ET 
vata, viridyla ‚superne prominente, lateribus luteo -ferrugine- 
scentibus ; caryopsi minuta squama plas duplo breviore lato- 
oblonga triangulari vix umbonato -apicata obinsa subtilissime 
punetata pallida, nitida; rhacheolae alis elongatis oblong®- 
linearibus acuminatis caryopsin superantibus; stylo exserto 
usque ad medium fisso ferrugineo. 
€. princeps Kunth 1. c, 66. — Papyrus elegans Schrad. 
— Nees ab Esenb. I. c. 59. 
Brasilia, 
234. C. Berteri Kunth, 
Excelsus. Umbella ampla decomposita multiradiata, ra- 
diis robustulis 8— 10 poll. long. compressis subancipitibus; 
ochreis radiorum universal. 1—-2 poll. long. vompressis ca- 
rinato -alatis inforne coriaceo -rigidis enstaneo - coloratis, ore 
obliquis, hinc breviter fissis; iis radioram partialium triplo 
fere brevioribus biaristatis, carinis spinaloso-ciliolatis; um- 
bellulis 5-— 8-radiatis; radiis elongatis patentibus tenuibus 
3-4 poll. long. umbelluliferis; involucellis 8 — 6- phyllis, 
phyllis patentissimis rigidulis Zinearibus acuminatis carina- 
tis, inferioribus umbellam duplo triplove superantibus 2 — 
2% lin. latis, interioribus perangustis; umbellis tertiariis sub- 
corymbosis ‚e spieis 8—5 compositis; his breviter peduncu- 
latis v. snbsessilibus patentibus Zaris 1 — 'z poll. longis 
5—4 Iin. lat., bracteis patentissimis anguste linearibus 
2 —3 poll. longis munitis; spiculis pluribus patenti-diver- 
gentibus tenwissimis linearibus acutis tardius teretiasculis B 
—10-Horis 2%, — 3 lin. long.; squamis (minutis) subappro- 
ximatis adpressis ovakis breviter acutatis mucronulatisve 
prope carinam acutinscalam ferragiaco -lineolatis, lateribus 
stramineo-pallidis v. fuscescentibus; caryopsi juvenili squama 
vix 's.breviore late oblonga interne concava externe conrexo - 
20% 
