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Axes floiiferi nisciciil.ilo- vcl squnrroso-cnpilnli: mnsciili cl fniclifcrl in 



(lislinclis nlanlis. Spiciilac scssilcs: Mascidae ad axin suiim plurcs, biflorae: 



flosculo ulroquc slatnlnifero; fructijcrae (Iiemiolcgamac) ad axis sui basin 



solilarlae. 



Cirainiiia rcglonis tiopicac oricnlalis litlora arcnosa habitanlia, 1 — plurl-pcdalia, 



proslrala, ramosissima, coriacca. 

 Folia e vaginis ad nodos pl. min. arcle congcstls ct dllalalls scmitcrelia, sacpe 



pungenlla. 

 Ligiila longo-cilians. 



Capilula \c\ fasciculi florales terminalcs ct axillares, mngni , coniposlll ex axibus 



plcrumqiie plurlmis, dcnse fasclculntls, sallcm In fcmlnca planla cnpllatis ct 



squarroso-divcrgcntibus, subaequallbus aut (In mascula planta) inacquallbus, 



subullformlbus: 



rianlae niasculae nunc laxe- (et tum subcaducelformi-) nunc arctlus thyrslflo- 



rls, omnibus (aut longiorlbus tantum) inferne longlus brevlusve ananlhi-. — 



Spicula quacvis ad axis denlem sessills, ovata. Glumae 2, charlacco-nicm- 



])ranaceae, nunc flosculos subaequantes, nunc Illls pl. min. minorcs, 1 — 9- 



ncrves: inferior paulo brevior. Flosculi 2, sessiles, masculi, blvaives, sub- 



stanlia glumarum: valvulis aequalibus, aculls; Inferiore 5 • — 7-, supcrlore 



dlsslte 2-nervi. 



Planlae fruciijerae axes unlflori, ccterum ut in mare, plerumque Inmen lon- 



glores. Spiuula solilaria ad axis basin sessilis, lanceolata, hcmiologama. , 



Glumae 2, charlaceo-membrannceae, aequales, flosculos aequanles L paulo 



cxccdcntcs, acuminalae, 1 — 9-nerves. Flosculus injcrior neuler vcl mas- 



