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tenuiter membranaceis cito fere omnimodo glabris, spieulis 3-floris longi- 
pedunculatis paucis ex axillis superioribus ortis inter se satis distantibus, 
bracteis exterioribus 0 interioribus imparibus obovatis sursum rotundatissimis 
apice ipso subito breviterque spinuloso-acuminatis margine sparsim ciliatis 
ceteroquin glabris in sieco lete viridibus, bracteolis calyce longioribus angus- 
tissime lineari-lanceolatis acutis, calycis minute pubescentis lobis tubum plane 
excedentibus angustissime lineari-lanceolatis acutis, corollæ tubo superne 
levissime dilatato limbo tubum breviter excedente labio antico late oblongo 
trilobo lobo intermedio quam laterales multo majore lobis postico oblongo- 
obovato integro, filamentis labium fere æquantibus antherarum loculis 
superpositis muticis. 
Hab. Mt. Maruma, 3500 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 1937. 
Folia petiolo exempto 5-6 em. long., 1:8-2:5 em. lat. ; petioli 1:2-2:25 еп. 
long. Folia floralia lineari-subulata, patentia, 4-6 mm. long. Spicularum 
pedunculi rite evoluti 2-45 ст. long. ; pedicelli aliquantulum divergentes, 
5-15 mm. long. Bractea altera 16x9 mm., altera 12x 7 mm., amb:e 
eleganter nervowe, basin versus aliquanto decolores. — Bracteole circa 
У mm. long. Calycis tubus 1:5 mm., lobi piloso-ciliati 5*5 mm. long. Flores 
albi purpureo-tineti. Corollæ tubus 1 em. long. ; labium antieum 1:3 cm., 
posticum 1'2 em. long. Filamenta ad 1 em. ex tubo eminentia ; antherarum 
loculi oblongo-ovoidei, 1:25 mm. long. Ovarium 1-7 mm., stylus 2 сш. long. 
Easily distinguished from D. maculata, Nees, by the more effuse spikelets 
and the obovate bracts. 
DicLiPTERA SWYNNERTONII, 5, Moore, sp. nov. 
Herba ramosa, ascendens, caule sat attenuato in nodis aliquanto tumido 
subtiliter pubescente dein puberulo, foliis comparate elongatis anguste 
lineari-lanceolatis lineari-oblongisve obtusis basi in petiolum sepissime brevem 
leviter attenuatis firme membranaceis utrinque. costa centrali appresse 
strigillosa exempta fere glabris, spiculis 1-2-floris in axillis subcongestis, 
bracteis exterioribus sepissime subulatis acuminatis rigidiusculis interioribus 
majusculis late ovatis spinuloso-acuminatis utrobique piloso-pubescentibus 
margine usque ad basin ciliatis membranaceis in sieco saturate dilutiusve 
viridibus, bracteolis parvulis lineari-subulatis acuminatis, calycis puberuli 
bracteolas paullulum. excedentis lobis lineari-setaceis acutis tubum duplo 
excedentibus, corollæ tubo superne parum dilatato limbo quam tubus paullo 
breviore extus puberulo, filamentis exsertis. 
Hab. Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft.; in fl. May, June, July ; nn. 528, 
528 a, 528 b. 
Folia exemplarium aliorum 6-85 em. long., et modo 5-8 (rare 10) mm. 
lat., aliorum 3-5 em. x 6-8 mm., omnium margines repandze vel fere integer- 
rims, in sieco vive viridia ; репой seepissime 8—5 mm. long., raro adusque 
2 ст. Pedicelli pubescentes, Bracteze exteriores + 4 mm. long.; interiores 
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