 solete nf'rTatis, snbinde dpcjdentibiis. Stato, 1 r, 3. 

 Stylus (rnbiginosits) nc filamenta (ferru^iuea) longe per^ 

 sist«>ntia. Rharheola rf^rtiiiscnla tenui subexcavala, fo- 

 Teis squamae oppositae basi descendente marginatis. — 

 Rbizoma plernmqne SQhbulboso-coutrai^tnm- 



a. Capitati; capitiilo singulo; spicnlis suboTatrs, floribos 

 monandris. 



178* C. Sorojitochys Beklr. 

 Calmo 5 — 9'pollican tenni firmo trigone v^ triangular! 

 basi pauci- (2-) foliate; foliis perangustis margine minute 

 dentatiSf carinatis, culmo pltruinque breTioribns; floralibus 

 tribns reflexis, 3 — Vs P*^'l- l^'^g-i rapitulo rompaclo snb' 

 globose polyHuchyo^ S'/^ — 3'/} lin, crasso; spirulis con- 

 gestts ovatD-orbicnIatis 1 lin. lonif-, 6 — 12-floris; sqnamis 

 remotiuscniis pntentibus rectis vtx '/^ Mn. long, angustis, ob- 

 longo 'linearibus rariniilatis, apice obfusiusculis, obscure sub- 

 ' tiliter nervatis pallidis rertngineo-lineolalis; raryopsi mmu* 

 tissima sqnanaa fere ^/^ breviorf; pertenui» lineaii-obloDga, 



