^ 25t 





5. E. octaitdrus N. ab £• 



Viridis. Rhizomate erasso nodoso va^iuaram residuis 

 fusois obtevto, fibrillis crassis rigidis; culmo abbreviato, sub- 

 semipedaU, triangulari peniiam galiinaceani crasso hast valde 

 bulboso'incrassato hinc plurifoUato ; l'o)ii?j eoriaceo-rigidis cul- 

 1U0 lougioribus liuearibus louge augustato-a( umiuatis i-arinato- 

 jilaiiis ses<|uiliiieam latls laevibiis; (laiucuia cluiij^ata (6 — 7 poll* 

 alu); ramifi brcvibus I'asi^iculati^inectis ebractearumaxillisj bra- 

 ctei^ foiiaceis eiuiigatis, mleiioribus 10— H poll* loitg* ; spieis 

 sessilibu^ petluueuhuisve oliioiigis 7 — 8 liiu long, e spiculis 

 pluiibiis V* panels :je:jsiJibus lasticulato-iiubricatis composi- 

 tisi bis (sub anthesr) obloiigo-iau^colatis loviter coniprcssis 

 5 — 6 Im, lotjfi,. DonbiJS binis fertilibus; stjuaiias rigiiluiis 

 strainiuf'is t-castaneo-Tarit'^alis, iiilerioi'il>iis iauceolatis euspi- 

 datis, ^upcrioiibus obloji^o-Janceolatis ariitls v. obtusiussculis; 

 caiyt>psj (iuiinaliira) g^nimliuscula «bovata subtrigona basi 

 atteimata, fcrru<$iuea^ styli basi obloiigo^ovata tri<£;(ina mucro- 

 uata subcoikculori corouata: stylo elon^ato saepis^iinc quadri- 

 Bdo; lilaioentis 8 — 6 i^loui^atis laugi? pcrsistt^utibus. 



E. octaiidrnH N, ab E. iu Plant. Preiss. p- 77. —■ Proif^s. 

 coll. n. 1770* 



Nova UoUajidia* 



6. E. loreus N. ab K. 



Glaucescens. Culmu ^liiclo 2 — 3-piMlali, infernc peunam 

 galHuuceam crasso^ rigidu teretiusculo leviter striate basi 

 foUo!so; vagiuis haud auriculatis^ suprema valde ehngaiUy 

 S— 7'pollicaii> iuftirue vastauea; foliis subpedaliljus tenacibus 

 comprcsso - cyliudricis (^/4 lin. lat.) bn^\ibu5 (siccis ieviter 

 tortis); panicula deusa y, laxa (2 — 5 poll, alia), rainis iasci- 

 eulatis^ bracteis lolitaecis eanaliculatis plaiiisve marj^iue S€a- 

 38, Bd, !*. Heft. n 



