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teretiascnlis snbtripedaUbns * parte' snperiore plane nadis; 

 foltis . . o panicnla depauperata e ramorum faseiculis dnobns 

 in apice cnlmi distautibas composita; ramis panels (3) capil- 

 laribus flexmsis sintpUcih^ v. apiee biramosis 6 — 4 lin, 

 long, et brevLoribus; bracteis setaceo-filifonuibiis eragiuatis 

 rigidiilis profiiude eanalicnlatis % — 1 poll. long.; spicnlis so~ 

 Htariis v* geminis aiiguste' oblongis obtusis ieretiuscuHs 3 

 /m. long* biiloris , {lore termluali fertili, altcro mascnlo ; 

 sqaamis 7 rig^iddis siibcarmato-conTexis obtusis muiieis mfo- 

 ferrngineisi margiaibus apiceque tenuioribtis pallidas, snperiorl- 

 biis sablaiiceolato-olilongis, inferioribus (4) muHo minortbus 

 ovalis; ovario oborato-obloii^o} stylo Talidulo liruaneo, basi 

 bulboso-iucrassato, usque ad medium trifido; stam. 3. 



Prom. bon. spei, (Drege). 



14. x:< grandifiorns N. ab £. 



Vircng, Khizouiate repeiite crasso nodoso vaginis cfoliatxs 

 lanceolatis fermg'iueis vestito, radiculis crassvs lauugiuosis; 

 culmo (c. iiiJloresc.) bipedali stneto valido trianguJart a 

 iasi bulbosa foHato; foliis culmo fere aequilougis coriaceo- 

 Tigidis carinatO'pianis 3 — 4 lin. 2at Jonge augustato-aen- 

 miuatis supenie marginibus cariuaque semilatisj raginis 

 herbaceis ampliatis &d nerros spinulosO'Scabrts ore tnmcato 

 subciliolatis; panicnla clou^ata (14 — 10 poll, alta)^ ramls 

 pluribus fasciculatis erectis inaequalibus saepius iteiuio la- 

 mosis, compressis margiuibus srabris^ fa^i^cicuJis uumerosis 

 (8 — 5) approximatis ; bracteis foliaceis ^ inferioribus valde 

 elougatis, supremis fascu'ijlis snis vix longiorihus^ spiculis 

 (magnis) in ramulornm apice soMtariis fasciculatis linear!- 

 lauceolatis leviler compressis 10^9 Im, long jfloribusiribus 

 fertilihta triandris; sqnamis 10 — 8 arete imbricatis chartaceo- 



