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tis; spicula cylindrarea (minor, flon^ato-oblojigis) , siirsiim 

 paiilo incrassata^ ubUisa nuda^ basi attamen s<pfamis brae- 



iealibus 3 — 4 lanceolaii^ cincta^ mu\tii\oia 4 — 3 lin, 

 longa ^1^ lin* orassa; sqaamis {toialilxis peimhnitis densi-ss* 

 imbrtcatis adpressis mcmbranaceis orbiculato-oralihns subcari' 

 nato-coiwi'xis retniidato-obtusis iiiiinervii^^ margiue subtiliss* 

 limbnato-ciliatis, ferrn^ineo-slraninieis; ^quanuilis sqwtmam 

 aequantibus adeoque parum superantibus usquf? ad basijii 

 liberis temiiss* membraiiac(>ls aequaliljiis iirimum compaj^inatis, 

 oblongis apice acutis ferni>!;inro-liueointis, rariua acuta setu- 

 loso-ciliolala; raryopsi juTeiiili sqiiamulis ciiT- ^j^ breviore 

 elougato-oborata compressa longUiidiiialitcr striata nigulosa 

 ferritgijkeo-bruiinea, sljli basi crassiuscula abbreviato-pjrami- 

 dali obtii^a rugo^a hruooi'a coionata; stylo pojtoain breri, 

 stigmatibiis 3 brrrisf^imis pamiu exserlis fusris; filamentis 

 siibtilibus exsertis, haad taiueii olon^atis. — U. striclum var. 

 mono stach yum R.. Sprure in Sflied., uoii Voeppi^ et Kuutb» — 

 (Vidi ill h<^rb, liort. boiau. Hafuieus.) 



Brasilia ) propp Borre prav, Rio Np^to (Spruci^, no* 



2b. H. aphaerostachyum Bcklr. 



Glaucescem ; radice fibrosa valida; culmis pluribus aggre- 

 {B;atis eaespites graciles formantibus strictc ercctis setac«;i9 

 rigidis valde inaequalibus, 6 — t poll, altis triaugulis lacTL* 

 biis basi pau€i'{% — *i-)foliatis; foliis angusiis ri^idulis 

 culmum mbaequaniibus (quaudoqifc ralde abbreriatis) palejt- 

 tibus linearibiis acumiuatjs planis t. complicads medio Hueam 

 eirc. latid , strio>atis, margiuibns sursum acute serrulatis^ 

 spiciilis 4 — 3 — ■ 1 in eulmi apice corj/mboso-dispositis 

 approxttnatis (maturis) globosis magniludine Piperis albi v* 

 iniuoribus, pluri-i^ - 12-) tloris, lateralibus breviter pediiu- 



