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Spicula mascul(B in apiee culiui, 2-3, approximatac, raro solitariae, 

 singula oblongge vel turbinatse, 3-4 lin. longse, 2-3 lln. latce, spatha 

 aperta, vaginiformi, intus flavo nitente, spiculam a^quante vel supe- 

 rante sufFnltfe. Bractece arete imbricata;, eartilaginene, castaneje, im- 

 presso punctulatae, ad margines superne lacera;, superne in aristam ter- 

 minalera, albidam, patulara, bractea ipsa longiorera desinentes, Flores 

 arcuati, compressi, bracteis minores. Perianthium biseriale, sexglume, 

 glumis insequalibus^ lanceolatis, lateralibus externis conduplicatis, cari- 

 natis, carinis glabris, cccteris planis, internis paulo brevioribus, An- 

 therm lineares, apiculatai. — Plantae feminese culmus vagineeque ut in 

 mare. Spicules in aplce cvilmi, 2-3, 1-florae, cylindraceo-lanceolatai, 

 niasculis minores, spathis apertis flavidis suffultae. Bractea; ob- 

 longae, castanea?, longe aristatai, aristis rectis v. tortis, flavis. Peri- 

 anthium miniitum, hynlinum, biseriale, sexglume, glumis subfcqna- 

 libus, ovatis. Ovarium stipiti crasso impositum, oblongum, superne 

 disco epigyno, lobato, lobis crassis clavatis, notatum, 1-loculare. Stylus 

 brevis, crassus. Stigmata duo, linearia, intus villosa, exserta, Ovu- 

 lum unicum, ex apice loculi pendulum. Fructus . 



Allied in some respects to H^ alho-arisfatns, this species may 

 be distingiiislied by its larger spikes and by the very long spreading 

 points to the bracts. 



3. H. RUGOsus, sp. n, Culmis compressiusculis, simplicibus; vaginis 

 culmeis remotis, laxiusculis, tubulosis, coriaceis, striatis, sub apice mu- 

 cronatis: spiculis femineis2-3, approximatis, turbinatis; bracteis arete 

 imbricatis, oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis ; flore unico; perianthio 

 biseriali, sexglumi ; glumis ajqualibus, basi baud incrassatis ; ovario 

 brevissime stipitulato, oblongo, obtuso, tuberculis crassiusculis dense 

 obsito, stylo brevi, stigmatibus dnobus; fructu oblongo, tuberculato. 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. $, Voormansbosch (Oct.), Zeyher, 433f) ! ; 

 Ecklon et Zeyher, 85 ! Mas latet. 



Radices sublignosi, flexuosi, cortice crasso, cinereo, subspongioso ves- 

 titi. Culmi csespitosi, erecti, pedales et ultra, simplices, comprcs- 

 siusculi, straminei, siccitate sulcati, tuberculis minimis albidis dense 

 conspersi. Vagince caudiceee approximatae, ovatse, acutae, nitida;, 

 grisea;, cartilagine?e, sub apice mucronulatic. Vagints culmea remo- 

 tiuscuLx, pollicares et ultra, laxiuscula;, tubulosae, elliptica;, coriacca?, 

 striata?, sub apice membranaceo obtuso mueronato-aristatfle.— S;>ic«/<e 

 feminece in apice culmi, 2-3, approximata?, erectae, obpyramidata?, 5-6 

 lin. longae, 1 lin. lata?, singula; l-Aovsey spatha lanceolata, aristata, co- 

 riacea, purpureo maculata, spiculam a;quante suffulta;, Bractecn 

 arete imbricata;, oblongo-lanceolata?, acuminata?, cartilagineae, superne 

 castaneae, basi flavescentes. Flos unicus, terminalis, bractea stipante 

 brevior. Perianthium stipite camosobrevissimo, vel nullo, nequaliter et 

 biseriale sexglume; glumre oblongo-lanceolatai, planiuscidae, hyalino- 

 membranacese, ovarium a;quantes. Ovarium brevissime stipitatum, 



