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Herba pcrennis, cœspitosa, multiceps. Rhizoma teres, fiiscum, fibris capilla- 

 ribus intVà, et rudiineutis foliorum emarcidorum iiiibricatis supra muni- 

 tum. Cubni erecti, filiformes, graciles, glabri, siiiiplicissinii, nudiusculi, 

 foliis 2 V. 3 sparsis tantiim inuniti, 3 — 5-pollicarcs. Folia linearia, mu- 

 cronulata, ad aj^icem usque plana, subcanaliculata, recurvato-patentia, 

 prœsertim ad marginem parcissiinè villosa, basi dilatatâ vaginanti-imbri- 

 eata, sesqui v. tripollicaria ; adultiora obtusiuscula, ferè omiiinè glabra, 

 nisi ad oras vaginaruni, ubi villis longis niollibus albis copiosè barbata; 

 caulina breviora, angustiora, longe vaginantia. Panicula terniinalis, spi- 

 cifortnis, densa, ovata, nigricans, nutans, semuncialis. Bractece lanceo- 

 latse, longé setaceo-acnminatœ, ciliatœ, scarioso-membranaceœ, subhya- 

 linœ, fuscescentes, flores excedentes. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, acuniinato- 

 aristata, brunnescentia, apice recurvata, margine scarioso, pallidiori, gla- 

 bro ; 3 infcriura parùni angustiora, breviùsque mucronata ; 3 eateriora 

 firmiora, dorso carinata. Stami)ia 6. Anther(c lineares, obtusœ filainentis 

 simplicibus parùm breviorcs. Orariian subrotundum. Sfi/hts capillaris. 

 Stigmata 3, filiforinia, recurvato-patula, minute papillosa, stylo ter lon- 

 giora. Capsula turbinato-subrotunda, trigona, brunnea, nitida, pcrianthio 

 brevior, unilocularis, 3-valvis, apice truncata, vix niucronulata : valralis 

 obovatis. Semina 3, oblonga, spadicea, opaca, bine convexa, indè rapbe 

 prominulâ albicanti, et apice chalazâ dilatatâ convexâ aucta. 



This highly interesting plant differs in some points of structure from the 

 typical form of Luzida spicata. The sepals are broader, darker-coloured, and 

 more abruptly pointed, the inner series being moreover furnished with a shorter 

 point. The capsule is rounded and somewhat turbinate, with the valves obo- 

 vate, and terminated by an extremely short, abrupt, obtuse point. The seeds 

 are not above half the size of those of the European plant, and are furnisiied 

 witii a less prominent liilum. The Eiu'opean specimens have the sepals nar- 

 rower and more attenuated, the inner three with equally long points ; the 

 valves of the capsule ovate or elliptical, and terminated by a short sharp 

 point; and the seeds double the size, with a pointed hilum. 



The two forms agree so remarkably in habit, that after an attentive com- 

 parison I do not think the differences of sufficient importance to merit their 

 being regarded as distinct species. 



