ereeto acutiuscalo 2—3 poll. longo; ! pioulis eapitato- oonglo- 
meratis ovato-oblongis obtusiusenlis teretibus 2 lin. long. 
multifloris; squamis membranaceis ar te imbricatis late-evatis 
earinato-convexis rotundato-obtusis micronulatis castaneo-san- 
guineis, margine perangusto pallido; caryopsi parva sqnama 
!% breviere orbiculato-obovata triqueira mucronata laevi 
airocastanea nitida; style brevi pertznni profunde trifide, — 
Fructus hasi annulo toroso praeditas, sed setis sabdestitntus. 
Ficinia pulchella Kuntb, %61. -- Drege hb. ne. 4427. 
Prom. bon. spei. 
58. 8. supinus L. 
Viridis v. glaucescens; radice fihrosa; culmis fascienlatis 
erectis v. adscendentibus filiformibns teretiuseulis v. ohsolete 
angalatis, striatis sulcatisre 2—12 poll. alt.; vagina superiore 
elongata in laminam perbrevem obtusam v. pl. m. elongatam 
eanaliculatam excurrente, aut modo mucronats; spieularum 
fascieulis lateralibus selitariis ternis re sessilibus v. breriter 
pedunenlatis, 1 — S-stachyis; folio in olnerali erecto e/ongato 
(1-—-7-pollie.); spiculis dense aggreg: tis ovato-oblongis, inter- 
dum cylindraceis, acntinseulis teretibus multifloris 3— 4 lin, 
long.; squamis pleiospiris pellueido -membranaceis adpressis 
apiee subrecnrvato-patulis, carinato -convexis late ovatis, v. 
rare ovato-oblongis oblongisve, e car na viridala superne pre- 
minente mucronatis, raro submuticis, lateribus ferruginescenti- 
bus, margine pallidioribus, v. totis pallidis; caryopsi gran- 
diuscula squama Y,— ". breviere late obovata v. terbinata, 
triangulari v. non rare (in una quindoque eademque plante) 
plano - convexa orbienlata, breviter macronata transversim un- 
dulato-rugosa (varo laeviuscala) fnsoa, nigra v. pallida; stylo 
tri-v. bifido. — Perigon. saepiss. nn Inm. — Species maxime 
variebilis. 
