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520 



CTCcto-i>atnHs siibflcxiiosis 1 — Y^ poll, long. hva<'t«^i9 

 AiigiLstis lirevibiis miiujtLs; s^iciilis solilariis hinisvc% ma^^vulis 

 jiiimeiosiorlbus brcrUcr pedrmculatis oMoogo^ovatU tumidulis 

 *Vi — ^^U ^'"' ''J'lg*? squamis fiisccscenti-testactis, Biasculis 

 et foemiiicLs late ovatis obtusiiisculis mncroinilatis; caryopsi 

 tiarviila exseita ovata basi viJ^ levUer depressa obsolete (ri- 

 gotia viuilca obsolete iiinboiiata iaovl albida iiitida; perigyuio 

 adprcsso roriacco riigoso reiiaudo-siibtrilobOj y* subiutenro, 

 basi siibciijicato-cojifracto, bruimeo opaco^ margiue perangusto 

 palUdiore deusiuscule ciJiato. 



S. sororia Kiuitb, 343* — Opliryostlt'ria N, ab. E, 1. 

 8. c. 184. 



Brasilia (Sello). 



86. fi. mltls Bcr^. 



Culmo pluiipedali stiio'o fiituo medio sesquiliufain tirra 

 erasso acute lrlf[uetr0j angulis laevibus v. scabrnlis Tagiiii^ 

 angHstiy lalc bialatis (v. obsolete tvialavis)^ aliss scabridis; ligula 

 rigida oblongo-Uiiceolata obtiisa glabra margino scabiiuseula 

 (mterdtim viilde eloi)gal<i); M\U rigidiilis eloiigatis suhian- 

 ceolai^ ^linear thus pjieato-plaiiis glabiis v, pubcsceutibus 

 jaargiiiibus siibtiliter serratigj superroribus braeleisque iuferion- 

 bus culmnm superfmlihus ^ bipedalibus et ultra 9 — 3 lin- 

 lalis; panieulis 4 — 3 remotis v. siihappraximatis clongatU lii^tis 

 4'Oinpo:«itis V. semidecomposilis plurivaiuosis 3 — 6 poll. 

 al(is> lateralibus lougiuescule peduneulati^ ; rainis paientibus 



filiforimbus bractea perbrevi setacea fultis ibacliiqne primaria 

 ad aiigiilosperscabris, mferioribiis 1 — 2*/^ poll, lojigis; spicii- 

 Us saepius terms coDglomeratis obloiigo-ovatis primum arntif^, 

 iiiasciilis b30\ipcdiiiieiilatis sesfjidlineam htigls; «?quaniis 

 5 — 6 rigidulis stramineo-fernigiuescciitibiis jiuieromilatisj 

 masculis late OTatis, foemiuois siiborhicn atis breviss. uciitatis 

 caryopsi valde cjceria grandtHscHla t\ magna (I — It liu 



