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tiori, infima paulo minore, 24— 30 poll, longa 
(sine vagina), 9 — 14 lin. lata, culmea summa 
et infima subaequalia, plerumque 1l-nervia, costa 
subtus prominente, crassa , triquetra obtuse-carina- 
ta, utrinque praeprimis autem supra scaberrima , 
antrorsum pariter ac margine, e serraturis mini- 
mis acutissimis orla, 
Panicula contracta 6—12 pollicaris, primo semi- 
inclusa in vagina suprema, dein plus minus longe 
exserta, erecta, apice nutans. Rhachts bipollicaris, 
angularis, vix trigona. Mami basi subverticillati 
superne oppositi aut alterni, infimi ad insertionem 
sericeo-villosi , 4—6 pollic. longi, acuti, triquetri, 
rigidi, undati, appressi, vix scabri, basi hinc ra- 
muliferi, saepius pedunculis 3—1 floris praediti, 
Peduncult alterni, adpressi, rigidi, corapresso-tri- 
goni, scabri, apice post lapsum spiculae margine 
submembranaceo bipartito , laciniis rotundatis, mi- 
nutis, erectis, papillam mediam cingente coronati, 
Spicula nodo solubili inserta. G/umae perbreves 
lucidae, éxfertor paullo major, hueam vix su- 
perans , supra medium utrinque unidentata , lineari- 
lanceolata, acuminata basi 3-nervis, apice uniner- 
vis, margine minutissime serrulata, superior vix 
ab inferiore diversa, nisì apice saepe bifida et basi 
latiori. 
Valvula inferior 2 lineas longa, 1—15 lin, la- 
ta , dimidiato-obovata, compressa , dein subtrigona, 
(antice fornicata) carinata, pallide viridis, 5-nervis, 
nervis binis marginalibus, binis intermediis, quinto 
carinato ; carina ciliis ereclis rigidis , caeterum pilis 
