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poll. alt.)y supreitiis foomineis approxnnatis d^usi^ laxm^ciilis 

 quaiu masculi brevloribus (3 — 4 -polUc.) ; ram\s pnmariis 

 3^-4 fascienlatis Talde inaeqnalibus validis comprcssis iHtrnio 

 sulicaiialiculatis extcrne coiivexis 2 — Spoil. 1oh<5, raiiiuHsqnc 

 nUernis pubescentibtis ; bracleis seciindariis lincaribus acit- 

 minatis pollicem cirr. longis lineam latis; spitMiIis mascniis 

 siibsolitariis pedkollatU^ florifons ovato-obloiij^ls , foemincis 

 fructif^ris tnrbinalis 2^/3 lin- longis; podiccllis puberulis; 

 sqaamis rigidi^^ fasciciilatis bnnnieis t. iiifis ]niberulis ^^ta- 

 brisve minuiissime cilUiiis^ exterioribus late obovatis ex apict; 

 rotaudato-obtnso nou raro retuso munouato-nispidalis^ cary- 

 opsi grandinsfula (1^/3 Jia* longa) /o»^e ejrer/oiuKaceo-dura 

 conica tereii mtuica^ ^ma basi depra^sa hviferque exca- 

 vata^ siipra basin siibfnsutca, punctnHs minutissimis eleva- 

 Us dense oftiw<«bninneo-fernjginosa(v. iuterduiu fus^cscrnti- 

 testacea) opaca, — Pcri};viL siibiuillum. 



L. guianeusis Liiidl. ct Necs. Necs. Cyi»er. Brasil. 166. 

 Brasilia (Martins). Guiana. 



3* I', adauiaiitinafl N. ab E. 



C11I1110 crccto tt-iiuirnlo liiangnlari snpcjiic pancifoliato (c. 

 iuflorescentia suptripcdali); folils basilar . . .^ iiilmeis eras- 

 sis rigidis ercclis longiuscule angustato-aciiininatjs striatis 

 glabris 4 — 5 poll. long, basi 2Va— 3 liii. lat. margiiie sea- 

 bris; ligala laneeolata margijiata obtiisa; paiilrulaTalde elon- 

 gata laxa; fascicnlis pcduiicnlatis, supcrioribns nnmerosis foe- 

 miaeis m. in. appioximatis^ inferioribus paucis masculis 

 disiantibusj pedunnilis oxsertis ercctis ralde inaeqiialibns 

 stmpUcibus v, composiiis depavperaiis^ masculis snbbiuatis^ 

 foemineis ternis quatemisTe^ omnibus cozaprcssis augulis sea- 

 bris; spicnlis mascnlis oblongis v. obovatis obtiisis brun- 

 iieis3 lin^ long.; splcnlis foemincis 3 — 1 congloiueialis, 



