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465 



1 I 



/ 



fidam cdm ilia concoloratum atteiinata; filamentis longis ac 

 latis ff^rrngpiiieiSf antheris inaxiinis trialatis cnspidatis. 



A. Glaziou horln 5443. 



Brasilia, 



XXXVII. Carpha Banks et Soland. 



S[>irii]iie rompressiosculac 1 — 2-florac; florc uuito fertili 

 Squamae 4 — 5—8 subdistichae conformes carinatae. Perigo- 

 nil |>art<?s 6 v* rapHlares, anlrorsiim hispidulae y. rarins 

 plinnosae, persistenles. Caryopsis aiigularis, styli l>asi sub- 

 continna couica v. piramidali coronata. Stylus clougatus 

 trifidii.s* Stain. 3; lilamentis p ers i s tent j bus. — Cahni trian- 

 gulaii^s V. teretiusculij saepiss. foliati. Kotia lineari-angusta 

 rit^idula. Pauicnia sae|ie satis eroluta, cnmpo^ila; nimis IV 

 Haroo-braoteati^. Spiculae coiiglomeratae v. ^olitarlai' \ squamis 

 fum Iructn deciduis. 



Carpha Banks et Soland. — R. Brown Prodr, p. 86. 

 — Asterochacw N. ab E. in Linn. 9. 300. ~ KniUh, 311. 



a. Spinilae glomerato-rapitatae. 



1. C s^loiuerata Bcklr, 



yirens. Culmo robusiuh stricto pluri- (2 5-) peduH 

 acute iriangnlari folioso; foliis subcoiiaceo-rigidjs carijiato- 

 plauis longc an<;nstatis apice trlqnetris murgine setTulaiO' 

 scaberrimisy basilarlbus S— 3 ped, long. 7 — 12 lin. lat^ a 

 basi fere ad medium complioalis, superioribiis lon^e va^^inatts/ 

 pauicula opulenia saepim valde ehngata (W/^ — 1 ped*alta) 

 foliosa^ ramis saepissime pluribns fasciculatis inacqua- 

 libus decompositis triangularibns ; fasciculis approximatis e 

 bractearum Tiigiuis longiusculis amplialis; spiels c spiculu- 

 rum glomerulis pompositis orbiculato-ovalis eompartis 7—10 



