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umbella brevioribw^ 6 — 3 lin. ian^is, margine scabridis ; 

 spiculis exacte oblongis acutinsculis compressis 3 — 3% 

 /»»• long. 12 — S-fiorisj squamis evidentor spiraliter dis- 

 positis membrauacco-cbartaceis late oratis eonvexis obsoletiss, 

 ' carinatis obtosis mnticis^ carioa siibriridula obsolete ttJner- 

 vata, swbtiliter puiictulatis ae dfpres*so-hirteUIiSj dorso angusto 

 i'errugiueo-brumieis^ margijiem versas ciliolatum pallidioribus^ 

 iiifima miuori modo vacua; caryopsi (jiondam perfeete matura) 

 minutissimu late obovata acute trian^ulari puuctnHs mmu- 

 tissimis applanatis deuse obtocta stramiiieo-albida, stjli biilbo 

 mimito bruimeo coroiiata; stylo ad meduim. tri&do, stigmatibus 

 exsertis reflexis; filamontis 3 exaf^rtis subtilibus, — BlaDcbett* 

 coIL !u 3744. — Herbi hort, bot. Hainieiis,) 



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Ficinia. 



36b. F, nada Bcklr. 



Stolouifrra; fibiillis radicalibus lanatis; stoloiiibns hori- 

 zontalibiis perlongis peunam columbiuam crassis vaginis sqiia- 

 miformibus laureolatis mox dissoliitis tuuicatis*, culmis pluri<- 

 bus glanco-Tircutibus fasciciilatia filiformibus leviter corratis 

 rigidulis 8 — 7 poll, altis teretiiisciilis sulcatis subtiliterque 

 striatis iuter strias subtitiss. punctatis, iufima basi leviter 

 iucraasata vagims sqiiamiformibus miicroiiatisiiervosis strami- 

 ueis obtectis ; vaginis duabus superioribus foUiferis mem- 

 braiiAceis ferrwfineo-^brunneh ore transversim iruncafiSy 

 siiprema siibpollicari, altera iniilto breviore; ioWi^ cum vaginis 

 concoloratis brevibus peraiigustis kviter iuciirvis soUdis ac 



rigidis supra plano-canaliculatis subtus convej^o-subanguia- 

 tiSy breviss. acutatis, inargiue serruiatis, 2 — 1 polL tong^; 



spicuLis 4 — 1 ill apice culmi dense fasciciilatis breviss, 



pediiiiculatis aiigu.stis acHtis % Ve liu, long, subqiiadrifloriis 



