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pateiitissimis etongatis^ S^/^ l-pollir. ; spiciilis (snh au- 

 theai) dcuse imbriGatis satU tompresHis ovalis rotiindato^ 

 obtuslSy 16 — I0-I1oris; squamis reinffttiusciilis aequalibus 

 iuciirvis Imi^ariUu^ acnte <Mriii»ti^, apivt^ oUtnso minute den- 

 tatis, lateribus striatis iusirscenii-albidis, — Herb, Wawra, 

 110. 162< 



Brasilia: Soledad. 



301b, C. prateiislfl Bcklr. 



Fallide vindis, Kbizomate bulboso roiundo subobJfquo 

 4 lii]< crasso (r|uandoqiir paruiii elongato)^ vaginis brunneis 

 obfecto; €iilnio strioto grarili, vix pcxiuam mhimbiDam crasso^ 

 triaiigiilo levitor eompresso striate basin versus paiici-(3— 4-) 

 foliato, %1 — 1% poll, alto; foliis i-ulmo muito broviovibus 

 hcrbaceis aiigustis aeiimiiiatis plants t, cariiiatU'-coinplicatis 

 apifc aiarginibiis spinulosis, 3 — 8 poll. long. 2^/3 — 1 lin. 

 lat.; iimbfUa simpllci 7 — h-radiata; radiis apice sim^ 

 pUciier spieulaiis^ extoriorihus pnllicem cite, longis validnlis 

 erectis obsolete trigonis leviter rompressis lacribus, intimis 

 scssilibtis* inTobu'ji trlpbylli toliolis erectis 3 — 1 poll, long.; 

 spieis oblongo-cylindriviB densis 8 Hn, circ, long. 4 lin. lat., 

 basi interdum ramulosis; spiculis drnso di.spositis siibalternis 

 oblongis acutiuscnlis 6 ' — ■ 7-floris 3 lin. lougis; squamis 

 remotiuseulis cbartaeeo - rigjdulis api<*o patnlis , fnirtileris 

 pateutibus, late ovaiis suhvarhiato-conyt^iii^j upice roiundato- 

 obtusis angusle marginatis muticis 7 — 5'Striatis5 carina 

 pallide olivai-eis, ad latora lutcis, siiperne propo margiiiem 

 bruaneM'ciitibus ; rhacbilla baud juar^^uala* carjopi^i (nondum 

 peifccte matura) siiuainarii fere aequaute obovafo - ellipsoidea 

 triangulari loviter tonipressa latere interiore concava, apice 

 obtuso breviss. luueronataj pnnetulis el^^vatis mlnotissimis 

 dense obtecta lutescenti-slratuinea; stylo brevissimo, stigmati- 



