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Scleria Loefgreniana Bückl. 



^■i^idis, glabra ae laevis; ihizomate duro puipureo-briinneo; 

 cuirais phuibu.s laxe dispositis IV/2 — ^/4 ped. altis vix supra lineaiu 

 crassis triquetris a basi tectis vaginis nounullis remotis efoliatis 

 anguste alatis "raerabranaceis, medio paucifoliatis; ligula rigida 

 ovato-lanceolata margine superne ciliata; foliis latis approximatis, 

 patentibus herbaceo-rigidis longiuscule augustato-acurainatis pauci- 

 nervatis 12 — 6 poll, long., 9 — 7 lin latis; pauiculis 2 in culiui 

 apice approximatis pedunculatis triangularibus compositis Iaxis 3 

 poll, altis; pedunculis laevibus; ramis patentibus rectis, bractea 

 capillari laevi fultis; spiculis remotis subsolitariis oblongis 2 lin. 

 long., bractea setacea basi dilatata munitis: squamis membranaceis 

 ovato-lanceolatis mucronatis laevibus. — S. latifoliae affinis. — 

 Edwall Coll. No. 1977. 



Carex Loefgreni BGckl. 



Pallide viridis; cuhnis singulis biuatisve stricte erectis rigidis 

 triquetris vix lineam crassis, basin versus paucifoliatis, laevibus; 

 vaginis elongatis remotis, inferioribus purpureo-brunneis, superiori- 

 bus purpurascentibus foliatis ; foliis culmum superantibus herbaceo- 

 rigidulis acuiuinatis carinato-planis, margine serrulato-scabris, IV/2 

 lin. latis; spiculis 5 — 4 approximatis; mascula singula sub- 

 sessili lineari 1 — IV2 poll, longa sesquilineara lata, foeraineis 

 longe pedunculatis lo uge que bractea ti s pi. m. cernuis 

 densifloris viridulis obtusis subsesquipollicem longis 2 lin. crassis, 

 intima non raro remota; pedunculis tenuibus compressiusculis laevibus; 

 bractea intima ad pedem usque longa; squamis membranaceis 

 fuscescenti-Havidis oblongis obtusiusculis cuspidulatis; utriculis squama 

 longioribus 2 lin. lougis o va li bus oblongis ve utriuque attenuatis 

 trigou o- bicou V exi s longiuscule rost rati s nervosis bifur- 

 catis olivaceis nitidis laevibus puncticulatis. 



Ex aftin. C. Jamesoni, C. aethiopicae, C. borbonicae. — Löf- 

 ffren Coll. No. 2273. 



