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fibus pedem cixc. löngis, breriter vaginatis Jatiusculis, 2 
lin. lat., longe acuminatis, usyue ad basin planis, margini- 
bus subundalatis vix scabridis, apicem versas carinulatis; 
umbella pluriradiata swbcapitato-contracte (1—1's poll. 
lata), radiis brevissimis polystachyis; involneri 8— 10-phylli 
foliolis deflexris patentissimisqgue 6—3 poll. longis; spieulis 
in radiorum apice congestis patentissimis linearibus leviter 
compressis subsexfloris; squamis subcoriaceis dein apice pa- 
tulis lineari-oblongis sursum parum dilatatis basi decur- 
rentibus, inferioribus brevioribus obtusis, breviter mucronatis, 
ubique tenuiter nervatis, stramineo - pallidis ferrugineo -punotu- 
latis, dorso viridulis; caryopsi magna squama plus duplo 
breviore oblonga obinse triangulari apiculata; rhacheola se- 
cedente. — Dröge, coll, pl. Afric. austr. ur. 4424. — 
Prom, bon. spei, 
284. C. Baldwinii Tor. 
Laete virens. Bhizomate abbreviato vaginis emörtuis 
brunneis obtecto; eulmis pluribus gracilibus Y—1'% ped. al- 
tis obtase triangulis striatis versus basin subtuberascentem 
plurifoliatis; foliis subherbaceis culmo plerumgue brevioribus 
planis 1—% lin. lat. setaceo -acuminalis marginibus (sieeis 
subundalatis) carinulaque spinuloso -scabris; involuero 5—7- 
phylio, phyllis ereoto - patulis, inferioribus 3—-4 umbella sim- 
plici 8—12-radiata plus daplo longioribus; radiis erecto- 
patulis subsetaceis trigonis, plurimis exterioram subaequalibus, 
1—1°% poll. long.; spienlis numerosis capitato - confertis, in- 
ferioribas patentissimis reflexisve, lineeribus acuminatis, dein 
subarticulatis, 3— 3'% lin. long. 6—3-floris (5 —8-foris, 
Torrey); capitulis subglobosis, basi quasi truncatis diam, 6— 
4 lin.; squamis subcoriaceis nitidnlis remotis adpressis, fructi- 
feris vix patulis, oblongis obtusis v. acutiuscalis muticis, la- 
