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spiculis 1 foemina, 2 masculis in fasciculo ; squamis superioribus lineari-lanceolatis, 
inferioribus lanceolatis acuminatis, sanguineis, carina viridi; caryopsi minuta 
obovata, globosa trigona basi angustata papillosa mutica alba, disco triquetro. 
Ниша, in pascuis breviter graminosis editis ad Empalanca cum Zriocaulone, Xyrideis 
etc., Dec. 1859, Mart.—Mai. 1860, по. 7141. 
A small-flowered plant, with somewhat the aspect of a Sporobolus, 5 to 6 inches in 
height, and more or less hispid. The highest cauline leaf overtops the stem ; the radical 
leaves are from 2 to 3 inches in length. The spike is rarely slightly decompound ; the 
fascicles of spikelets arranged rather close together. The lower glumes in the spikelets, 
especially in the female spikelet, are, as usual, broader and more distinctly acuminate 
than the upper ones. The nut is very small, being only one millimetre in length. The 
plant is most nearly allied to 8. hispidula, Kunth. 
S. REMOTA, n. sp. Czespitosa, radicibus fibrosis ; culmis erectis acute triquetris lateribus, 
striatis glabris ultra pedalibus ; foliis linearibus acute carinatis, flavescenti-viridibus, 
parce pilosulis; vaginis integris hispidis, ore albo-ciliatis purpureo-punctatis ; spica 
3—4-pollicari, rhachide parce pilosa, fasciculis remotis semiverticillatis; braeteola ovata 
brevi mucronata scariosa pallida vel sanguineo-maeulata, fasciculis breviore ; spiculis 
lanceolatis, squamis inferioribus ovatis lanceolatis fuscescentibus vel atro-sanguineis, 
glabris carina viridi, mucrone brevi, supremis lineari-lanceolatis sanguineo-maculatis ; 
сагуорѕі alba muricata ovata trigona-globosa, marginibus prominulis, transversim 
multicostata. basi haud multo angustata, mucrone longiusculo. 
Pungo Andongo, in pratis humidis sylvaticis inter Serra de Guinga et Candumba, 
Mart. 1857, no. 7129. 
Var. HISPIDA. Culmis patentim pilosis, foliorum marginibus .carinisque longe albo- 
ciliatis; spiculis fuscescentibus pilosis. 
Pungo Andongo, in decliviis editioribus humidis ad Funda Quilombo ipsius Preesidii, 
Aprili 1857, no. 7131 ; socialis eum Fimbristyli hispidula, Kunth, in summis Pedra Sangue, 
muscis intertextis, no. 7131 8. 
` -Of this plant there are two forms—one almost glabrous, with very "ssi ooloured 
spikelets, the other conspicuously pilose, with rather stiff white hairs spreading from 
the angles of the vagina, which clothe the culms, and from the margins and keels of the 
leaves, and with paler hairy spikelets. ‘The culms are usually from 11 to 14 inches 
high, and terminated by a spike of distant fascicles of spikelets, but, on high ground 
(no. 7131 0), become reduced to about 4 inches in height. The leaves are flat, green, 
and more flaccid than usual in Sclerie ; they are from 4 to 8 inches in length, and Ше 
terminal one on the culm is considerably shorter than the spike. The nut, 1 line in 
length by $ line in breadth, is somewhat acutely trigonous, irregularly tuberculate and 
ич, especially оп the angles; the apiculus is rather longer than usual. 
S. DUMICOLA, n. sp. Glabra, radicibus paucis tenuibus; culmis paucis foliatis, triquetris 
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