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viridis, carinata ; cariiia flexuosa alternatim 2 — 3 - fariam 

 dextrorsiim ac sinistrorsum spiculifera; spiculae sccundac, ple- 

 rumque binae, confonnes, altem sessilis, altera pedicellata; 

 inferiores saepe in ramulo brevi temae, altcrnae, binae ses- 

 siles, terminalis pedicellata; spiculae ovato-oblongae acutae 

 plano-convexae, 1-florae (2-florae, tiore altero inferiore sterili 

 Autor.) ; hracteae 3 infimae vacuae steriles, summa (4ta) fer- 

 tilis; infima intema pedunculo communi secundario adpressa, 

 minuta, late ovata acuta, tenerrima, plerumque purpumscens, 

 0,01 poU. longa; secunda externa concava, 5-nervis oblongo- 

 ovata acuta, ner^is viridibus, inter nervos albida, sub lente 

 hyalina ; tertia secimdae aequilonga, ovato-oblonga plana ener- 

 vis, extra nervos tenuissimos albido-membiTinacea, inflcxa et 

 quartam bmcteam cmu bracteolis amplectens; utraque (2da 

 et 3tia) membranacea tenuis, persistens, dcin purpurascens, 

 glaberrima, sublucida; quarta florem hemiaphroditum susti- 

 nens, concava acuta obtusa concava obsolete 3-nervis, margine 

 toto inflexo hracteolas amplectens in unicam superiorem op- 

 positam connatas, paulo minorem, planiusculam, acutiusculam, 

 obsolete 2-nervem, margine inflexo, utraque stmminea, primo 

 coriacea, dein indurata subcrustacea glabra, extus tuberculis 

 albidis obsessa, sublucida, transverse rugosa, fructus dein 

 arcte includens; perigonii foliola bina minuta hyaHna colla- 

 teraha, cuneato-dolabiiformia, apice truncata, subemarginata ; 

 bracteae fertili opposita ; stamina 3 ; filamenta dein elongata, 

 capillaria, tenuissima, 'sdx complanata albida flexuosa; ant/ie- 

 rae^ flavae, dein exsertae, versatiles, oblongo-lineares utrinque 

 acutae, postremo utrinque bifidae et poUine eflbeto cm'vatae, 

 -biloculatae; loculi angusto-Hneares, medio connectivo angus- 

 tissimo albido interstincti, paralleli, longitudinaliter dehiscen- 

 tes, utrinque acuti ; pollen flavmn globosmn laeve, sat magnum, 

 fovilla copiosa foetum; germen sessile subglobosum albidum 

 lucidum uniloculatum ; ge7nmu/a imica sessilis, germen im- 

 plens; sti//i a basi divergentes, ibique horizontjiles, dein ad- 

 scendentes, flliformes, germme 3-plo longiores, albidi ; stigmata 

 e bractea smnma exserta, atropurpurea penicillata; /aciniae 



