•^g Cyperaceae DC. 



apicem attenuati, intensius colorati, siccando glaucescentes, 

 glaberrimi, luciduli, 6—8, nunc 18 poll. longi; vaginae -v^ 

 una alterave infima aphylla, pleraeque foliiferae, infimae 

 totae, superiores basi ad medium fere purpureae, supra viri- 

 des longitudinaliter intensius striato-nervosae, 0,5 — 2,0 poll. 

 — , rarius 3,0 poU. longae, apice oblique truncatae ; folia cau- 

 lem subaequantia paullo — , in elatis multo breviora 2 — 5 ; — 

 inferiora minora, primo erecta, dein medio patentia apice, cer- 

 nua, anguste linearia, canaliculata, subtus carinata, acumina- 

 tissima, 5 — 1, rarius 12 poU. longa, 0,08 — 0,10 poll. lata, 

 versus apicem tantum margine et carina minute antrorsum 

 serruiato - aculeolata , caeterum integerrima, calva, siccando 

 complicata et leviter torsa; folia floralia (involucri) 4 — 5 pa- 

 tentissima, extima longissima, foiiis reliquis simillima, umbel- 

 lam longe excedentia, interiora sensim minora et angustiora; 

 extimum 5 — 13 poll. longum, intimum quintum angustissi- 

 mum subuliforme trigonum, totum serrulato-spinulosum, 1,0 — 

 1,5 poU. longum ; umhella composita racemosa ; radii 2 — 4 

 apice racemoso - umbellati 3 — 6-stacIiyi, extimus folio floraU 

 longissimo oppositus 0,8 — 2,5 poIL, in exaltatis 4 poll. lon- 

 gus, primo erecti, dein patentes, successive minores; intimus 

 0,3 — 2,0 poU. longus, basi vaginati, teretiusculi, siccando an- 

 cipites, uti caulis longitudinaliter striati; vagina laevissima, 

 lucida, atro-sanguinea, versus apicem paUide viridis cylindrica, 

 1-nervia, nervo viridi apice prominulo, apice oblique truncata 

 lacera, 0,2 — 0,3 poU. longa; intra radios racemus abbreviatus 

 6 — lO-stachyus, 0,1 — 0,2 poU. (absque spicis) longus; sjncae 

 ima basi bractea 0,1 poU. longa, oblongo - lanceolata, apice 

 longiter subulato-acuminata, hyalina, nervo medio crasso viridi 

 percursa, basi parallele multinervia, nervis sensim evanidis 

 aut apice in unum confluentibus et inde versus apicem 3-ner- 

 via, arcte adpressa suffultae, lineari-oblongae, acutae, compla- 

 natae, margine acutissimo serrulato ancipites, virides, medio 

 utrinque carinatae, pallidiores, albescentes, 0,3 — 0,8 poll. lon- 

 gae, 0,1—0,12 poU. latae, glabrae, sublucidae, erectae aut 

 erecto-patentes, distiche 12 — 26-florae; pedunculus communis 



