oo 
Isolepis Kunth, 211. Oncostylis Kunshiana-N.. ab E, 
La89., . 
Brasilia (Selle). Montevideo (Commerson). 
1210. ©. rufescens Beklr, 
‚  Glanens; radice fibrosa tenui; culmo elongato (2'% pe- 
dali) striete graeili teretiusculo laevi ac glahro striato basin 
versns multifoliate; foliis remotis rigidulia Rexuosis linearibus 
semilineam circ. latis apice obliquis obtusis, marginibus 
eiliolatis, supra subtiliter retienlatis saepeque adpresso -setu- 
losis, subtus multistriolatis; vaginis membranaceis fissis testa- 
ceis ore ebliguo paree ciliatis; umbella semidecomposita 9— 
10 radiata densiuscula (%’A/ poll. alta); radiis teretiusenlis 
ereeto-patulis «—1 poll, long. apice, pluriramosis; involuero 
triphyllo, phyllis subsetaceis strietis Igevibus superne margini- 
bus ciliolatis, basi dilatata colorata nudis, infimo umbellam 
aequanie, reliquis multoe brevipribus; radiolis ®—4 lin, long. 
brevioribusve; involucellis e basi oblonga enspidatis, totis ru- 
fescentibus; spienlis ternis binisve, confertis oblongis acntis 
subquadrifloris sesquilineam longis; squeamis rigidulis ex 2020 
pallide rufis oblongo-ovatis navicularibus acutato-mucronu- 
latis, dorso evidenter trinerviis, adpresso-hirtellis; earyopsi per- 
minuts squamae dimidium fere aequante euneato-ohoyata trian- 
gulari, angulis parum prominentibns, vertice leviter retusa, 
elevato-punctulata stramineo-pallida ; tuberculo stylino per- 
minuto depresso rufo; stylo tenui parum exserto trifido. 
S. rufescens Beklr. in Warming. Symb, — (Herb, 
Warming). 
Brasilia: Lagoa Santa. 
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