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sensim decurrentes ; laminae innoTationnm arete plicatae rel 

 superne explanatae, lineares^ superne longe teuuiterque attenu- 

 atae, basin versus liaud dilatatae, ad 3 mm, latae^ folioriim cauli- 

 norum similes^ nisi longiores (ad 15 vel interdiim 18 cm. longae), 

 ad 5 mm, latae et magis apertae, basi breviter contractae ut ligiilae 

 iatera exponantnr, omnes paulo glaucescentes, glabrae, praeter 

 jnaigines siiperiores asperulos laeves, marginibus saepe revoliitis, 

 costa supra albicante subtus acuta, nervis latoralibus paulo promi- 

 nulis utrinque 4-5. Paniculae angustae, 10-18 cm. longae, rhaclii 

 pririiaria gracili 3-5-noda, nodis inferioribus 2*5-3' 5 cm. distan- 

 tibus; rami primarii e nodis inferioribus vel etiam mediis orti 



lerumque fasciculati, spatha laminigera lamina exclusa ad 4 cm. 

 onga suffulti, superiores solitarii, e spatbarum lamina destitu- 

 tarum axillis orti, longiores 3-4 cm. longi, gxaciles, erecti, pauci- 

 nodi, ramulis racemigeris e nodis inferioribus ortis fasciculatis vel 

 omnibus solitariis; pedunculi racemorum paria gerentes, 4-7 mm. 

 longij spatba speciali lineari lanceolata acuta 15-2 cm, longa 

 longe superati et ea toti vel fere toti inclusi. I^acemi divergentes 

 2)lerumque deflexi; pedunculi speciales brevissimi, unus altero* 

 paulo longior, uterque in latere interiore pulvine epinastico villbso 

 onunitus; racemus subsessilis paulo brevlor, plerumque 4-nodus^ 

 Jspicularum pare infimo bomogamo c^ ; pediinculatus j^lerumque 

 •5-nodus, 1-1'5 cm. longus, spicularum paribus omnibus betero- 

 jgamis ; arliculi pedicellique simillimi, graciles nisi infimi brevi- 

 ores paulo incrassati, 2 mm. longi, utrinque dense albo-ciliati, 

 ciliis sursum accrescentibus articuli diametro usque ad duplum 

 longioribus, apice in cupulam denticulatam uno latere magis 

 productam dilatati. Spiculae se^siles ^ anguste oblongae, 4-4*5 

 mm. longi, pallide virides vel saepius magis minusve purpuras- 

 centes, glabrae. Gluma inferior apice subacuta vel truncatula, in. 

 dorso fere tota longitudine latiuscule sulcata vel superne plana, 

 2-carinata , carinis superne anguste vel angustissime alatis 

 scaberulis, nervis intercarinis 2 vel obsoletis, basi supra callum 

 brevem impressa ; gluma superior lanceolata, navicularis, acuta 

 byalina , 1-nervig, inferior! aequilonga . Valva inferior qua m 

 glumae paula brevior, anguste lanceolata, superne ciliata, tenuis- 

 sime 2-nervis, vacua; valva superior ad medium bifida, linearis, 

 3 mm, longa, lobis angustissimis cilia tis, aristae columna laevi 

 gracili 5-6 mm. longa, seta quam columna vix longiore. Galeae O. 

 Antherae 2-2'5 mm. longae. Spiculae pedicellatae (et sessilis 

 paris bomogami) J,lanceolatae, acutae, 4-4'5 mm. longae, virides 

 vel purpurascentes. Gluvia inferior 7-9-nervis (vel in spicula 

 sessili $ 4-nervis), superior 3-nervis. Valva inferior oblonga, 

 acuta, glumis subaequilonga, hyalina, tenuiter 2-nervis; superior 

 0, Antherae 2-2-5 mm. longae. 

 Madagascar. ''Central Madagascar," Parher 12 (witb tbe 



vernacular name *' tena vero '') ; Imerina, among tall grass on 



the hills, Hildehrandt 3256; without precise locality. Herb. 



Nogent-sur-Mame. 



The root stocks and roots exhale a faint, sweet odour, like that 

 of Cyclamen europae'um. 



