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giuscule setaceo-aristatis; spiculis niasculis 5-8, in cymam siini)licem 

 linearem distichara dispositis, singulis oblongis, ob spathas deciduas 

 denudatis; bracteis arete imbricatis, chartaceis, ferrugineis, oblon- 

 gis, longe acuminatis ; glumis omnibus conforinibus, oblongis, aris- 

 tatis; antheris apiculatis : spiculis femineis 2-3, in apice culmi di- 

 sticbe dispositis, singulis 1-floris, oblongis, erectis, 4-6 lin. longis, 

 spatha vaginiformi duj)lo longiore suffultisj bracteis acuminato- 

 aristatis, ferrugineis; glumis parvis oblongis, apiculatis; ovario ob- 

 longo, 1-loculari, superne lobis clavatis notato ; stylo unico, in stig- 

 mata 2 linearia elongata diviso. — Leucoplocus striatus, iVec^, MS. in' 

 herb, Sond.^ absque descript, 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. J et $, Steenbokriet, EckLl, sine nu- 

 mero. 



Culmi ad basin ca^spitosi, squamis ovatis oblongis coriaceis ferrugineis, 

 sursum increscentibus dense vestiti, superne teretes, simplices, fistu- 

 losi, 18-pollicares, crassitie pennae corvinrc, cinnaraomei v. olivacei, 

 profunde sulcati. VagirKe culmece remotiusculjc, arete convolutai, 1-2- 

 [)ollicares, coriacepe, fuscse, ad margines subhyalinai, lacerai, sub apice 

 obtusiusculo membranaceo setaceo-aristata;. Spicules mascula; 5-8, 

 in cymam simplicem linearem 2-pollicarem, spathis deciduis denu- 

 datam dispositse, singula oblongse, 4-6 lin. longa;, ercctse, pluriflora;, 

 raclii complanata; impositae. Flares stipitulati, oblongi v. cuneati, 

 remotiusculi, singuli bracteis singulis lanceolatis acuminatis char- 

 taceis albidis, quam ipsi vix longioribus, suffulti. Perianlhium biseriale, 

 6-glume ; glumcB eocternce 3^ oblonga;, longe acurainato-aristatjc, cymbi- 

 formes, ferruginese, carinata^ ; glumce intern<B conformes, magnitudlne 

 \ majores, Antherce lineari-oblongae, dorso ferrugiiiejc, apiculatju. 

 Sj)icnl(E feminece 2-3, in apice culmi, in spicam simplicem linearem 

 disticham dispositaj, singula; lineari-oblonga?, erectae, 3-5 lin. longjc, 

 spatha aperta vaginiformi spiculam duplo supcrantc sufFulta;. Brae- 

 te<B arete imbricatyc, ovato-oblonga;, longiuscule acuminato-aristatic. 

 rigidjc, ferrugineae. Flos unicus, terminalis. Perianthium parvum, 

 biseriale, sexglume, glumis oblongis, acuminatis, membranaceis. Ova- 

 riuni oblongum, glumas duplo triplove superans, superne lobis cla- 

 vatis carnosis notatum, 1-loculare. Stylus unicus, infra medium in 

 stigmata 2 longissima papilloso-villosa divisus. 



11. 11. ARGEXTEUS. Culuiis simplicibus, teretibuS; obscure striatis; 

 vaginis arctis, oblongis, longe acuminatis, coriaceis, ad margines mem- 

 branaceis, laceratis ; spiculis masculis UO, in cymas paniculiformes 

 densas terminales aggregatis, singulis ovatis v. subrotundis; bracteis 

 ai'cte imbricatis, oblongo-lanceolatis, aristatis, chartaceis, albidis; flori- 

 bus compressis, arcuatis; glumis oblongis, acumiuato-mucronatis, cx- 

 ternls lateralibus carinatis, internis vix hrevioribus vel etiam longion- 

 bus : spicidis femineis solitariis vel gemiiiis.. oblongis, i-pollicaribus et 

 ultra, 1-iloris; perigynio uullo(?); fructu stipitato, stipite crasso, 



