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caljcmiB, 1-2'" longa^. ovato- v. lineari-lanceolata-», acuminafa^, 

 persistentes, Sepala 2|— 3|-"' longa, lineari-lanceolata, valde aciita, 

 utriusque sexus et iuter se satis couformia. Filamenta 3 perteuuia, 

 glabra, niox sescjul-lincam longa. Anthera3 3 ; loculi centro dor^si 

 coIuT^rentes, lineatn lonp;', miuute apiculati. Stamiuodia (scilicet 

 in flore femino) 3 capillaria, anantheraj perbrevia, sed nisi fallor 

 interdum deficienkia, Stylus brevissimus vix uUns. Stigmata tria, 

 1-|— 2'" longa. Capsula trlgono*rotunda, vix sesqui-lineam kta, 

 haud acuminata, sed vertice obtusata nisi truncafa, longitudinaliter 

 ample tririmosa, stigmatibus paulo iudurautibua termiuata. Se- 

 miua matura vidi hactenus nulla* 



Anarthria pol7/phi/Ua (Nees in Lchm. Pl. Preiss. ii. 63) habitu 

 Bartlingiam (Laxmanniam) remulatur. lu vicinia sinus regis 

 Georgii solummodo crescere videtur, montes Stirliniri versns. 



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Planta spithamaia a\ humilior, adscendens v. erecta, foliosa, con- 

 tracte v. fastigiate ramosa. Folia teretia, sulcata, subulato-acuta, 

 1-4" longa, semiliueam erassa v. tenuiora, persi^tentia. Flores 

 pauci V, duo ramos terminantes, spicam interruptam sed non spi- 

 culam formantes. Spathellse membranea^, ^-§" longje, semihmceo- 

 lato-Iineares, sensim in acumen filiformi-subulatum excurrentes, 

 decidu^e, Bractea hypocalycina lanceolato-ovata, bracteolam semi- 

 lanceolatara vix lineam longam superans. Sepala 1^-2'" longa, 

 oblongo-Iinearia. Stamina 3, Antherarum loculi discreti, infra 

 centrum dorsi tantum cohajrentes, facile separabiles. Planta fe- 

 mina mihi ignota. 



Lepidoholus Preissianus (Xecs in Lehmann. Plant. Preiss. ii. 

 66) in vicinia flnminis cygnorum crescit, Rhizoma squamosum ac 

 lanosum. Caules teretes, spithamam ad ulnam longi, dilute v. 

 flavide virides, leuiter v, tortuose flexuosi, rarlus stricte erecti, 

 striis pertenulbus interdum evanescentibus pra^diti, glabri v. majris 

 minusve pubescentes. Petioli \-V' longi, planiusculi v. leuiter 

 concurvi, oblongi^ obtusi, breviter mucronati v. mutici, extus 

 fuscescentes, intus pallescentes et hiuc luceates, cito ab ima basi 

 persistente annulari nigro-fusca transverse secedeutes. summo 

 apice breviter barbati. Spiculae 2-4 in apice cauli?^ paulo in vicem 

 remotje, aut solitaria terminalis ; mascula? plus minusve ovatae v. 

 globosae, multifloras, \-V' longa^. Bractea una alterave generalis 

 sive spathella cartilagineo-chartacea, ovalis, paucilinearis, denique 

 decidua. Flores secus rhachin 2-8'" longam subulatam arcte con- 

 ferti, summi tabescentes. Bractea} florales proprite solitarie floreoi 

 suflTuIcieDtes, 2-3'"long^, rigidula?, lanceolari-oblong?e, pni^termu- 

 cronem rectura conspicuum 2-3'" longa?, prope apicem barbellatie, 

 praicociter deeiduas, Sepala 5 nitentia, tenera ; 2 exteriora latius- 

 culc canulirulari-liuearia, acutiuscula, 2-2-|''' longa ; 3 interiora 

 setate illis paulo longiora, planiora, oblongo-linearia ; omnia glabra 

 V. apice barbafa. Stamina 3. Filamenta capillaria, demum calycem 

 paulo sui^erantia. Anthera? tereti-lineares, acutiuscu!a?j setate tor- 



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