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dense areteqae imbribatis orblculato-oTalibns conTexis obsolete 

 cariunlatis rotimdato-obtusis brcTiter valideque mucronatis 

 mtUiisttiatis liitcsceuti-stramineis concoloribns , iuferioribu^ 

 Tanii^ minoribiis lougiascule mncrouatis; orario aiiguste ob- 

 lougo longe stipiiaio compreaso; stylo complauato augnstiilo 

 sursnm dense ciliato , stigmatibus loiige exsertis ; stamin. 

 saepius % (filamento uno allerove uon raro ut Tidetur sterili 

 elongate). ~ Fr. Schultz, coll. t. 664. 



Anstralia. 



13 c. V. «ompressa Bckl, 



Viridis; glabra arlaevis; caespitosa; radice fibrosa capil- 

 lar! fasciculata; culmis stnotinsciilis fiUformibus flaccidis 

 11 — 9 poll. alt. basin versus puuci-{4, — 2-) foliatiSy 

 satis compressis multistriolalisj foliis remotiuscnlis berbaceis 

 paten ti-i^rect is subseiaceis eanaiiculaio - compHcatis acntius- 

 tMilis6 2*pollic. ; raginis tenuiter membran&ceis pallidc cin- 

 nainomeis ferrugiiieo-punctulatis, ore Bsso roliiiidato subttHss^ 

 eiliatis; nmbella depauperata v. semicomposita r. simplici, 

 6 — 5-radiata laxa; radiis erecto-patulis brevibns compressis 

 valde inaeqaalibiis 3 — 4 — 2- ramos is. ^ central! scssili; in- 

 Tolucri snbdipbylli tolio altero quam iimbella nou raro diiplo 

 triplovc longioip, allcro eabreviore', spiculis ovalibiis v. ovali- 

 oblongis compressis acutluscuiis mnhifloris 2^/3 — - 8^/3 liu< 

 long.; squamis (si'nsiin dc^cidnis) membrauaceis dense arcleqiie 

 imbricatis late ovatis obtusis v. breviss. acutatis convexis 

 leviter carinatis brevissime tenuiterque mucronatis dense 

 puberuUs margine ciKolatis brunnescenti- ferrugineis con- 

 coloribus opaeis; caryopsi perminuta squamae dim id ium tix 

 aequante late abovata inferne attennata leuticulari-biconTexa 

 apice rotundato-obtusa, vix apiculata obsolete relicfdafa 

 stramineo-fiisrcsronte iiitidiila; stylo parum exserto pethrevi 



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