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som mneronwlatum sed plerumgne muerone destitutum atte- 
»nata, glahra, -plurinervia, nervis in sieco prominnlis supra 
usque 16 subtus usqne 30, nervo medio subtus versus basim 
magis prominente, plana, rigidulo-chartacea, Navoviridis 
subtus glauceseenti -viridis, 8--20 Cm. longa, 6,5—25 Mm. 
lata, hasi obtusa snbito augustata et in petiolum decurrens; 
petiolus glaber, angustus, compressus, exalatus, striatus, 
scabriusculus, vigidulus, flavoviridis vel (exsiccatione?) sor- 
dide fuscescens, 2,726 Cm. longus; 0,5—2 Mm. lätns; 
vagina amphata, ad planissimum conduplicata, fusco - pube- 
rula vel glabriüseula, nervoso -striata, sordide rufescens vel 
fusca, 3—9 Cm. longa, dimidia parte 6—15 Mm. lata. 
Folia extima interdum evadımt minora et pro ratione multo 
angustiora, lamina in petiolum sensim angustata; intima in- 
terdum redacta sunt ad vaginas illis plane conformes sed 
appendice 'plana obtasa rigidula fusca 3—6 Mm. longa 1 
Mm. lata terminatas. Pedunculus solitarius, compressus, 
exalatus, fnusco-pnberulns, striatus vel sulcatus,, viridi-rufes- 
cens, summo Apice’ excepto smbaequne latus, foliis multo 
brevior, 6-21 Cm. longus, 1—1,5 Mm. apice 2—4 Mm. 
latus. . Capitulum semiglobosum, satis parvum, 1,5—1,8 Cm. 
latum. Spatha bivalvis, ereeta, rigido - coriacea, llores parum 
superans; valvis basi connatis, late ovatis, basi rotundatis 
vel subcordatis, in acumen brevem obtusum attennatis, in- 
ferne fusco -pubernlis demum calvis, nervoso -striatis, sor- 
dide fuseis, 1,2—2 Cm. longis, 1,3—1,7 Cm. latis, altera 
paullo breviore. Receptaculum perbreve. Flores sossiles ; 
singuli bracteis Jineari-oblongis spathulatis subtiliter acutis 
glabris membranaceis pallide fuscescentibus et saturatius 
fusco -striatis aequilongis non imbricatis eineti. Sepala 3 
glahra , inferne in tnbnm tenui-membranaceum hyalino - albi- 
dum trilobum comnata; lobis ovalibus, aculis, trinervüis, 
