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(4 po^U. alta) pauci- (4^) ramosa bractea liueari-angasta quam 

 ipsa breviore mtinitaj altera lateral! remota lon^e pedimculata 

 indivisa olig'o&tachya ; ramis perremotis brevibos (1 -^ ^j^ 

 poll* 1.) pediittculoqiie setaceis compressis laevibns bracteis 

 suiB capiilaribus snbaeqnilojigis; rhachi primaria recta fere 

 setaeea triau^lari laevi; spicalis parvis 3 — ^4 glomeratis 

 sessilbus pedunculatisYe, masculis plurifloris angu^te oblongis 

 sesqailiueam lougis; glomerulis distantibus; squamis parvis 

 chartaceis ovatis mutjcis testaceis; caryopsi parvula squami^ 

 suis multo long! ore ovali-ghbosa hreviter vulideque mucro- 

 nata iransversim rugulosa ac piano - iacunosa iuferu«' 

 eburuea superne violascenie ^ rugis hirtiUis ; pei^igyiiio 

 8uperiore spongioso crasso trilobo, lobts obtusis caryopsi 

 adbaerente, pallido ferriiginesceiite; iuferlore miiuito ia 

 rbacheola remaiieute patellifonui crassinsculo marline sub- 

 integro. —^ Scleria lie. 12 in Herb. Hoob. fil. et Thomson. 



Mont. Kbasia (alt. 2000 ped.) 

 47. S. melaleaca Bcbb. 



Saturate viridis v, laro pallido viridls; rbizomate rcpcute 

 nodoso pejmaiti scriptoriam rra^so |iurpiireo-bruuueo, fibrillis 

 validDlis rigidisj culmo stricto 1 — 1^/4 ped. alto f^nwt firmo 

 Iriqiietro m. m. compresso medio peiniam corvinam crasso^ 

 basju versus folionim vaginis pluribos approximalis aueto* 

 his breTihus parce birsulls y* glabris angusH alatis^ alts 

 tetrwsum- serrulato-scabris ; ligiila herbatea ovalo-Ianceo' 

 lata h'lrto-ciliata; foliis bcrbaceo-rigiditlis patentibus luiius- 

 cutis lanceolato^linearibus perfecte plants 3V( — 5 — 2 iia* 

 latis obtusiusculie uerris tribus promimiUs^ margiDibns iier^ 

 risque spimtloso-perseabris, soperioribus rulmo non rarolongio- 

 ribus; UgularLgidalato-lauceolataaervosaciliata; pauiciillsS, 



raro ItvV,- 1, remotis oblongis laa^isz terminali composita plnri' 



