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56. 8. variana Beklr. 
Fuscescenti-viridis ; rhizemate parum elongato descendente ; 
eulmis pluribus faseiculatis erectis leviter enrvatis (2-4 poll. 
long.) Siliformibus obsolete trigonis subeompressis basi 2—1- 
foliatis; foliis culmo brevioribus v. longioribus ereotis lineari- 
bus planiusculis breviter acatatis subtilissime striatis; eapitulo 
Iaterali (subtriangulari) e spieularum fascienlis subtribus com- 
posito; faseienlis 5—2-stachyis sessilibus v. vix perspiene 
peduncnlatis; fohis involueralibus binzs patentissimis, inferiore 
1— 2 poll. longo, altero plus dimidio breviore; spiculis con- 
fertis oblongis acntiusculis multifloris 3% — 2% lin, long.; 
squamis herbaceis oblongis subcarinato-convexis tenuiter ner- 
vatis, carina viridi in mucronem brevem elongata, lateribus 
sordide stramineis; caryopsi (non perfeote matura) parva squa- 
mae partem tertiam vixr acequante orbiculato-subellipsoidea 
triangulari swbtzliter retioulata testacea. 
Isol. varians Stend. 94. — Lechler pl. Chilens. 718. — 
(Herb. propr.) P2 
Chili, ya 
37. 8. pulchellus Beklr. 
Glaucescens; radice fibrosa; culmis pluribus faseieulatis 
striete erectis 6—3 poll. alt. filiformibus teretibus atriatis 
basin versus leviter incrassatam plurivaginatis; vaginis fissis 
obtusis nervosis, nervis infra marginem pellncido -membrana- 
ceum ferragineo - punctulatum conniventibus, inferioribus bre- 
vioribus mutieis v. mucronatis, suprema infra apicem lamina 
subulata bilineali munita; umbella laterali (subcomposita) 
5-—3-radiata; radiis oligo --- polystachyis erecto-patulis inaequa- 
kihus 3-—6 lin. longis setaceis compresse-semiteretihns, inter- 
medio subsessili; involucre monophylio culmum continuante 
