216 CARYOPIIVLLEjE. 



D 1 A N T H u s. 



confraclisque dense vestitis, aliis apicc in turionem sterilcmcomae- 

 formcm productis, aliis in cnuiom florigoruin adjocto siniul 

 tiii'ioiK! s(.ilitai"io jV//)i aiitlifsis pcriodo p.longnln |)olypli\llo, axeni 

 ad specieni continiianlo, excrescentibus ; caulibus ipsis palma- 

 ribus , s[)iliiainois ac sœpc ultra podalibiis , sli-ictissimis, laiii 

 uniiloris qiiani siipcrne soluni senicl vel bis bilurcatis 2-5 lloris, 

 ramulis peduncularibus tune potissimum l-2pollicaribus, sub- 

 parallele stricte erectis, nec patentibus, terolibus vol sub(iua(lran- 

 gulis, lœvibus vel (in eodeni cïBspite) niinutissinie hirtis ; foliis 

 turionum omnium \ongismms redis comam contractam vel pnlu- 

 lam formant ibus \-^ pollicaribus demumque y^ 1| lin. /«(/s, atte- 

 niiatis, planis gramineis (nec carnosulis nec rigidis) viridibus, 

 etnarcidis rubinrndis llacciderjuc recurvatis lorlisvc , subtns grosse 

 tri interjectis nervis tenuioribus 5-7 nerviis, inargine dense ser- 

 rulato-cilialis, cœterum glabris, vaginis adstrictis ochreœformir- 

 biis 2-5 lin. longis ; caulinis J-^ angustioribus, iniimis 2-8 lin., 

 mediis|-2 poil, longis, paris summi cbartaceisadpressislincari- 

 lanceolatis acuniinatis vel brève cuspidatis-solo dorso 2-7-ner- 

 viis; exantbii stniminri sqiiamis 4, passim G, rarissime 2, 

 ealyce adstrictis cliartaceo-scariosis, rx/crioribus cilipticis, interio- 

 ribus his siiblongioribus acparum latioribus calyceque plus triente, 

 subdimidio, rarissime dimidio brevioribus , ovali-eliiplicis vel 

 obovalo-eUipticis, margine laie scarioso saturatius tincio subtiliter 

 undulato-pHcatis vel erosis, solo doi'so subtiliter striatis, omnibus 

 acurainatis vel plus minusve cuspidato-mucronatis, cuspide [-1 

 toi. longo decolori adpresso ; calyce subcylindricn oblongo, 7-10 

 lin. longo ac medio \\-2 lin. lato, tota longitudiiie multistriato, 

 prœter sulcos tenuissimos virescentes stramineo vel purpiireo- 

 variegato, apice triente ac ultra qninqnejido, dcntibus lineari- 

 oblongis acutatis 5-9-nerviis , margine angusto menibranacco 

 glabris vel minute ciliato-pubeiulis; petalis calyce triente vel 

 dimidio exsertis, lacteis, lamina iniberbi spathulata vel obovato- 

 ovali, 3-4Î lin. longa ac 2Î-3 lin. infra apicem retusum lata. mi- 

 nute parceque eroso-crenulata vel subintegerrima, basi in 

 unguem cuneala ; seminibus maturis ferrugineis elliptico-lan- 

 ceolatis l|-lj lin. /o/îf//,sar j-j /«(/s, hevibus alisnuclei diamètre 

 parum angustioribus. 



