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stylo breTi profunde trifido; filam. 3 ferrugineis longe per-* 

 siste&tibiis. 



B. g^lomerata Gaudich. (r. bJ) Kanthi 314. 



lusuK Moluccanae. 



4. B. Heyenil Knnth, 



Olaucescens; rbizomate elou^ato; ciilmo bipedal! strtclo 

 tereti levitcr compresso nsqne ad apiccm foliato; foliU coria- 

 ceis eqiiitantibits liiieari-eiisiformibas perfecte plaiiis snperne 

 breviter aiigustatis obtnsin^culis laevibus 3 — 3^/2 lin* lat. ; 

 panieula composita ramosa; ramis t. omuibiis brevibus y. in- 

 ferioribiis eloiigatis rbacbique iiiiiTersa]i_y?tfj:«o«j cum bracteO" 

 latum vaginis scaberrimis; bracteis infimis foliacets valde 

 elongatis; splculis paucts couglomeratis monocarpis, frncti- 

 feris 2 lin. circ, lon^is; glomemlis in ramis spicatim dispo- 

 sitis pcduuciilatis; squamis rigidis late sublanceolato-waiis 

 oblusis ferrugineisi caryopsl late ovafa frigona lacunoso- 

 rugosu ferrngineo-brunnea m(eii(e seiif^im in rostrum su&ae- 

 quiiongum atteuuata: hoc ^ubsubnlato-ronico leriter inciirro 

 trig;ono hirsiito albo; stylo stiginatibiiRqiie 3 brevibiis; fila* 

 mentis 3 ferrngiiteis persisteutibiis. 



B. Meyeiiii Kuftlh, 314. — B, (^lomerata N. ab E* berb. 

 — Trachyrhyncbiora iridifolium Nees et Meyen in Meyeii. 

 berb. 



InsiiK Saiidwicens. (Gaudicbaiid^ Chamisso^ Meyen*) 



5. B. m«rlaeoidejii Gaudicb. 



Glauco-vireus; ctilmo (c. lufloresceut.) plurlpedali com- 

 presso; foliis basilar . . «; paiiicula elongata (sesquipedali) 

 composila ramosissima; ram!» elongatis remotis bracteolis- 

 que cuspidatis scabridis; bracteis primariis iuferionbus (2) 

 foUiformlbus liueaiibiis plauis obtusiusculis laevibus 15—7 



