‚756 
12%. 8. conostachys Beklr, u 
Viridis; caespitosus; culmis paueis graeilibus ‚striete 
erectis rigidis 1. —1 ped. alt. sursum attenuatis ibique ob- 
tuse quadrangulis inferne obsolete angulasis, latere uuo sul- 
catis, laevibus glabrisve, basi plurifoliatis; Taginis rigidis 
squarrosig brunneis, superioribus membranaceo-marginatis fer- 
rugineis, ore pilis longis ciliatis; foliis culmi dimidium fere 
aequantibus setaceis rigidulis canaliculatis,' dorso striatis pu- 
beralis; ambella decomposit« pluri- (10-) radiata; radiis se- 
taceis divaricatis inaequalibus, 1 — ”% poll. long., rigidalis 
bracteatis; radiolis lateralibus 3-—-% lin, long. patentissimis 
3—,v. 4— 2 —1-stachyis; involucri foliolis 2—3 umbella 
multo brevioribus e basi lanceolata fusca setaceis; spiculis 
'sessilibus dense fasciculatis, lateralibus patentibus, conicis 
teretibus obtusis sesquilineam longis sub 1% floris; squamis 
quadrifariis arete imbricatis orbieulatis concarvis obgolete oa- 
rinatis infra apicem obtusum v. brevissime acutatum vix evi- 
denter mueronulatis, trinerviis punctulato-scabridis fusco-ferru- 
“ gineis, disco atrosanguineis, opacis; car. minuta squama’ circ. 
a breviore late obovata triangulari, angulis obtusis promi- 
mentibus, dense tuberculata, fuscescente; tubercule styli satis 
depresso. 
Isolepis conost. Beklr. in Regensb. Fl. 1858. 
Brasilia (Pohl). — (Herb. propr.) 
123. 8. Humboldtif Spreng. 
Viridis; radice Abrosa tenai; culmis pluribus — numero- 
sis fascieulatis saepius strictis, subrigidis filiformibus v. seta- 
ceis, ®'/s— s ped. alt. sulcato-angulalis basin versus foliosis; 
foliis eulmo brevioribus lineari-setaceis rigidulis (3—8 poll. 1.) 
eanalieulatis infra striatis marginibus seabriusculis v. laevibus; 
