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sensim longiora, summa pedunculo (culmo) paullo longiora, 

 rarius breviora 5 — 7 poll. longa, anguste linearia carinata, 

 basi ad medium integerrima, a medio ad apicem in margini- 

 bus et carina antrorsum minute serrato-aculeolata, aculeolis 

 hyalinis, basi latis, subcurvatis, acutissimis, rigidis glaberrima 

 laete viridia, supra canaliculata ; cellulae epidermidis obiongae 

 utrinque truncatae, margine acutissime minuteque serrulato- 

 crispatae ; stomata elliptica seriata, rara, minuta ; pedunculus 

 (culmus) terminalis, basi 1,5 — 2,0 poll. longa, foliorum vagi- 

 nis inclusus erectus triqueter, parte exserta 4 — 5 poll. longa, 

 0,15 poll. lata, versus apicem subtriangularis, angulis valde 

 acutis prominulis , intus spongiosus et inter cellulas prisma- 

 ticas, hexagonas, sat grandes fasciculos vasiLmi 15 gerens, 

 glaberrimus et ad angulos aculeolis destitutus ; folia floralia 

 3 — 4 (invohj.cri foliola) foliis reliquis simillima sed minora, 

 ratione inflorescentiae longissima, acuminatissima, inaequalia, 

 patentissima, dein subdivaricata , extimum caeteris longius 

 3,0 23oll. longum, 0,12 poll. latum, interiora sensim minora, 

 bina intema ad basin usque in margine et carina aculeo- 

 lata, intimum 1,0 poll. longum, 0,03 poU. latum; spiculae 

 plurimae in capitulum albidum pisiforme, diametro 0,2 poU., 

 dein oblongum 0,4 poU. longum, 0,2 poU. latum, basi saepe 

 capitulis 2 — 3 arcte adpressis pisiformibus minoribus sufful- 

 tum (in eadem stii^pe!) conglomeratae, complanatae, ovato- 

 eUipticae albescentes 0,1 poU. longae, 0,05 poU. latae, gia- 

 brae, uniflorae, distichae; hracteae binae inferiores inanes 

 minutissimae, tenuissimae, 0,05 poU. longae, hyalinae, supe- 

 rioribus binis arcte adpressae, sziperior interior latior, subro- 

 tundo-ovata acuta 9-nervia, in nervo medio dorso aculeoUs 

 2 — 3 obsita, subnaviculari - compUcata , bracteae 4-tae oppo- 

 sita; inferior exterior, bracteae 3-tiae opposita, anguste lan- 

 ceolata, acuminata, superiore pauUo brevior et plus duplo 

 angustior, 7-nervia in nervo medio, minute et distanter acu- 

 leolata; superiores longiores, margine membranaceae albidae, 

 basi attenuatae, subfalcatae, ovato-lanceolatae, naviculares ca- 

 rinatae, ad carinam crassiusculam virides, subrecurvo-acumi- 



