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33. E. linearifolium Koern. in Fl. brasil. III, 1. (1863) 498. — Folia erecto- 

 caespitosa, parallelo-linearia , obtusa, glabra, plana, impellucida, 6 — 8nervia, ima basi 

 excepta vix fenestrata, 12 — 15 cm longa, circiter 3,5 mm medio lata. Pedunculi soli- 

 tarii vel saepius per paucos (2 — 7) aggregati, folia triplo vel quadruplo superantes, 

 stricti, 9 costati, glabri, paullum torti , 50 — 60 cm alti, 1,2 mm crassi; vaginae folia 

 paullo superantes, laxae, oblique fissae, multistriatae , glabi'ae, 15 — 18 cm longae r 

 apicem versus 3 — 4 mm latae; capitula globosa, dense albo-villosa, exsiccatione non 

 compressa, 0,8 — 1 cm diametro lata; bracteae involucrantes oblongo-obovatae, obtusis- 

 simae, glabrae, rigidae, viridi-fuscescentes, per flores reflexos suboccultae; bracteae flores 

 stipantes spathulato-cuneatae, acutae, pallide stramineae, versus apicem saturatius colo- 

 ratae, ibique puberulae; flos tf: sepala 3, libera, spatbulata, obtusa, 2 apiculata, apice 

 dorsi puberula, concava, hyalino-albida; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3 aequalibus, 

 dense pilosis, glanduligeris instructus ; antherae albidae ; flos Q : sepala illis floris (J 1 

 similia; petala 3, spathulata, obtusa, intus fere usque ad basin pilosa, glanduligera, 

 albida. 



Brasilien: Prov. Piauhy, ohne nähere Bezeichnung (Gardner n. 2954). 



34. E. aequinoctiale Buhl. n. sp. — Folia caespitosa, e basi paullo latiore ad 

 apicem sensim angustata, fere falcato-linearia, acuta vel acutiuscula, crassiusculo-rigida, 

 plurinervia, impellucida, basi lana grisea cincta, ceterum glaberrima, 7 — 1 5 cm longa, 

 medio 2 — 4 mm lata, conduplicatione interdum angustiora. Pedunculi complures, erecti, 

 multicostati, paullum torti, glabri, virescentes, 40 — 70 cm alti; vaginae laxiusculae vel 

 laxae, oblique fissae, glabrae, striatae, impellucidae, ore membranaceae et integrae, 

 10 — 16 cm longae; capitula subglobosa, dura, multiflora, ubique dense albo-villosa, 

 2 /3 — * cm l^^tcL ; bracteae involucrantes obovatae, exteriores obtusae et minores, interiores 

 gradatim majores et acutiusculae vel acutae, omnes spadiceo-brunneolae et glabrae; 

 bracteae flores stipantes lanceolato-cuneatae vel anguste oblongae, obtusae, subito longe 

 cuspidatae, dorso superiore albo-pubescentes, fiavido-spadiceae; flos (J*: longe pedicella- 

 tus; sepala 3, libera, oblongo-linearia, tenuia, acutiuscula, apice dorsi dense comato- 

 villosa, pallide flavida; petala paullo inaequalia, intus nigro-glanduligera, mediocria, intus 

 villosa; antherae nigrae; flos Q: longe pedicellatus ; sepala 3, illis floris tf similia, 

 basi angustiora, pallida; petala 3, saepe inaequalia, lineari-spathulata, glanduligera, dense 

 villosa, pallida; germen tricoccum; Stylus longus. 



Venezuela: Gebiet des unteren Orinoko; auf einer Sumpfwiese des nördlichen 

 Tiramuto (Passarge und Selwyn n. 590 — blühend im Januar). 



Nota. Species perbene distincta, a praecedente, proxima, praeter cetera antheris nigris 

 (nee albidis) difl'ert. 



35. E. Ulaei Buhl. n. sp. — Badicis fibri fasciculati, spongiosi, albidi, septis 

 transversalibus instrueti. Caulis perbrevis. Folia patenti-caespitosa, rigidula, e basi 

 valde dilatata lanceolato-linearia, acuta, multinervoso-striata, saepe conduplicata, in sicco 

 glaucescenti-viridia, glabra, 17 — 22 cm longa, medio che. Y 4 cm lata. Pedunculi erecti, 

 quam folia duplo vel triplo longiores, robusti, stramineo-flavidi, vix torti, multicostati, 

 versus basin leviter planiusculi, per paucos aggregati, 40 — 60 cm alti, 1 mm crassi; 

 vaginae quam folia paullo breviores vel ea fere adaequantes, laxissimae, striatae, glabrae, 

 rigidae, oblique* fissae, lamina lanceolata, cuspidata, apice membranacea ibique cito, 

 destrueta praeditae, che. 1 6 cm longae ; capitula pro ratione parva, dura, hemisphaerica, 

 apice persistenter albo-villosa, 7 — 8 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes semper bene con- 

 spicuae, subimbricatae, ovatae vel late ovatae, acuminatae, interiores saepe acutiusculae, 

 omnes glabrae, valde rigidae, coneavae, spadieeo-brunnescentes ; reeeptaculum glabrum; 

 bracteae flores stipantes spathulato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, pallide brunneolae, coneavae, 

 carinatae, versus apicem dorso comato-pilosae; flos q*: sepala 3, libera, oblongo-spathu- 

 lata, obtusa, parum carinata, sordide albida, pilosa; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3, 

 subaequalibus, nigro-glanduligeris, ciliatis instructus; antherae nigrae; flos Q: pedicellatus, 

 sepala 3, carinata, illis floris tf simillima, albido-grisea; petala 3, spathulata, obtusius- 

 cula, intus glanduligera, ciliata. 



