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poll. longa, 0,03 poll. latii 3-, aut obsolete 5-nervia, nervis 

 candidis et subtus prominulis, carinata, lateralibus pauUo in- 

 fra apicem evanidis et omnibus antrorsum serrulato-aculeola- 

 tis, intus glaberrima, lucida, juxta nervos viridis et inter strias 

 virides praeprimis autem basi diaphana, hyalina, apicem ver- 

 sus viridis ; cellularum structura eadem ac bracteae infimae ; 

 tertia infimae opposita aut potius anteposita, longissima 0,17 

 poll. longa, 0,03 poU. lata, concava oblongo-lanceolata acumi- 

 natissima subaristata, nervis lateralibus ad apicem in subulam 

 aristaeformem percurrentibus , caeterum eadem ac secunda 

 structura; quarta fiorem hermaphroditum sustinens, a mar- 

 ginibus tertiae amplexa, eaque midto minor et tenuior, mem- 

 branacea, hyahna, plana, oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, mar- 

 ginibus subinflexis, obsolete 3-nervia, nervis hyalinis tenuis- 

 simis, versus apicem vix flavescentibus, 0,1 poU. longa, 0,03 

 poli. lata, summo apice dorso minutissime aculeolata, e cel- 

 luHs angustissimis elongatis margine crispato-undulatis con- 

 formata; bracteolae collaterales binae in unicam connatae 

 bracteam summam aequantem paullo altius insertam, eique 

 confbrmem, hyalinam obsolete 2-nerviam, nervis versus api- 

 cem flavescentibus infra apicem desinentibus, totis inermibus, 

 tenuissimam, acutam; perigonii foliola bina bre\issima cu- 

 neato-truncata, subbiloba, angulis rotundatis; stamina 3 hy- 

 pogyna ; filamenta primo abbreviata, dein elongata complanata 

 tenuissima ex apice bracteae summae exserta, apice subulato- 

 attenuata albida, e cellulis elongatis angustis integerrimis, 

 vasa spiraha eleganter torta vestientibus ; aiitherae primo lu- 

 tescentes, dein exsertae violaceae versatiles, medio insertae 

 2-loculatae, deciduae; loculi ad medium connectivo subqua- 

 drato brevissimo conjuncti, caeterum toti liberi paralleh an- 

 guste Hneares, utrinque obtusiusculi, longitudinahter dehiscen- 

 tes, eflbeti aperti hiantes ; pollen flavescens globosum laeve 

 sat magnum, minutissime reticulatum, fovilla copiosa foetum; 

 germen subgloboso - ovatum flavescens minutum 1-loculatum; 

 stj/li bini a basi divergentes, erecti, longiter persistentes, al- 

 bidi, germen decies superantes; stigmata plumosa candida, 



