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corvinam erassis, vaginis lanceolatis fuseis dense vestitis; fo- 
liis herbaceo -rigidulis confertis patentibus arcuatisve e basi 
latiuscula (1% —%lin. lat.) sensim angustatis carinato- 
subcomplicatis, apice acutiusculis, marginibus subiiliter spi- 
nulosis; capitulo pleiostachyo sessili oblongo compressiusenlo 
foliolis pluribus a basilaribus vix distinctis) involuerato; spi- 
eulis dense confertis lineari- oblongis leviter eompressis 4-—5 
lin. long. 6—8-floris; squamis (subtrifariis) membranaceis 
dense fasciculatis oblongo -linearibus elongatis obtusiusculis 
carmatis tenuiter nervatis, lateribus pallidis ferrugineo - lineo- 
latis, dorso viridibus; car. ...; styto elongato complanato pro- 
funde tri-v. bifido, partitionibus capillaribus. . 
Chamaexiphium clandestinum Hochst. in Regensb, Fi. 
1842 pP. 594 (nomen). Stend. Syn. p. 59. — Schimp. pl. 
Abyss. no. 980. 
Abyssinia. 
37. F. bracteata Beklr. 
Glauce -vireus; rhizomate brevissimo v. paulo elongato ; 
culmis caespitosis 4—16 poll. alt. striete erectis flaceidulis 
setaceo -filiformibus teretiusculis v. obsolete angulatis, sulca- 
tis basi plurifoliatis; foliis culmo brevioribus v. eum aequanti- 
bus plerumgue flaceidulis curyatisve lineari- angustis plano- 
canalieulatis apicem versus carinatis, marginibus serrulato- 
scabris; capitulo orbiculato -obovato v. obovato-oblongo p. m. 
compresso, foliolis suhbtribus setaceis elongatis involucrato ; 
spieulis disjunctis, bractea sublongiore munitis, pauei- (3-— 
3-) Noris sub anthesi compressis; bracteis papyraceis oblongo- 
ovalis acuminatis plano-convexis apice patulis, multinerviis 
ferrugineis v. atrosanguineo -maculatis; squamis (subtrifariis) 
membranaceis oblongis -acuminatis carınalis ferrugineis; ca- 
ryopsi grandiuscula obovato - oblonga triquetra obiusa mu- 
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