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vioribus v.-longioribus; vaginis alternis angustis apice fissis, 
vix coloratis; spiculis 4—8-nis in apice eulmi capitate - on- 
fertis orbicnlate-ovatis v. ovato-oblongis teretibus ohtusis 2 —3 
fin. long. moltifleris; involnero subdiphyllo patentissimo, phyllo 
inferiore eulmum eontinmante 2—1 poll. longo, seenndo bre- 
vissimo; squamis membranaceis pleiospiris dense imbricatis 
Iato-oratis carinato-convexis rotnndate-obtusis abrupte acutato- 
mucronulatis elevato-nervosis, disco sangnineis, basi margine- 
que stramineis; caryopsi parya squamae partem tertiam sub- 
aequante late obovata turgide biconvera apicala multicostata, 
costis Iransversim striolatis, rubiginosa nitidula; style ex- 
serto profunde trifido. — Setae nullae. " 
$, diabolieus Stend. in Regensb. Fl. 1829, p. 147. — 
Eckl. bb. n. 871. — Isol. diabolica Schrad. Anal. 2. — 
Ficinia antarctica N. ab E. Linn, IX. 892%. — Kunth, 855 
(exel. synon.) — Iselepis antarctica N. ab E. herb. (neque 
Seirp. antarcticus L. neo pl. homenyma Thunbergii), 
Prom. bon, spei. 
40, 8. nigricans Spreng. 
Viridis; dense caespitosns; rhizomate parum elongato des- 
eendente, v. hrevissimo; enlmis 2—5 poll. alt. Alifermibus 
subfirmis compresso-teretinseulis subtiliter striatis hand sulca- 
tis, versns' basin mono-v. diphyllis, sterilibus plnrifoliatis 
intermixtis, ex apice non raro proliferis; vaginis angustis; 
foliis eulmo breviorihas (2% — "s-pollie., in specim. humilior. 
tamen multo Irevioribus) linearibus vix Y lin. latis, apicem 
versus leviter angustatis, ohtusiuseulis; spiculis terminalibus 
3—6-nis ovatis v. oblongo-ovatis teretibus subobtusis 122 
kin. long. 9— 15-foris, una alterave prolifera; involneri di- 
phylli foliolo inferiore herhaceo lineari patentissims capitulum 
parum duplove 'superante; squamis (quadrifariam imhrie.) e2- 
