305 
Brasilia. 
232. €. gigantens YVahl. 
Culmo 8—2-pedali digiti erassitie v. pennae anserinae 
tenuioris, angulis obtusis v. acutiusculis, basi vaginis pluri- 
bus nudis v. foliatis vestito; foliis confertis culmo multo bre- 
vioribus e basi latiore complicata sensim angustatis coriaceo - 
tenacibus sursum marginibus serrulatis; umbella opelalenta 
multiradiata, radiis patentibus snbaegnalibus (interdum tamen 
valde inaequalibus) 2— 12 poll. long. (in speeimin. majorib. 
supra lineam crassis) rigidis trigonis, non raro compressis; 
umbellulis pluriradiatis, radiis subsetaceis 2—4 poll. longis 
v. multo brevioribus, interdum subsessilibus; involuero uni- 
versali poly-hexaphylio, phyllis infmis ummbellam subaequan- 
tibus v. multo superantibus; involucellorum foliolis pluribus 
v. paueis erecto-patentibns lanceolato -linearibus planis, ®— 
2% lin. lat. subecarinatis umbellulam aegaantibus v. ea multo 
longioribus; ochreis radiorum 1” —-2 poll. long. scariosis 
bicarinatis, carinis saepe scabriusculis, ore ampliatis et ob- 
liquis antice breviter fissis apiceque inciso-dentatis, su- 
perne rubro-ferrugineis; ochreolis recte truncatis biaristu- 
latis; spieis ohblongo-cylindraceis pollicem et supra longis, 
5-4 Hin. lat., interdam 2 poll. long. 9 lin, lat., basi non- 
aunguam ramosis; spienlis numerosis confertis patenti - diver- 
gentibus tenuihus subalatis teretiusculis leviter curvatis 3 - 
2—5 lin. long. 14— 8-floris; squamis subapproximatis laxe 
adpressis obovato-oblongis obsolete mucronatis acute cari- 
natis enerviis stramineis v. lutescentibus, dorso ferrugineo- 
Hineolatis; caryopsi (non perfecte matura) squama ’s breviore 
lato-oblonga utrinque obtusa triangulari, interne concava, 
sabtilissime lineolato- punetulata flavescente; rhacheolae alis 
3. ua, 3. Nett. 20 
