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levitcr sulcata, subtiis sublucida, ncr\-is prominulis albidis, 

 2,5—1,0 poll. longa, 0,G— 1,2 poll. lata; /or^j glomerati ; 

 i^lomeruli aut in axillis foliorum sessiles, basi bractea spi- 

 nescenti suffulti. multiflori, aut in spicam simplicem 1.5 — 3,0 

 poll. longam, aut ramosam, subpaniculatam, laxam, versus 

 apiccm caulis aut ramorum elongatum subnutantem inter- 

 rupte congesti, oligantlii ; hractea primo erecta, dein patentis- 

 sima, in spinnm nuitata rigiJam acutissimam, e basi lata at- 

 tenuatam viridem, npice dinphanam, 0,4 poll. longam, e glo- 

 merulis in axilla foliorum plerumque geminis nunc ternis 

 hracteae spincscentes binae aut ternae, in spicis minores ct 

 rariorcs et minus spinescentes ; glomeriiU e cymis abbrevia- 

 tissimis, dichotomis constantes, inferiores axillares pistillio-eri, 

 spicarum superiores staminigeri ; hracteolae ad basin floris 

 singuli ternac oblongae, hyalinae, nervo firmo viridi percursae, 

 in apiccm subuliformem continuo ; in cT e basi ovata, hyalina, 

 tenerrima, longe rigideque subulatae, 0,1 poll. longae ; ^o/-^^ 

 $ ; calijx 5-phyIIus ; foliola hyalina, nervo viridi percursa, 

 subaequalia, interiora paullo minora et angustiora, extenia 

 lanccolata, nervo supra apicem acutum elongato subulata, tn- 

 feriora obovato-cuneata, nervo paullo minus prominulo subu- 

 lata, ante anthesin conniventia, in et post anthesin erecta; 

 germen oblongo-subglobosum sessile uniloculatum, in stvlum 

 brevem crassum continuum ; stijlus supra basin bipartitus (aut 

 potius stigmata bina); laciniae subulatae versus apicem di- 

 vergentes, attcnuatae et subreflexae, facie interiore stigmatosae, 

 papilloso-pilosae ; gemmula solitaria sessilis; flores cT : cali/x 

 5-partitus; lacvniae ante anthesin conniventes, in anthesi pa- 

 tentes, ovatae s. ovato-oblongae, acuminatae, hyalinae, glaber- 

 rimae, lucidae, nervo crassiori vmdi percui*sae et subulatae; 

 exteriores subcompresso-naviculares majores; stamina 5 laci- 

 niis calycinis aequilonga; filamenta subulata, antheris subae- 

 cj[uiIonga, laciniis calycinis opposita, basi crassiora, erecta, 

 albida; antherae oblongae paullo infra medium insertae erec- 

 tae, in anthesi exsertae, utrinque bifidae; loculi dein utrinque 

 divergentes, primo paralleli lineares, rima longitudinali de- 



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