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iingiisle alal;i, alis |ici'sistenlilj(is lirevior si3il iniillo lalinr; srinina ciiivala iiigi'a, 

 pilis albis bievibiis liirsuta, aitpenclicibus albis seinen leqiianlibus vel supeiaiitibus 

 iniiiiita. 



Mart. FI. Hiasil. [.Mil. l'olyi,'. j). 21. 



Tiib. noslm \\\ . lig. i8-2!). 



C.aiilis vel i:aiiles cri'cti. rigiili siilili.yiiosi, striali V(!l subangiilali, sa>po iciiclile 

 i-aiiiosi. 20-60 cm. loiigi, nudi, .siiporne viridcs, média pai'te sa'po 1-2 mm. 

 ci'assi, glabri. Folia miimtissima. vix conspiciia, squainifoimia, cca. 1 mm. longa, 

 adpressa, ovata. aciita, glaborrima, mox deceilenlia, intfii'dum (jvato-lanceolala et 

 paiilo kiiigiiiia alipii' (•Ntiiiisiiii! aiviiata i I ,"> iiim.^. Racenii siibdensillori, jiive- 

 iiiliis valdc coiiiosi, cvliiidrii'i cca. 5 mm. lati, varia Idiigitiidiiie, spicilurmes, rarius 

 laxilliiri iil ilicil Beniii'l I. c; rami llorit'cri i-'-'t cm. loiigi l't magis, pulciirc allx' 

 slriati t'I miniilr fiiliosi, glabri. Kacliis llorilms décidais aspera, tuberriilata, elon- 

 gata, 3-8 cm. loiiga dura. Biacteai subulato-liiioaros quam alabastra loiigiores 

 decidune vol siilipersistenlos, bractenlis mimitissimis et angiislissiinis, scarioso- 

 albis, miillotics longiores, glabrr. l'edicclli brevississimi glabri, tlort! quadruple 

 breviori's. l-'Iori's cca. 3-:{..') iiiiii. Imigi. Si'pala exterioi'a suli^ipialia, glabra, 

 aruln-nvala, sessilia, superius '/, latins, nervis sinqjlicilius 3 liberis iiotatuin, alis 

 latius, '/, brevius, pauln magis quam duplo loiigius quain latum. ALe cca. i X loii- 

 giorcs (piam (apice) lata\ sublineares, apice obtus.T, ab co versus hasin sensim 

 sed parum attenuala' (piam cnrolla evoluta paulo breviores, glabra\ iiec apiculatie 

 iii'c inucronata^, ncrvo iiiedii) iisipie l'ère ad apicem |iersistente, diiobiis aliis minus 

 Inngidres, etiani sirnpiices el libi'i'i. l'etala superiora iii llore evolnln, (piam cai-iiia 

 crislala pauln brevinra vel eani sulia'(pKnilia, iMa'(piilateralia, sublanceolata, sub- 

 obliisa. C.arina cuciillata. brevissinic nngiiiculatn, linditi (piani nnguicnlum magis 

 (piain duplo longiore. (Irista plurifula. lobis interdiim prolniide bifidis. Antliera» 

 ()l)lo[iga', glabrai, lilamentis liberis |)anln longiores. Ovai'inm sidxirliiculare. 

 Stylus ailsi-emlens ovario panin liingi(U'. Stigmata cuni stylo ilorso ciu'vata, quam 

 Stylus breviora, sidjcrassa. inl'erins oblusum, sup(^rius liand appeiiilicnlatuni. nec 

 cristatiim. Capsula orbicnlaris, vel late elliptica, snbemarginata, glabra l,.')-2 mm. 

 longa, alis persislentibus brevior. sed triple vel quadruple latior, glabra, unn mar- 

 gine ala angusta. membranacea, cincta. Semina loculos explentia snepe inaeqiialia. 

 leviter ciirvata, iiigia, pilis albis leviter liirsuta. C.aruncula rostrata. Appendiiula 

 duo di^siend(.'utia, liuearia, apice obtiisa, glabra, alba, meinbranai'ea, semeu buigi- 

 tudine aequantia vel superantia. 



