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trigonis ubique ad striolas serrulato -scabris; foliis basilari- 
bus elongatis, 1—1'r-pedalibus, subrigidis exaete linearibus 
complicatis 1‘; lin. cire. latis; spieulis 2—3 in apice culmi 
aggregatis pedicellatis, bractea hrevi suhsetacea scabra muni- 
tis, fructiferis ovalibns obtusis 2%, lin. long.; squamis late 
ovatis obtnsis mutieis uninerviis ferrugineo -fuseis, caryopsin 
aequantibus; hac ventricoso-biconvexa orbictlato-ellipsoidea 
breviter apicata rugosa ferrugineo-brunnea nitida; squamulis 
caryopsin aequantibus ad basin usque fere liberis ovatis acn- 
tinsenlis, carina acuta dense. eiliolata. — (Exstat specimen 
mancum). 
Hl, scapigerum N. ab E. 1. c, 69. 
Brasılia. 
3. MH. laxum Kunth. 
Viride v. glaucescens; rhizomate elongato repente v. de- 
scendente tenui superne plerumgue ramoso, fibrillis longis va- 
lidulis, culmis paueis (in rhizomatis ramis solitarüis) folisque 
adscendentibus v. ereetiusculis, se/aceis triangularibus sursum 
angulis scahris, basi multifoliatis; foliis herbaceis linearihus 
acuminatis planis trinervüs 1—1'% lin. lat. superne margini- 
bus serrulatis, superioribus culmo multo longioribus; inflo- 
rescentia depauperata; peduneulis monostachyis cApillaribus 
6—3 lin. long. erectis, inferioribus (®—3) remotis foliaceo- 
bracteatis, terminalibus subtribus approximatis; spieulis oblongo- 
ellipsoideis aut subrotundis 27; —1'; lin. long.; squamis minu- 
tis orbicunlato - ellipticis rotundato-obtusis mutieis obsolete uni- 
nerviis fusco-ferrugineis; caryopsi squama paulo longiore orbi- 
culato-ovata breviter acuminata turgide biconvexa basin versus 
obsolete rugulosa stramineo-pallida sanguineo - punetata; squa- 
mulis caryopsi dimidio brevioribus oblongo-elliptieis acutiuseu- 
lis, carina subeiliatis; stam. %. 
