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n, s|>. Sclerochavtium spirale Höchst. (Lepisia ustulata in sche- 

 dulis scriptis). *) Culinus (diio vel plures ex una radice) circile»- 

 bipedalis, jiciina anserlna teiuiioi', obsrure trigoiuis vel tereduscu- 

 lus, erectiis, 3 — 4-iiodis (iiiHoresceiitiae iiodis exceptis), rigidiis 

 glaber, basi sqtiainis spadiceis foliorumque basibus et fasciculis dense 

 ciiTiiinvallatiis : fblia aiignstissiiiie linearia, plana, etiam versus ba- 

 sln lineae latiludirieiii noii supei'antia, i'igida, inargine et ad cariiiam 

 serriilato- scabra, iiiHma saiiguinea, spiraliter ciroiiiiiata (nee vei"o 

 convoiuta vel (oita, sed plana), superiora ereeta, viridia, lunglssime 

 setuso - acuiiiinata, onlinucn siibaequantia ; vaginae 1^ — 2- poUicares, 

 ai'Ctae, superne ganguineae (praesertim inferiores) vel fusco- atrae, 

 fissura inferioriiin caneellata. Panicula spithamaea vel dodrantalis, 

 erectiuseula vel sulmutans, rainis erectis bi'evibus spioaeformis, ra- 

 chis seniiteres, altero latere canaliculata, glabra; raini plerurnqne 

 ex una vagina bini, alter basi sua (pedunculo coinpresso) ex va- 

 gina bracteae lanceulatae longe acuminatae striatae atrofusoae bre- 

 viter exsertus, alter brevior, pedunculo non exserto ; spicularum fus- 

 ciculi in singulis ramis 3 — Sbracteati, bracteae ovato - lanceolatae, 

 cuspidato - acuminatae, fasciculos paulo superantes, atrofuscae; spi- 

 culae in fa>ciculo plerumque geininatiin conjunetae, brevissime pe- 

 dicellatae, tres lineas loiigae, subconjj)ressae, spadiceae, ad basin 

 bracteoia aristato- acuminata stipatae, arista spiculani snperante ; 

 scpiamae noveni subdislichae, onnies breviter aristato ■ acuminatae, 

 inferiorum aristulis spiculam non plane aut vix aequantibus; squa- 

 mae sex inferiores vacuae, septima triandra setis et pistillo effoeto 

 praedita, octava et nona flosouiurn hermaphroditum tertilem, setis 

 pbunosis ovario brevioribus dimidiam soliim longitudinem attincren- 

 tibns cinctum, includentes: stamina tria antberis mucronatis, Stylus 

 trifidus. — In summis montibus prope Ganadenthal, Dec. 



Species distinctissima, cum descriptis non confundenda. (H ) 



S. thermale Nces. (Lepidosperma thermale Sehr ad.) — In- 

 ter rupes in summitate m, Steenberge, alt. 2000 — 3000'. Uec. 



n. sp. S. angustifolium Höchst. Culmus tripedalis vel altior, 

 evidenter sed obtuse trigonus, inferne penna anserina crassior, baai 

 squamls (vaginis apliyllis) 1 — 4 - pollicaribus, rigidis, striatis, fusco- 

 luteis foliorumque basibus dilatatis in bulbi formam dense clrcum- 

 vallatus ; folia ereeta, rigidissima, anguste linearia, marginibas serru- 

 latoscabris revoiuta (saltim in statu sicco), sulcata, culrao breviora, 

 glaucescenti-viridia, culraea e vagina arcta dilute fusca vel soi-dide 

 lutescenti bipollicari prodenntia (fissura non cancellata), in apicem 

 setiformem scaberrimum (serrulatum) longe attenuata. Panicula pe- 

 dalis, ramosa, plus minus contracta, nutans; rachis inferne trigona, 



*) Vera Lepisia vstulata Presl iiiter plantas Dregeanas siib noniinp. 

 crroneo Sclerochaetii involticrati Nees, addito tarnen sigiio iiiterio- 

 Pfatiouis, occiiirit. 



