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foliatse, apice obtusse, luteolo-virides, in statu sieeo lurido- 

 virides et haud nitidge. Caulis rigidus, purpureus, nitidus, in- 

 ferne parvifolius, ad basiu et ad insertionem pericliEetii ferti- 

 lis a radiculis deusissimis fusco-purpureis obtectus, ceteroquin 

 glaberrimus, simplicissimus, in statu tamen emoriente et ve- 

 tusto e medio, plus minusve horizontali, proferens ranios ar- 

 cuatos, inferne parvifolios, apice obtusos. Folia maona, 5 — 

 6,5 mm. longa, 1,5 — 2,5 mm. lata, quadrifaria, per paria fere 

 ad latera sita, omnia conformia, luteolo-viridia, pellucida, 

 cauli transverse aftixa, haud decurrentia, patentia, plana, o- 

 vato-oblonga, obliqua, lamina superiore semiovata, inferiore 

 semioblonga, obtasiuscula, a nervö crasso, luteo, nitido, ubi- 

 que leevissimo, excurrente, apieulata, ab utroque latere nervi 

 undulata, margine plana, in sicco tamen statu ubique valde 

 imdulata, limbata, limbo facillime e parenchymate separato 

 et optime definito, crassissimo, fere eartilagineo, luteo, nitido, 

 ad apicem folii eum nervö conflueute, simpliciter et grosse 

 irregulariterque sevrato, serraturis acutis, a pluribus cellulis for- 

 matis; cellulai omnes conformes, minutissiniBe, rotundee, plansB 

 et Isevissimse, paullo incrassatee et chlorophylliferee, eeedem 

 limbi in stratis 4 — 6 dispositse, angustissimee, pleurenclij^ma- 

 ticse, maxime incrassatse, eeedem serraturarum ovales et val- 

 de incrassatee. Pericluvtia pauca, in medio caulis axillaria, ma- 

 xime fusco-radicantia. Bractece circiter 12, miuutse, accre- 

 scentes, vix vaginantes, late ovatse, sensim acutissimse, inte- 

 grse, vix limbatse, nervö tenuiore, longe excurrente, cellulis 

 multo majoribus, irregulariter rhombeo-ovales, magis incras- 

 satse. Vaginula bracteas superans, conico-cylindrica, 2 mm. 

 älta, ad basin et ad insertionem setse quoque a radiculis den- 

 sis, fusco-purpureis obsita (an ideo calyptra quoque radiculo- 

 sa sit?), paucissima pistillidia et paraphyses eequilongas, fili- 

 formes, gerens. Seta 2,5 cm. älta, rigida, crassa, purpurea, 

 nitida, Isevissima, sicca superne sinistrorsum torta, leniter fle- 

 xuosa. Copsula magna, 5 mm. longa, 1,5 mm. lata, obliqua, 

 horizontalis, anguste ovalis, 10 — 16-jugata, sicca sulcata, brun- 

 nea, sicca vix nitidula, ore magno, pachydermis, a cellulis 

 sat magnis, irregulariter ovali-rectangularibus, valde incrassa- 



