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GO. isoLEiMs rovscERSA, rliizoniate repeiite raulticulmi, culmis tere- 

 tiiisculis basi l:vxe va^i^^inaris , vaginis foliaceo-cuspidatis , spi- 

 (Tilis y3 — ')^ terminalibus aggTegatis ovatis involucro monophyllo 

 lineari obtuso brevioribus, squarais membranaceis ovatis obtu- 

 sis purpureo - punctatis dorso nervulosis , staminibus stigma- 

 tibusque ternis, caryopsi obovata trigona subtiliter punctata 

 pallida. Nees ab Esenb, msc. 



Crescit in insula Norfolk. (Ferd. Bauer.) 



ojisFKvvTio Spccies IsoL proliferae Fl. Nov. Holl. quae 

 tamcu a plauta capensi homonyina diversa, provime affinis , va- 

 gluarum cuspide foliaceo potissimum diversa. 



XXXIII. FICINIA Schrad. Analcct. I. 48. 



8pirae multiflorae. Glumae undique imbricatae, uniflorae, in- 

 fima saepius varua. Stamina tria Perig-yniurasubcyathiforme trilobum. 

 ^«tylus tripartitus, deciduus. Caryopsis perigynio stipata, crustacea. 

 Schrad. l. c. 



61 KiciNiA GiTTATA, culmo compresso aphyllo, capitulo gioboso 

 laterali involu» ro mouophyllo stricto erecto breviori, glumis 

 raurronatis, caryopsi obovata, plano- convexa, perigynii cu- 

 pula angusta, stylo bi-trifido. 



Crescit iu insula Norfolk. {Ferd. Bauer.) 



Habitus Isolepidis nodosae. Culml aphylH sesquipedalcs 

 basl vestiti vaginls mcmbranaceis glabrls bi-trlpolllcaribus laxlus- 

 culis, obllque truncatls obtusls, compressl, strlali , plerumque Ic- 

 viter torli, In Involucrum contlnuum rectum strictum, compresso- 

 subtrigonum , basl parum dilatatum , pollicare v. semipoUIcare 

 transeuntcs. Capitulum pseudo-laterale, gl®bosum, polystachyum, 

 cerasl mlnoris mole. Splculae dense congestae , oblongae, squa- 

 mls plurifariam imbrlcatls , omnlbus fertlllbus. Squamac ovatae, 

 membranaceae, dense subtlllsslme nervuloso-strlatae , nervls rufo 

 guttatls, et Inde quasl pcllucldo reslnosoque punctatls , nervo 

 carlnali validiori in mucronem cxcurrentc. Stamlna 3, filamentls 

 perKistentibus lincarlbus , basl in cupulam connatls ; antheris 11- 

 nearibus obtusls punctatls. Cupula perlgyna membranacea, trl- 

 loba, lobis bre\'lsslmis olitusis cum staminlbus altcrnantlbus. Sty- 

 lus lluearis, cum ovario articulatus , basi aequalls , glaber, me- 

 dio bi- V. saeplus trlfidus. Ovarium obovatum basl cupula peri- 

 gyna constrictum , fusco-irroratum , hincplanuni, extrorsum con- 

 ve\um , membranaceum , ovulum moustrans erectum , oblongum, 

 stipltatum orlhotropum. 



onsF.nvATTo. Ficiulae spccies capensis , paritcr aphylla in her- 

 bario nostro adest , cujus dlagnoslm ct descriptioncm a clariss. 

 JVees nh Esfnheck benevole nobiscum communicatam subjungimus. 

 FiciMv APHYixA. Nccs oh Eseiih. insc. F culmo crassiuscule-se- 

 taceo incurvo striato, basi vaginato, vaginls membranacels acutis 

 aphyliis, (fasciculis follorum filiformium interjectis) involucrr» 

 subdiphyllo , infero capltulo breviori, supero nounlhil longloii 

 recto subulato , glumls subrotundo-ovatls obtusls , caryopsi obo- 

 vata , plano-convcxa cinerea , fusco-punctulata. Nees insc. 



S c i r p u s t r u n c a t u s Sieh. insc. 



) I a b i l a l i u C a p 1 1 e b o n a c S p e i. (Siebcr,) 



