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Arbuscula (?) rainis lignosis calami scriptorii orassitie tetrago- 

 nis, subflexuosis, foliorum ciatricibus subtorosis. Ramuli tripol- 

 licarcs, oppositi, sublicrbacci , filiformcs, cernui, FoHa opposita 

 pctiolala clliplica, acumiuata, basi attciuiata et brevissime in pe- 

 tiolum (lccurrciUia, 2— 3 poiliccs longa, j—iy^poll. lata , integer- 

 rima; nonnulla marginibus obsolete rcvoluta et subsinuato-dentata, 

 juniora supra basi et ad ncrvos, subtus tota pagina adpressim pi- 

 losa, adulla utriiique glabcrrima, ncrvo primario siipra impresso, 

 subtus promincnlc, sccundariis tenerrimis , oppositis , subtus vc- 

 nis reticulatim conncxis. Pctioli semipollicares filiformes snbte- 

 tragoni adpressim-pilosi , apice lamina subdecurrente mart^inati 

 basi in vaginam stipularcm ramulum ambienlem, truncatam bre- 

 \issimam, latcribus brc\ issime.subauriculatam, pilosani , persis- 

 tentem, tandcm in nodiim rami induratam commissi, Spicae in 

 ramis ramulisque terminales, solitariae, ii/a— zV^poIIicem longae, 

 cernuae. Rhachis filiformis flexuosa , pilosa, piiis substuposis ad 

 florum exortum copiosiorlbus. Flores in quavis spica 10—25, pri- 

 miim approximati , tandem spatio 2 linearum remoti , sessiles, 

 prlmum erecti , demum horlzontaliter patentes , tandcin subre- 

 flcxi, 3 lineas longi , tribracteati, Bractea antica exterior ovato- 

 acuminata naviculari-concava , rigido-cartllaglnea , 2 laterales in- 

 teriores (bracteolae) teneriores mcmbranaccae , ovatae, obtusae, 

 apice emarginatae , nervo medio dorso convexim prominente ex- 

 currente rigido (arista) basi triente breviore, Calycis sepala 4, 

 aequalia oblonga ; acuta , concava , uninervia, nitido-cartilaginea 

 erecto-patentia , bracteolarum aristain duplo ferc superantia. Sta- 

 mina 4 , sepalis quadrante breviora , filamenta basi in cupulam 

 coadunata, interjectls squamis oblongls obtuslssimis fimbriatis, 

 dimidam stamlnum altitudinem aequantibus. Antherae introrsae 

 bilociilares , medio dorso affixae, oblongae, obtusae ; loculis ap- 

 positis antice longltudinalitcr dehlsccntlbus. Ovarium obovatum 

 obtusum, squainulas stamlnibus ijUcrjcctas quadrantc superans, 

 Stylus termlnalis cyllndrlcus, staminibus parum longior, stigmato 

 minute capitato terminatus. Fructus congeneruin. 



** F 1 o r i b u s p c n t a m e r i s. 



90. ACHYRANTHEs cANEscENs , foHis ovalibus obtusiuscuHs tomento- 

 sis subtus cinereis mollibus, bracteis perianthio brevioribus, 

 arista basi subrotunda duplo fere longiori. R. Brown. 



A c h y r a n t h e s c a n e s c e n s R. Brown prodr. p. 2 73. 

 Ferd. Bauer llliistr. pl. JSorfolk. t. 123. 



Crescit in insula Norfolk, exeunte Octobri flo- 

 rens. {Ferd. Batter.) 



oissEivvATio. Acliyranthcs canesccns, ciim in hcrbario 

 Raiieriano e Nova llollandia desit, ncc unquam specimlna hujus 

 planlac alibi viderlm, stlrpis Norfolhlcae determlnatio , in quain 

 ccterum jihrasis Biouaonlana ad amussim quadrat , non oinnino 

 certa est. Proxime afVinis est stirpi nostrae planta ab Hilsrnher- 

 gio in i n s u I a M a u r i t i i lecta, a Siehero olim A c h y r a n t li i s 

 o i) t 11 s i f o 1 i a c noinlnc mccum comimiiiicala. 



