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pfomatibns plurimis iis superioris paginae consimilibns eleganter 

 interspersae (cf. Schld. 1. c. p. 26'^. b2^-, sed stomatu minoral); 

 pediinnili terminales. rami axillaris excrescentis ope laterales 

 oppositi folii, erecti, stricti, paniculam raram basi foliatam 

 gerentes, teretes; /olia foralia inferiora anguste lineari-lan- 

 ceolata, acuminata, 3,0 poll. longa, 0,32 poll. lata, basi in 

 petiolum breveni attenuata, vaginam truncatam 0,35 poll. 

 longam reliquis vaginis conformem, setis 0,1 poU. longis termi- 

 natam gcrentia ; j?//?f/70/Y/ ad subulam viridem linearem 0,15 — 

 0,05 poll. longam reducta , vaginis solis fere remanentibus 

 truncatis ciliatis dorso adnatam ; punicnla cum pedunculo 

 7,0 polL longa, spicato-raccmosa ; /•«;/? ^* baseos 1,5 — 0,5 poll. 

 inter se rcmoti patentes, 0,7 — 0,3 poll. longi, apice racemum 

 densum, spiciformem, viridem, multiflorum gerentes strictum 

 teretem apice cernuum, 1,5 — 1,0 poll. longum, 0,25 poll. cras- 

 sum, ante anthesin filifbrmcm ; vaginae hracteales pallide vi- 

 rides tenuissimae, membranaceae, 0,1 poll. longae, 0,5 poll. 

 latae, apice oblique truncatae et nervis excurrentibus ciliatae, 

 dein marcescentes et saepe lateraliter rumpentcs scariosae, 

 racemulum 3 — 6-florum sustinentes; pedicelli pariter bracteo- 

 lis vaginaeformibus , dein scariosis , oblique truncatis nunc 

 lateraliter fissis haud ciliatis cincti, crecti teretes, tencrrimi 

 pallide virides glaberrimi, 0,07 — 0,10 poll. longi; ca/t/x basi 

 turbinatus subtrigonus, 0,07 poll. longus, 5-fidns viridi-albes- 

 cens subcorolloideus, subcampanulato-counivens ; laciniae sub- 

 concavae, ovato-oblongae, obtutiusculae, nervo niedio percur- 

 sae; calyx dein persistens vegetus 0,1 ])oII. longus viridiscens; 

 laciniae membranaceae fructum obtcgentes et includcntes, 

 trigono -conniventes ; staniina 8 ima basi calycis inserta, 

 erecta, persistentia, denunn fructum cingentia; filame^ita basi 

 complanata, supra teretia ad apicem attenuata, glabra tennis- 

 sima, albida, calyce breviora ; antherae terminales inclusae, 

 medio insertae incumbentes versatiles candidae, subrotundae, 

 utrinque bifidae, bilocnlatae; locuJi connectivo brevi mediauo 

 conjuncti inaequaliter inserti paralleli, semi-orbiculares, longi- 

 tudinaiiter parallelc dehiscentes; pollen albidura sat magnum 



