368 
Ahyssinia (Schimper).- 
295. €. Alifollus Will, 
Viridalus, Rhizomate obliqao brevi pennam columbinam 
erasso bruuneo; eulmis caespitosis Aliformibns, saepius tennis- 
simis 7-12 poll, altis infrmis suhflexuosis obiuse riangula- 
ribus, suleato -striatis ima basi tuberosa leviter inerassalis 
ibique plurifoliatis; foliis culmo  breviorihns v. löngioribus 
flexuosis perangüstis, %—1 lin. lat., carinato-complicatis mar- 
ginibus carinaque scahris; nmbella 3—6-radiata; radiis in- 
divisis patentibus setaceis brevibns, exterioribus (2-4) 4 
Yı poll. longis, religuis brevioribns, 3—10-, raro 15-sta- 
ehyis; ochreis ängustis ore obliquis; involucro 3—4-phyllo, 
phyllis postea patentissimis, duobus inferioribns 3—4-, raro 
ad 10 poll. lougis; spieulis suddistichis, v. fasciculatim con- 
fertis v. remotioribus, patentibus v. divergentibus Zinearibus 
tenerrimis acutis serias teretiusculis, 5—7 lin. long. 6-9- 
Jloris; squamis chartaceis remotis adpressis apice tamen pa- 
tulis, marginibus inferne involutis, lineari-oblengis lanceola- 
tisve submueronulatis, lateribus 6-striolatis fuseopurpureo- 
variegatis v. sordide stramineis, marginibus tenui- membrana- 
ceis subpellueidis, carina viridi plurinervata apice prominente; 
rhacheola tenerrima tardius valde flexuosa, internodiis elon- 
galis anguste alatis; caryopsi squama cire. *'Is breviore 
perangusta leviter incurva lineari-oblonga superne atte- 
nuata apicata irigona punctato -scabrida atrofusca; stylo 
elougato usque fere ad basin fisso ferrugineo, a 
€. tifolius Willd, herb. nr. 1393. — Marisc, filifor- 
nis Humb. et Kun; — Scirpus Vahlii Wild. ‚herb. &ide 
Kunth. — Cyper. Aliculmis Schrad, in Nees. Cyp. Bras. p. 40. 
Orinoco (Humboldt). Brasilia. Guiana (Schamb., coll. 
ar. 851). : 
