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641 



robusiis 2 — 4V2 poll, loiigi^i, Ijasi ronjunctis, subaeqnalibns 

 triaiigolis htrtulis scabrisvc; rtimis pateniibus ralidntis 

 polHcem circ. longis cum ramnlis paienUssimts dense 

 kiHellis^ S|iiculis saepiss. pliirjlui!^ in apice ramulonim capi- 

 lato-roiigloiaeiatis parviilis, friicliforis globosis, plurifloris 

 iMiin focinlntMs conjiiuctis, non raro lamen Us sejunciis; 

 sijiiaihis ri^iiltiiis roiifrrlis sijiiatTosis acuminatis margiuibus 

 snbcilioiafis nif('srriulbus dorso \iridulis, oparis, masculis 

 ovaio-laiiceolatisj locminois c basi lata aciimiiiatis; caryopsi 



lin«am imit. lata bomispliaorica apiculala acute echinaia 

 paUide cinereo-fusca \'ix jtitidula; pengjnio ititrrioj^ auuiili- 

 forini v« disrifoniki fnsco-brunneo^ extrriore rrasso ropaiido 

 ar plicato^simioso flaviOo. 



B*TqucreIia jniirirata N, ab E. K a- 192 cxd. Scl. di- 



varicata \ar. /?. 



Brasilia; insul. St. Catliarinao (Chamisso), Maracaibo 

 (Merkclj ill hb, Iliiniem.) 



109. H. discolor lUklr, 



Gracilis; purpuiaseens; rbizomate clotigato oblifjuo daro 

 pc»uain galliiiaci^im crasso; culmo ubbreviato lenui (c. 

 iiiflorosc. 8 — '11 poll- alto) (riqudro basin versus phirifoUato; 

 foliis elongatis, 1'/^ — S^/^ p<^tl, longis liasi Taginaiitibus 

 dislichis^ exacte lineariLns brevitcr anj^ustato-acumiuatis planis 

 3 — 4 liu. latis trincrviis, margine serrulutis, in peiiolum 

 perhngum compressQ-irlangularem canaUculatum aitenua- 

 lis; spicis plnribus axillaribns remotis siinplicibiis su?>biua(is 

 oligosfacbyis brcvitfr peilnnciilatis ; braoteis inferioribus folii- 

 formibus Talde elougalis^ siiprcmisbrevibns coloratis; spiculis 

 (4- — 1) approximalis scssilibas in autbesl oblougo-elUpsoideis 

 Icyiter eojupressis SV^ Hii. longis; ^quamis crigidis late 



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