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daiiSj carina prominente anguwtu obtuaa infra apicem squa- 

 mae evaiiesceiitf^} sqiiamu bnicteali reliqnis coiiformi sed |iariim 

 latiore; carjopsi iiiiuntissiiiici trianizulari, angults vix pavum 

 pr eminent ibuSy ]ateril»tis coiiTexis, obsolete seriatim appla- 

 nato-granulata »?Wa mariEarilaceo-uitidula, rostro depresso- 



pyramidali latoiibus rotnpresso ^ apice rotundato-obtusOf 

 riipiloso fiisco-irriseo, basi leyiter ronstricto; [icrigoiiii fictis 

 6 vah'duJis rotrorsiim spinulosis fiisciw carj/opsi parum 

 brevioribus. 



H. leiirorarpa Bcl^lr. in "Warming; SymlioK 



Brasilia, Lag^oa Santa, 



14b. H. Rabenfi Bcklr. 



Culmis larte Tiiiiiibus l*'mii|-setAceifi vaJde elongafis^ 

 ad pedem et supra altis, btrictis 8ubfle?cuosi^ quadriquetris^ 

 hand comprt^ssis, lalorilms tribns leviter pxcaratis, K'ioyibus; 

 Ta!>,'i]ii$ 2 perangiistis membranaceis, ore parum obliquis, piir- 

 piirasceiitibiis^ superiore 1 — 1*/^ poll, longa^ altera sub- 

 semipollicar] ', spinila parra (fnictifera) /^^ ov^o-ianceolata 

 acutiuscuia levrter rompressa 3 — 5'flora 1 V2- — 1^/31111- longa* 

 sqiiamiK bifarii^^ rharlacooini'Tnbraiiaceis pahilus atropurpnreis 

 conrolorlbus vix uitidnlis lalt' ovatis rarinato-uaviciiiaribus 

 acutiti$culis nninerriis, infimis qoam reliqnac parum minori- 

 bus; caryopsi fninuthsima sqnama ^/^ breviort^ late ellipsoU 

 dea aequUatero-trianjfulaii, angulvs pvomineutibus, lateribus 

 convexis, obsolete striolato-ranrellata stramineo-pallida; rostra 

 stjiino dimidium fruetns t'ere aequaute pyramidalo trian^ulari 

 iascO'-brumieo, basi triloba margiue prnminnio; perig;onii setis 

 (6) subtilissimis caryopsi multo brevioribus rufis^ stylo 

 perbrevi , stigmalibus 2 — 3 brevibus. — (Vidi in herbar. 

 hort, botan* Hafniens.) 



Brasilia (Comes de Raben), 



