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rtbiis ntag'is approximatis ^rad^im brerioribi|s, erectis; fasci- 

 ciiljs spicularnm inbricatim coiifertis epicas iformantibiis 1 — 9 

 poll, longas; bracteis fasciciilonim ipsis muHo longioribus 

 laiiceolatls iieivosis fiisco-brunueis in ari5itain lougam ox- 

 ciirrentibus; spicnlis bracteatts in anlliosi oblongis obtnsins- 

 culis loviler comprossis 4 — 3*/2 '*w* long, bifloris, flore 

 altero ffterili; squamis 9 membranaceis cariiiato-ronTexis 

 f<;rriigiiieis v. fuscis margtne paUtdtoribus ^ intimis braetco- 

 laqiio e basi a)ig;u^to-lanceolata in arislam longam prodnctis, 

 Roquontibns lale ovatis obtiisig, iiiterniPirnR aristatis, snpremis 

 mncronatis; vaiyopsi (submatura) ovato-suhpyrt'formi teir- 

 lrn;9C»Ia obsolete anpilata apice rotiindato-obtnsa longitudina- 

 liier sfrioiata obsoletoqne {i;rauuIato-niguIosa branaea; peri- 

 gynii squamis 6 parum inaeqtialibnf^ lineari-subulatis Tig;idulis 

 pLanis piloso*etliatis albidis y. fui^ce^centibns caryopsi breri- 

 oribus; filament. 3 fcrrugineis. 



L. iiiTolncratum Scbrad. Anal. p. 35. (exd. fruelus 

 descript.) — Srhocnns involncr. Rottb, Gram. 64. t, 19* f, 

 1. — ■ Selerocbaotium involncr* N. ab E. Linn. 10. 197. -^ 

 Si^b. FK cap*Mis. n, 231 — Diege, toll. n. 470. — Burchell, 

 n. 7015. 



Prom* ban. spei* 



33. K. notth&nn Sebrad. 



Bobnstnm, Kliizomate brevi tubf^rascenle crasso lignoso 

 fibriitis crassis (hrriuscHlis; cuJmo 2*/^ - — 4^/2"pcdali rigido 

 pennam ansrrinani crasso lereti basi niiiltifoliato, ad nodos 

 Icvitrr incrassalo; vaginis easlanejs bipoHicaiibns reticnlato- 

 tif^sis; foliis viientSbns 1^/2 — 1 p6d. longi^ roriaceo-rigidis 

 Hnt^aribuH loii»is$imo an^iistalis (ratinato-planis 2 — 1 lin* 

 laU tenuiter strlatis supeine flcxuosis (basi noii raro spiralis 



