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brevissimis indivisis; spieulis in ramulorum apiee solitariis, 
oblongo-lanceolatis teretiuseulis 4—3Y, lin. long. plurifloris, 
floribus supremis fertilibus; squamis chartaceis oblongo- 
ovalibus obtusis convexis, mucrone setacco scabro terminatis, 
straminco-fuscescentibus nitidulis laevibus'v. scahridis; ca- 
ryopsi 2% lin. longa squamam aequante suborbieulata len- 
tieulari- compressa subtiliter reticulata v. /punetulis elevatis 
applanatis dense obtecta ıufo-castanea nitidula; resiro quam 
fructus parum longtore conico complanato obseure viridi, hasi 
dilatata ad angulos fructus parum decurrente; setis scahris 
rostrum aequantibus v. parum superantibus; stylo exserto 
apice reflexo profunde bifido. 
R. sylvatica N. ab E. in Linn. 9. 297. Cyper. brasil. 
ve 144. — ER. Dromoides Kunth, 300. — Schomb, coll. 
n. 676. 
Brasilia. Guiana angl. 
127. BR. polyphyllia Vahl. 
Viridis v. sglauco-virens. Mähizomate elongato tenui 
descendente; culmo 2—6-pedali rigido valide v. tenw, trian- 
gulari folioso; foliis m. m. approximatis (non raro densissi- 
mis), et floralibus elongatis, tenacibus longe angustato-acu- 
minatis subcarinato-planis nervato-strjatis margine carinaque 
seahris, glabris v. subtus interdum margineque pilosis, 2—3'% 
lin. latis; vaginis aretis subbipollicaribus ore (rumcatis; pa- 
nieulis numerosis satis approximatis v. pl. m. remotis brevi- 
ter peduneulatis pyramidalibus multiramosis polystachyis; 
ramis tenuibns rhachique pilosulis, inferioribus iternm ramo- 
sis, superioribus deereseentihus indivisis; spienlis pedicellatis 
alternis patentibus remotis v. pl. m. approximatis, oblongo- 
lanceolatis teretibus 2'%—83 lin. long. 3 —5-foris lleribus 
