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remotissime siibdenticiilatis 5 -r 3 poll. long. 1^/^ lin^ latis; 

 ragiuis 1 — V^ poU* long, latere aiiteriorc pellncido^mem*- 

 branaceis albidis testaceo^punctnlatis, ore truncatis; spiculis 

 15 — 10 magnis lu apice culmi eapitato-confertis sessilibns 

 obloiigo-lanceolatis compressis 7 — > 5 lin. long. % Ihi. iat. 

 20 — li-floris; rharheola latcribus squaniulis obovato-lance- 

 olatis obliquis imbricatim obtecta; capitnlo siibhemispbacrico 

 1 — l*/4 polL lafo^ foliis tribus reflexis g*/^ - — */^ poll, 

 long, iuvohicrato; sqnamU magnis oblongis apicem yersns 

 tnincatnliim pariim angustatis, plnriucrriis viriduUs^ nervh 

 margineque castaneo-^iris; caryopsi sqnama pins triplo 

 breriore tiirgido leiiticulari obovato-c'llipsoidea obtusa miitica 

 obsolete puiirtnlata bruuneo*-atra nitidula; filameutis styloque 

 profnnde bifido elongatis ferrngiueis. — Schijnper. t-oll- noyiss. 

 n. 1287. 



^. Minor; rhizomate apice panciramoso; ciilmis hnjnjli- 

 bus, 6 — 4 poll, alt.; foliis pancioribiis 3 — 1*/^ poll, long., 

 siiperioribus eulmuni stiperantibus ; iimbella depauperata snb- 

 triradiata coutracta, radiis breyissimis sessUibusque 5 — 3 

 -staehyis; foliis inyolucralibus (in antbesi) erectis; spiculis 

 oyatis obtusis lO-6-flori3; squaiuis late ovatis obtusis miilti-(10 — 

 l4-)neryiis, admargines yiridnlis. — Srhimp.eolLuov- no. 1244. 



Abyssinia, Gaffat, alt. 8100 ped.; /i. Gerra, alt, 8000 ped,' 



51b. C, PervJUel Bcklr. 



Caespitosus; rliizojnafe breyissimo, fibrillis tciinibns fus 

 cis; riilmis filiformibus firmis foliisqoe strietis, 11 — 8 poll, 

 alt.jinferne ieretiuhcuUs apicem versus trigouis, leviter strlatis; 

 basi vaginis Tetustis rigidis rufo-bmnneis subdissolntis anctis; 

 foliis pliiribus culmum subaequantibus rigidis iiliformi-setaceis 

 sursnm attenuatis, inferne semiteretibua leviter canaUculU' 



