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compressiusculs scahris sesquiunciam circ. longis, bracteis 
foliiformibus scabris iis ipsis parum brevioribus imunitis; 
corymbulorum ramis subumbellatis brevibus 3—5-stachyis; 
spienlis conglomeratis sessilibus globosis magnitudine Piperis 
albi; squamis memhranaceo-rigidulis, margine tenui-membrana- 
ceis, late oblongis obtusis concavis uninerviis ferrugineis; 
caryopsi (ipsa) perminuta subturbinata hiconvexa rugosa 
brunnea siyli basi magna oblonga acuminata v. obtusa 
compressiuscula mucronulata lutea coronata, quam squama 
sua parum breviore,; squamulis caryopsin aequantibus liheris 
lineari-ohlongis acutis, carina laxe ciliolatis; filam. 2 elonga- 
tis; stylo perbrevi. 
H. africanum N. ab E. in Steud. Syn. 132 et Herb, 
Sierra Leone (Afzelius). 
9. HM. proliferum Beklr. 
Glaucum; radice Aihrosa valida; culmo strieto 1—2-pedali 
pennam corvinam v. columbinam erasso laevi triangulari, an- 
gulis obtusis, lateribus concavis, medio uni-, inferne multi- 
foliato, hasi infima prolifero-ramoso; foliis membranaceo- 
rigidulis distichis patentibus lineari-lanceolatis acutis ‚ basi 
ungustata complicatis, superne planis trinerviis, marginibus 
spinulosis, illis basilarium superiorihus culmum fere aeqnanti- 
bus, 3—4 lin. latis, inferioribus gradatim brevioribus ac an- 
gustioribus; culmi ramis (3—%) fertilibhus 4—9-pollic, tenni- 
bus, vaginis brevissime foliatis; corymbo composito brevi, 
vix supra pollicem alto, 7—5 ramoso ; ramis subapproximatis, 
6—3 lin. longis, saepius 3—%-ramulosis, cum ramulis, bre- 
vissimis monostachyis triquetris, angulis spinuloso - scabris; 
bracteis ramorum inferiorum pl. m. elongatis (4— 1", poll. 
long.); spienlis subglobosis (ante anthesin oblongis), Piperis 
