masculis, in anthesi anguste oblongis utrinque attenuatis, 
demum ovalibus ima basi attenuatis 3 lin. longis 2 lin. 
lat., fere omnibus capillaceo - v. setaceo -braeteatis; squa- 
mis parvis chartaceo-membranaceis pallide stramineis 
oblongo -ovato -lanceolatis aculato-mucronulatis, earina Pro- 
minente viridula; utrieulis erecto -patentibus membranaceis 
stramineo - viridulis squama parum longioribus aequilatisve 
sesquilineum longis oblongis sensim in rostrum longiuseulum 
apice bidentieulatum attenuatis dorso alte convexis multi- 
(10-) nervatis ventre concaviusculis 4-nervatis, margine 
ungusto obtuso leviter ineurvo sursum vix parum dilutato 
(haud alato) ibique spinuloso -eiliato, utrinque subtiliter 
celluloso -reticulatis; earyopsi subarcta inchusa utriculum 
fere aeyguunte ellipsoidea basi in stipitem attenuata vix 
apieulata plano-convexiuscula granulato-punctata lutea 
nitida; stylo perbrevi basi subaequali, stigmatibus brevibus 
exsertis rubiginosis reeurvis. — Moritz. herb. no. 1587. 
Merida, Costaricae. 
105. €. eristata Schwein. 
Plurieulmis; radice fibroga; culmis strictis firmulis 
2—1!), ped. alt. tenuibus v. validulis, non raro leviter 
compressis, inferne plurifoliatis, sursum acutangulis, angu- 
lis-scaberrimis, Zateribus planis v. concaviusculis medio co- 
statis v. angulatis; foliis longis pallide v. laete viridibus 
patentibus alternis et superioribus culmo plerumque bre- 
vioribus subrigidulis 11,—1, raro ad 3 lin. latis, longe 
angustato - acuminatis carinato -planis, margine carinaque 
serrulatis; spica simpliei cylindracea v. oblonga obtuss 
eoarctata 11, —1 poll. longa 5—4 In. lata; spiculis 12— 
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