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naceis pallide fusco - stramineis late lanceolatis carinatis euspidalis ; perigonii phyllis 

 aequalibus ovato-lanceolatis mucronatis, carina viridi - fusca , lateribns rufescentibus ; 

 staminibus 3 perigonio l / 3 breviorihus ; antheris oblongis flavp - fuscis ; capsula perigo- 

 ninm aequante vel parura superante ovata trigona breviter apiculata fusca: stylo nullo, 

 sWgmatibus 3 fuscis; seminibus ellipticis curvatis fuscis, testa bumectata hand relaxata. 

 — Habitat in Mexico (Huatusco) elevatione 4500 pedum. 



8. J. ALPIGENDS C. Kocb, Linnaea XXI. 627. + — Rhizoma horizontale longe repens ; 

 folia inferiora vaginii culmum unifolium includenlia, cajpitulum cx (asciculis pluribus 

 arcte congestis constans paene atiingentin, angustissime canaliculata; bracieae mem- 

 branaceae, interiores minores acuminatae; sepala anguste oblonga, exteriora acumi- 

 nata; stamina 3. — Crescit in montibus 1'onii. 



9. J. ROEMERIANUS Scbeele, Linnaea XXII. 348.+ — Culmi erecti aphylli glabri ieretes 

 striolati, basi vaginali. Vaginae nitidae chartaceae, margine fiml rialo-lacini.itae aphyl- 

 lae? Anlhela pseudo - lateralis cymosa decoinposila lnvolucrala. Involucri foliola 2 

 basi vaginantia pungentia, inferius caulem continuans anthela longius. Flores glonie- 

 rati, glomeruli bracteis involucrati 4— 6 - flori, bracteae ovatae scariosae, nervo excur- 

 rente longe mucronatae. Stigmata tria elongata exserta filiformia. Stamina 6 inclusa. 

 Sepala inaeqnalia oblongo - lanceolata mucronata, interiora longiora. Capsula . . .? — 

 Crescit in Texade, Galveston island. 



