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bus culmum fere aequantibus planiusculis 'h lin. latis, omni- 
bus obtusis latere exteriore swlcato-striatis punctulatisve, 
interiore subtilissime retienlatis, marginibus serrulato-scahris; 
involueri diphylli foliolo inferiore eulmum continuante subpdl- 
licari, altero squamiformi spiculas aeqnante;. his lateralibus 
3—7-nis dense fascieulatis, v. non raro solitariis, 5—3-foris 
(sub anthesi) oblongis compressis bilinealibus; squamis appro- 
ximatis oblongis obtusis mutieis carinato - navicularibus multi- 
nerviis atrocastaneis, marginihus pellucidis pallidioribus; ca- 
ryopsi adhuc juvenili obovata triangulari punetulis perminutis 
dense obtecta; perigynio brevi eyathiformi, limbo emarginate ; 
stylo brevi ad basin fere trifido. — Dregei herb, n. 3933. — 
Burchell. hb, n. 5932. 
Prom. bon. spei. (Ad montem prope Georg.) 
11. F. repens :Kunth. 
Bhizomate longissimo repente horizontali pennam gallina- 
ceam eire,. erasso fusco, vaginis squamiformibus remotis in- 
siructo; culmis glaucescentibus serzatis solitariis v. geminis 
ternisve 'h—1 ped. alt. filiformibus rigidis compresso-tereti- 
bus striatis basi vaginatisj; vaginis alternis laxiusceulis aphy/- 
fis ore ohlique truncatis hreviss. mucronatis; spieulis 6—1 
sublateralibus dense confertis ellipsoideo-oblongis teretibus ob- 
tusis pluri — multifloris 1—2 lin. long., dractea unica parva 
squamiformi suborbiculata suffuliis; squamis membranaceo- 
chartaceis plurifariis dense imbricatis suborbieulatis convexis 
obsolete carinatis rotumdato - ohtusis-mutieis Nahellata - nervo- 
sis sanguimescentibus; caryopsi ‚grandiuscula squama parum 
breviore subobovato-rotunda: triangulari latere interiore plana, 
apiewlata obsolete punctulata ruhro-fusca nitida; perigynio 
exiguorlimbe- bilobo ; stydo- brevi profunde- trifido. 
