511 
46. 8. costatus Beklr, 
Radice fihresa; eulmis pluribas valde inaequalihus fasei- 
enlatis erectis '-—1Y ped. alt. ®s lin. diam, teretiusculis v. 
ohsolete trigenis pl. m. compressis striatis, vagina superiore 
tenui-membranacea pieta angusta 3—1 unc. longa ore oblique 
truncata hinc obiuse mucronata; spieulis quaternis — per- 
multis eonglomeratis lateralibus, ovatis obtusis compressius- 
eulis ver sesquilineam longis 8—14-Noris, una alterave pro- 
lifera; folio involuerali abhreviato erecto latiusculo obtuso ca- 
pitulnm sabaequante; squamis arete imhricatis orbienlato-ova- 
tis subearinatoe-convexis obtusis mutieis v. breviss. mucronatis 
tenuissime sirialis fusco-atris Opacis, margine perangusto 
albidis; earyopsi parva sguama sua "s breviore obovata hine 
plana hine conve.ro - angulata breviter mucronata longitudi- 
naliter costata transverseque striolata siraminea; stylo hrevi 
parum exserto profunde triido, — Perigon. nallum. 
Ts. costata Hochst. in Schimp. hb. Abyssin. II. 1153. — 
Richard. I. c. 499. Stend., 97. — 
Abyssinia. 
ß. Graeilis; calmis copiosis strietiuseulis tenuioribus vix 
parum compressis; involnere eapitule plus duplo longiore; 
spienlis parum majoribns, squamis pallidis sanguineo-variega- 
tis;, caryapsi suborbiculata. 
Is. prolifera Herb. Hook. partim (non R. Br.) 
Tasmania (R. C. Gonn.) 
47.8. Gandichaudül Beklr. 
Rhizomate saepins elongato pertemi; culmis plaribus 
eaespitosis humilibus erectis setaceis teretiuseulis obsolete 
saleatis ®—3-pollie. monophyllis; folio lineari angustissime 
hrevi, interdum ad mucronem redacto, vaginis ferrugineis pellu- 
eido-membranaceis laxiuscalis; spieulis 4—8 capitato - conglo- 
