376 



j^riseo, basi leviter canstricto; pi^rigonii setis 6 validulis 

 tftrorsum flpiiuilosis fuscis caryopsi parinii Ivrrvioribus* 



H. rhrvsocarpa Bcklr, in "W'armiiiji, SymlioK — (Herb. 

 Warmiiiff). 



In Brasilia leg. Limd. 



69 a. H. elata Bcklr. 



Bbizomati^ brevissimo, fibriliis tenuibus niitlinnis; culiuis 

 phiribus fascinilatis valde elongatisp subtripedalibiis, infirmls 

 ^/f lin, crass, intiis spongiosis, obsolete angulatis sulcalo- 

 siriatis; vaginis temiiter inombraiiarcis eJongatis amplialis 

 stramineis siibtilisshhe norratis, ore oblique Iriiiivatis, siiproma 

 7 — 8-pollicari; spiciila lineari snrsnm paruin attoiiuata apiro 

 arutiiiscula, leviter rompiessa 10 — 5 lin. loiiga 1^/j liu* 

 crassa 30 • — 15*lloia; Kqnamis siiAdispiris dense imbriralis 

 rigidis rloiigato-oTatis rotuudato-nbUisis ronvoxis obsolctissime 

 cartuatis laeribns, disco viridiilis, marginc mcmbnuiacco fcrru- 

 giuco-atrn fircundatis, lalon^ interiore atropuiictiilatis; cary- 

 opsi perminuia squama muHo breviore obovato - pt/riformi 

 latere interiore convejra^ cstcriore angulaio-convexay mur^ 



ginulaia longiivdinaliier striata transverseque dense lineo- 

 lata straiDineo-pallida;, styli liabi angiiKle couica fiisco-aliu 



dimidiiim fnictus fere aequante tcrminafa; pci-igonii setis 6 



{crrugiiiels caryop%iii siibaequaiitDnis; stjlo baud cxserto temii 



coiuplanato brcvilcr trifido. — H. elongaiac Cbapm. (Fl. of 



the S. U, Stat.) et H. varicgalae Kunth proxinia. (H^rb. liort 



bot. Hafiiien^.) 



Matacaibo BiasUiac (Merkel). 



75a. H. Jelskiana Bcklr. 



Viridis, cacfipitosa; rbizoinntr breTtssimo, fibriliis Tasci- 

 ciilatis capillaribus, stohnifero; ^U^Xomhrn elongatis Jitifor- 



