443 
47. HU, maerantha Beklr, 
Gracilis; radice fibrosa; culmis (paneis) erectis strictis 
setaceis 10—6 poll. long. obsolete quadrangulis sulcato - 
striatis; vagina. superiore elongata, 3 poll. eirc. longa, au- 
gusta membhranacer albida inferne fusco-purpures, ore vix 
parum obliqua; spieula ovata obinsa 3 lin, longa pauci- (4 
—8-) Hora; squamis magnis approximatis, fructiferis paten- 
tibus, pellucido-membranaceis e basi lata sensim angustatis 
obtusiusculis carinatis stramineo - ferruginescentibus dorso vi- 
ridulis; caryopsi grandiuscula squama fere ”s bdreviore 
obovata aequilatere triangulari, angulis prominentibus, 
obsolete reticulata (et granulata) stramineo- pallida; styli basi 
persistente haud perspicue discreta subulato-conica ; setis 
4 validulis e. caryopsi eoncoloribus eamque suhaequantibus; 
stylo parum exserto pertenui ferragineo usque ad medium tri- 
üdo; filam. 3 subtilibus elongatis longe persistentibus; anthe- 
ris ferrugineis longis. 
Scirpus hexatrichus Ehrenh. in Herb. Berol. 
Syria (G. Ehrenberg). 
48. #. grandis Beklr. 
Viridis. Rhizemate elongaıo, descendente v. repente, 
lignosule pennam corvinam v. gallinaceam crasso ; culmis plu- 
ribus aggregatis erectis 2—2'r ped. alt. %, lin. erass. sul- 
cato - angulatis striatisgue (nitentibas), vagina superiore 3—4 
poll, longa herbaceo-membranacea obligae truncata, altero 
latere breviter lanceolato - protensa; spienla latissima prime 
subglobosa, dein late ovata, oblusissima 5'r—4 lin. longa, 
4% —5'% Jin. diam., multiflora; squamis (longis) densissime 
aggregatis membranaceis oblongo-lanceolatis ohtusiusculis 
obsolete carinatis pellueido -pallidis; inferioribus ovato -Jan- 
ceolatis; caryopsi (parva) squama *ı breviore obovata trian- 
