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126. 8. quadrifierus Beklr. 
Virens; dense caespitosus. Radice fibrosa tenui; culmis 
nnmerosis erectis foliisque sefaceis, inaequalibus, 3—5 poll. 
alt., quadrangulis leviter compressis, lateribus striolatis, laeri- 
bas glabrisve, basi paucifoliatis, apice (vix semper) 2—1- 
stachys; vaginis semipollicaribns parpurascenti-testaceis ore 
obliquo parce eiliatis; foliis culmo brevioribus, 1—3 poll. long. 
acutis, supra canaliculatis subtiliter reticulatis, subtus con- 
vexiusenlis striolatis, margine superne subtiliss. spinulosis; 
spiculis bractea iliformi ipsis miulio longiore suffultis, ter- 
minali sessili, altera pedicellata erecta (anihelam ita valde de- 
pauperatam exhibentihus), fructiferis late ovatis turgidis acu- 
tuscnlis sesquilineam longis, 4—-5 floris, flore supremo ple- 
ramgqne imperfecto; squamis majuscnlis adpressis chartaceo- 
membranaceis ovato-orbiculatis alte carinatis obtusis muti- 
cis subscabridis hrunnescenti-ferragineis opaeis, carina tri- 
nervia concolorata v. virente; squama bracteali lanceolata 
euspidata ; caryopsi grandiuscula squamam fere aequante 
obovata basin versus attennata, triangulari obsolete reticulata 
stramineo-pallida nitidula, styli bulbo grandiusculo depresso- 
globoso ferrugineo coronata. 
$. quadriflorus Beklr. 1. s. e. (Herb. Warming.) 
Brasilia, Lagoa Santa. 
127. 8. gracitiimus Bckir. s 
Virens; caespitosus; radice fihrosa capillacea Zuberifera; 
tuberibus minutalis (an semper ?) cavis, siceis fragilibns; culıno 
setaceo-capillari 2—3-pollicari, rare ad 5 poll. alto, quadri- 
quetro sulcato laevi, basti Bulboiuberosa 3—4-phylio (ihique 
interdum bulbillis nonnullis foliiferis consociato); foliis capilla-- 
ribus culmoque flexuosis, canalicalatis, infra bisnleatis, swpe- 
