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Mont. Khasia Indiae oriettt. — Bcngalia (Griffith). 

 52. S, ehtaenfltfl Kuntht 



Rliizomale rcpcntc uorloso; €iilmolVi — 2- |iedali rigido 

 Irlquotro, latere nno ranali^'iilato, lion raio levilor eoiiipresso^^ 

 1^-2 HjL crasso^ ad aii^ulos sa(^piss. ^cahro, paiicifoliato 

 vagiais aiij^iisle alatis, alis seahrls, ligula elongata scariosa 

 lanccoiaia ferruginea glabra; Inliis laclc \iridi1)us sub- 

 coriaceo^rigidis Hneari-ianceotaiiS ohtiisis plaiiis striata- 

 nervatis marginilins serrulido - pcrscabris 5 — 3 — 2 lim 

 fat. enlino hr(>TtoriljiLS ; paniciilis 3 v. 2 remofif^ stricfc 



erectis ovato-lanraolatis basi t'lmralis sptcaio - compositi» 

 densis 4 — 2V« poll. long, (raio brrvioribiis) saepusime et 

 lateruUbuB muHiramosisj his iongiuscule valideque pedun- 

 ctiliftiS; bractea snpreiua pajMinilam ^ubaeqiiaiilc, iiifcrioribiis 

 elongatis; raiais palentibus, iiilimis clongatis, reliquis bre- 

 vissimis sessilibusifue^ omnibus spinilaninijglomiTulis coniinue 

 obsitii; bractcolis ehngatis liiirari-setareis kirio-cUiatis j 

 spicutis pliiribus cnuglomciatis sessitibmj ma^culie oblongo- 

 linearibus angiistis 2 — 27^ 1J>>- long. ; s(|uaiuis rigidnlis 

 snbmucroiiato-acutatis, iafimls brartcalilnis cuspidatis, omnibus 

 dorso stramiueis y. fernigineis lateribns sangniueis: foemineis 

 (magnis) e basi lato-ovata lanceolati^^ ; caryopsi grandiiisrala 

 fragili sqaamis panim hreviorr^ scsslli globoso-ovali t. siib- 

 glohosa tercti mucronnlata inui basi drprossa transversim 

 grossc undulato-rugulosa v. reticulata , ruguils lineisque 

 transversim dense hirtulis^ niyea v. ebnmea aiit [raro grisea 



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snbvitrea; perigyitio interiorc inivUi adpresso rigido (rilobo^ 

 lobis brevibus palllde ferriigineis rodindato-obhisis nignloKis; 

 exteriore sqnamis insidente iiUerioriipK^ satis approxintato 

 crMsiuscalo cupulilormi Irigono interne pallido. 



