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436 



!• S. pyguiaeu« Beklr. 



Tola plaiiU lacte viridls, lix pollirem alta, dense cae- 

 s)>itosa; radite lltiiosa tvhwl puriMi^'a; ciilinis uiimerosis 

 patnhtibus obUise triaugulls i'oHosis; foliis herha(ViSy basila- 

 rilios evagiiiatis, lineari-lanceolaiis aculiiisculis plauls elevato- 

 nervaliSj margiiulius snpcme suMiliss. serratis 15 — 9 lin. 

 long. ^/4 — 1 lin- lat; corymljiilis 4 — 3 compisitis fascu'iilato- 

 contrartis terminal ill as ot laferalihiis remotiiiscuUs, liemi- 

 sphaericis 3^/2 — It^f^ Hil lat, , liracteis foliareis cuspidatis 

 iitterpositis: tcrminali Iribrailealo^ lateralilins hreviter pcdun- 

 culatis qnam bracteae innlto brcvioribiis ; his foliiforaiibus 

 breviter Tagiiiatis; spiculis teiiiis binisve. — Fr, Scbullj 

 ph Austral* uo» 260- 



S. pygmaeus Bckjr. 1. s. i\ 

 Nora Hollajid., Adelaide, 

 IiII« Seleria Bergius. 



Spiculae monoicae; foennnoae uniflnrao, iitteidiim andro- 

 g}^]iae, masculis plerisriue pluribtis basi (tonjunctaej masciilaf^ 

 mimerosiores saepiss. simiil In iiillorescentiac apire sejniictae, 

 pliiriflorae, Aoribus saepius triandris. Squamae spiraliter 

 dispositae eaufertai', iiiferiores vaciiae. Stylus elongatus 

 Talidnliis basi aequalis; stigmata tria longa flexuosa 

 hirta. Caryopsis Crustacea fragilis y. duriuscula sae- 

 piu9 globosa, submutica caudida v. iuterdum colorata, uitida. 

 Ferigjuiiim duplex (saepiss, satis evolutumj primumcoba*^rens)i 

 superius (discus) fniclui adliaerejis t, eo iuterdam eoiifusum, 

 in. m, trilobuui, quaudo<jiie iutegrnm, margine t. undo v. 

 £mbriato-riliato atil dejifato-laclntato ; iuferiiis (cupitia) saepiss* 

 in rhaehiltac apice persisleus^ raro cum superiore connatum, 

 crassiusculum patelliformc, margiue integro t, lepaudo. — 

 Spiculae v. simpliciter fasciculatae v, glomerate ^spicatae, 

 aut iu pauiGulam t* cymam corymbosam coUoeatae. Vaginae 



