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florescence, shorter flatter spathes, and more rounded perianth- 

 segments. From E. viembranacea it differs in the broader shorter 

 spathes, the cuspidate spathellae, and the acute perianth-segments. 

 The absence of ribs or wings to the fruit separates it from E. 

 acuminata and E. thyrsifera. 



E. eqdisetacea, Mast. ; culmis teretibus crassitie pennae galli- 

 naceae simplicibus vel ad nodis verticillatim ramulosis ; vaginis 

 laxe convolutis ; inflorescentia lineari-oblonga ; spatbis ovato- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis ramos cymae superantibus ; floribus mas- 

 culis ovoideo-oblongis ; perianthii segmentis lineari-ohlongis ; 

 fructu ovoideo-triquetro. 



E. propinqua, Xunth, p. equisetacea, Mast. I. c. p. 357. 



11 • Culmi 60-70 cm. teretes cinereo-olivacei impresso-punctu- 

 lati. Vaginaa intimse deciduae superiores ad 3 cm. longae laxe 

 convolutse ferruginea3 intus nitidae. Inflorescentia mascula ad 

 10 cm. lineari-oblonga laxe paniculatim cymosa pluriflora. 

 Spathas circa 3 cm. long. 1 cm. lat. plana? ovato-lanceolatae intus 

 nitentes. Spathellae seu bracteae floribus vix breviores ovatae 

 acuminata?. Perianthii sub 2 mm. long., segmenta lineari-oblonga, 

 externa quam interna dimidio minora. Antherae apiculatae. — 

 Plantae femineae culmi ad vaginas verticillatim ramulosi, ramulis 

 densis erectis ; vaginis parvis foliaceo-mucronatis. Inflorescentia 

 lineari-oblonga subspicatim cymosa. Elores triquetri. Peri- 

 anthii segmenta subsequalia lineari-oblonga. Fructus ovoideo- 

 triqueter perianthio persistente aaquilongus 1-locularis 1-spermus. 

 Ad Cap. B. Spei, Drege, 103, 367 6 ; Ecklon et Zeyher, 6 et 

 2 ; Burchell, Zwellendam, 7429 $ . 



E. jijncea, Linn., char, emend. ; culmo solido tereti ; vaginis 

 deciduis ; inflorescentia mascula lineari-oblonga, densa 7-8 usque 

 ad 20 cm. loDg., laxe paniculatim cymosa spathis oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis apertis vel convolutis 3 cm. long, commixta ; spatbellis 

 oblongis longiuscule acuminatis; perianthii subteretis recti seg- 

 mentis exterioribus oblongis obtusis ; segmentis interioribus con- 

 formibus subduplo longioribus ; antheris oblongis apiculatis (spec, 

 in herb. Linn, asserv.) ; inflorescentia feminea 7-8 cm. long, 

 oblonga ; spathis oblongis acutis appressis ; bracteis obtusis ; peri- 

 anthii segmentis lineari-oblongis obtusis aequalibus ; fructu peri- 

 anthio a?quilongo lineari-oblongo trigono nitido nigro exalato 

 1-loculari (femin. juxta spec. Bolusii (n. 4457), descript.). 



