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mati, privi &pathella gpadicea orata v, lanccolata ciliosa v. imberbi 

 in setam nigrescentein excurrentc amplexi, pauci- v. multiflori. 

 Bractea; lauceolatte, scarioso-membrauea?j glabra>, 2-3'" longa^, 

 flores separantes, mnticte. Sepala 6, circiter sesquilineam longa, 

 exteriora lanceolato-linearia, interiora oblongo-linearla, omuia 

 compllcata, glabra et tenerlter membranea. Columna filamcntorum 

 1^2^'" longa, Antberse 2-3; loculi flavi v. rufi, prope ceutrura 

 dorsi per paria connati, demum plus minusve secedentes, acute 

 apiculati, Flores femini in fasciculos paucos spicate aggregatos 

 V. solitarium coUecti, intra spathellam interdnm ciliosam pauci v. 

 solitarli, magnitudine varii, masculis dlssimiles. Bracteie carti- 

 lagineae, glabr^ v. apice ciliis pallidis aliquot obsessiB, cordato- 

 rotundo3 v. ovata?, usque 2'" longse, mucrone longiusculo nigro 

 terminatai. Sepala 3 exteriora lanceolata v. rhombeo-ovata v. in 

 formam cordatam vergentia, acuCa, 2-3'" longa, cartilagineo-rlgida ; 

 interiora exterioribus similia sed angustiora. Staminodia nuUa. 

 Stylus sesquilinearis v, paulo longior, glaber, rigidus. Stigmata 

 3, rarlus 2 v. 4, densc papilloso-barbata, fuscescentia, circiter 4'" 

 longa. Capsula nnnc solitarie iutra spathellam maturans, nunc 

 nsqne 5 in fasclculo consociata?, trl- rarius 2- v. 4-valves, stylo 



persistente senslm lougiuscule rigideque acumlnato-rostrata^, l|-4'" 

 lata?, loculicide ample hiautes ; valvse cartilaglne?e, basi inti^oflexa^. 

 Semina globosa, lenissime compressa, usque ad lineam metieutia, 

 cxtus albiJa, la^via, opaca, membranaceo- et angustissimo-mar- 

 ginata. 



Species pluriformis ut omnes vulgatas, sed unica. 



Anarthrin scahra (Br. Prodr. 249) iu coUectionibus Drummondi 

 snb 249 et 271 militat et mihi e vicinia sinus regls Georgi et 

 flumiuls Vassei adest. Planta ceteris generis validior, facie Lepl- 

 dospermatis gladlati. Caules l^ pedales v. altiores, ssepe rubelli, 

 etriati, latitudine iuter | et ^' variautes utroque v. altero margine 

 denticulis irregularibus cartilagineis scabri, plauo-compressi, anci- 

 pites. Petioli semijoedales v. breviores, omnes radicalcs, equitanti- 

 compressi, distichi. Folia saepe sesquipedalia v. longiora, strlata, 

 margine la^via v. frequentius scabra, ^-^' lata, ensata. Panicula 

 semipedalis V. brevior, seu modice seu valde contracta. SpathellEC 

 basi tenus aperti©, caducEe, ruiescentes ; inferiores ad spithamam 

 loDgne^ chartaceae, complicat£e, explanatione usque ad poUicem 

 latiE ; superiores elongato-lineares, membranea?, scariossB ; summfB 

 semilanceolatae, setaceo-acuminatae, ad brevltatem semipoUicIs re- 

 ductre. Flores in panicula sparsi ; masculi sa^pe pediceilo usque 

 ad 2'" longo pertenui a bracteis bracteohsve plerumque angustis 

 acuminatisque remoti. Sepala 6 rai^o 4 linearia v. lanceolato- 

 linearia, tenui-acuta, U-2i" longa, tenera, enervia. Anthera? 3 



