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similium praediti ; spiculae geminac, altera sessilis, aristata, 

 altera pedicellata; spiculae sessiles omnes versus infbriorem 

 spicae paginam positae adpressae, absque arista 0,12 poU. 

 longae, 0,04 poll. latae, oblongo-lanceolatae, distiche 3-bractea- 

 tae, obsolete 3-gonae, lucidac, viridiusculae, 1-florae, basi pilis 

 sericantibus involucratae ; bractea infima externa oblongo- 

 lanceolata, acuta, 7-nervia, nervis viridibus basi tenuissimis, 

 supra medium validis apicem haud attingentibus, sub apice 

 evanidis, dorso plana, basi tenuior hyalina, supra medio 

 puncto orbiculari sat magno intense viridi lucido intrusa, api- 

 cem versus rigidior, inter nervos tantum hyalina 2-carinata, 

 juxta carinas margine utroque inflexa et bracteam secundam 

 amplectens, extus lucida, ad carinas e medio apicem versus 

 argute serrato - ciHata, ciliis hyalinis nunc roseis acutissimis 

 validis cavis et succo hyalino aut roseis foetis; apice tenuis- 

 sima, nunc lacero-fissa, 0,12 poll. longa, 0,04 poll. lata; se- 

 cunda interna altior acute carinata, navicidaris, sulfurea, extus 

 lucida, aequilonga, oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, tenuior, hya- 

 Hna, nervis 3-bus viridibus tenuibus percursa, medio ex- 

 currente, margine inflexa et tenuissime sed longiter ciliolata, 

 dorso versus apicem in carina minutissime antrorsum aculeo- 

 lato-scabra; utraque e cellulis angustis linearibus, margine 

 minute inciso-crispulatis conformata; tertia infimae opposita 

 tenuissima membranacea, oblongo-lanceolata acutiuscula hya- 

 lina albida, nervo medio solitario tcnuissimo viridi percursa, 

 apicem haud attingente, margine inflexo et tenuissime, sed 

 longiter ciliolata, navicularis 0,1 poll. longa, 0,03 poll. lata, 

 pariter e cellulis anguste linearibus crispato-incisulis constans ; 

 qiiarta secundae opposita interna angustissima hyahna, nervo 

 medio crassiusculo hyalino percursa, nervo medio excurrente 

 in aristam longam tortilem, 0,5 — 0,6 poU. longam, medio 

 badiam, versus basin et apicem rubiginosam, totam supra 

 basin strigulosam antrorsum scabram ; flos hermaphroditus 

 a bractea tertia absque bracteohs collateralibus (palea supe- 

 riore nulla) suftultus ; peri^oniuni nullum (?aut 2?-phyIlum, 

 foliolis mlnutissimis cuneatis truncatis subbilobis?); stamina 



