remotis eiliätie, umbella semicomposita 7-—B-radiata; radiis 
erecto-patentibus capillaribus scahriuscalis, longieribus 6--4- 
radiolatis, 1-1 poll. long.; radiolis patentibus 2 lin. long. ; 
involueri subtriphylli foliolis Bas? diletata longe ciliatis, in- 
fimis umbellam sabaequantibus; spiculis oblongis obtusis leviter 
compressis 8—16-Aoris 1% — 2% lin. long.; squamis mem- 
branaceis adpressis oblongis suhearinato-convexis oblusis mu- 
ticis laevibus, earina viridi sabenervi infra apicem squamac 
evanescente, lateribus ferrugineo - stramineis sangnineo - varie- 
gatis; caryopsi perminuta squama plus duplo breviore obovata 
basi angustata triquetra, vertice leviter depressa, punotato- 
scabrata fusca; bulho stylino minutissimo depresso concolo- 
rato; stylo exserto pertenui breviter trifido; filam. subtilissimis. 
S. Schweinfurthianus Beklr. in herb. Schweinfurth, 
eollectoris, 
Gallabat, eirca Matamma, 
126. 8. eapillaris L, 
Virens; radice fihrosa tenui; culmis copiosis denge cae- 
spitosis stricte ereetis setaceis v. Äliformibus inaequalibus 
obsolete quadrangulis striatis laevibus v. sursum scabridis, 
basi foliatis, 2 — 15 poll. longis; foliis culmo duplo triplove 
brevioribus setaceis v. capillaribus canalieulatis infra salcatis, 
marginibus scabris; vaginis angustis pallidis v. ferrugineis, 
ore piloso -barbatis; umbella 3—6-radiata, radiis patentibns 
indivisis v. raries ®—3-ramosis eapillaribus quadrangulis sul- 
eatis, centrali sessili, omnibus quandoque abbreviatis; involuero 
diphyllo, folioks e basi membranacea lanceolata ferraginea 
(raro eiliata) setaceis, inferiore umhella parum breviore v. 
longiore; spiculis parvis oblongo - ovatis ovatisve acutiusenlis 
1% —2 lin. long., raro longioribus, 6-—- 12-Noris, fructiferis 
angulatis ; squamis membranaceo -chartaceis quadrifariis late 
