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qii&m bracteae^ snae saepe brmoribiis; bis seiacch basi 

 {lanim dilatata ciliolatis} spiciilis biuatis, HLasculis pediceilatis 

 oMoiigis sesquilineam longis; squamis membranaceo-cbartaoeis 



purpurcQ' V, ferrugineo - brunneit opacis mucrouulatis t 



masciili^ o\atis, focinineis latissime oratis laiiceoJato*atte'- 

 miatis; earyopsi graudiiisciila dura squamis pariim breyiore 

 ovali-globosa basi tri^-oiia, regulareter reticulata apiculata 

 inferne albidu superne fusco-purpureUy vcrtice rotuudato 

 siibhiitiila; pcrigynio superiore caryopsi leriter adpre»so 

 coriaceo-rigldo lufeo lu'tido Iriangulari trilobo, lobis obtusis 

 medio pHcatis; perigyiiio jiiferiore obsolete. 



S. melaiiostoma Ncos, bb. — S, melauosperma Nccs 

 et Aniolt (iide Herb. BeroK) — Wigbt. bb. u. 2377* 



Veniiis* Iiidiae orient. 



81* S« braeteata Caraii. 



Kbizomate elongate bori^ontali nodoso crasso ; cnlmo 

 li/-i — 3 ped. alto infevue robiisto^ superne satis attenuate^ 

 ubtitse triangular! folioso laerii foliis vaginisquo pnbescenti- 

 bns approxiinatis imlIiuo brevioribus berbacco-rigidulis longe 

 angastato-acnmiiiatis plani^s nerrato-striatis marginibiis 

 spinuloso-seabns, 7 — 11 poll. long. 3 — 8 lin, lat.; ligiila 

 berbaera lanccolata obtusa hirsuta; pauiculis nnmerosis 

 remotls: inferioribus cotupositis (t* interdnm simplicibns) 

 foemineis muHibracfcoIatis oblongis v. pjrainidalibus pe- 

 duiicnlatis loiige bractealis ; superioribus panels (2 — 8) 

 masetiUs pyramidalibus supradecompositis mnltiramosis densis; 

 paiiinilae rbacbi raintsque scabris atq^ne hirsutis t. pubes- 

 centibns; bracteolis facmineis lineari-setaceis elongatis spi- 

 iiuloso-perscabris; bracteolis masciilis seluceO'Capitlatibus 

 basi latioce ciliatis raiuos subaequantibus; spiculis mas- 



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