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pennæ gallinaceæ versus basin dichotome ramosi, ramique erecti 
elongati glabri, vel velutino-tomentosi, Vaginæ culmeæ 2-3 cent. long. 
laxæ erectæ vel vix apice recurvatæ ellipticæ coriaceæ pallide ferru- 
gineæ, sub apice acutiusculo pallidiore, mueronato-aristulatze, Spiculæ 
masculæ in apice ramulorum distiche spicatimque approximatæ, nune 
congestæ ; singuli cylindrato-lanceolatæ erectæ, 1 cent. longe, bási 
spathis vaginiformibus ipsis brevioribus vel eas subæquantibus suf- 
fultæ, axem communem complanatum villosulum latere uno respi- 
cientes. Bracteæ undique arcte imbricatæ ellipticæ acutæ cymbiformes 
coriaceæ ferrugineæ, nitentes sub apice brevissime mucronatæ (mu- 
cronibus spadiceis) flores oblongos parum superantes. Perianthii seg- 
menta externa lateralia oblongo-acuta, navieulari-condupli »ata, villoso- 
carinata, intermedium conforme planiusculum ; 3 interiora minora te- 
nuioria obtusiuscula. Antheræ ovatæ acutæ apiculatæ dorso pallide 
castanew. Spiculæ femineæ 3-6 in apice ramorum in spicam disti- 
cham linearem approximate, singulæ circa 1 cent. long. erectæ oblon- 
gw plurifloræ basi spathà apertà vaginiformi ipsam subæquante suf- 
fé: Bracteæ undique arcte imbricatæ oblongæ acutæ flores oblon- 
gos obtusos duplo superantes. Perianthii segmenta exteriora oblonga 
obtusa purpureo-maculata villoso-carinata ; segmenta interiora obo- 
vata spatulata quam externa demum parum longiora. Fructus trigono- 
clavatus obtusus. 
Pr. B. Sp. Ezelsbank (Drège, 2500, 2501, pro parte) j'; 
A * Rok st 7 à G ET 
(Drège, 38, 39 ; Eckl. et Zeyh. 1, 12),©. 
5. L. peronatus (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 224) ; culmis 
ramosis; vaginis recurvato-patulis sub apice obtuso mucronato- 
subaristatis; spiculis masculis cylindratis spathas vaginiformes vix 
superantibus in paniculam cymosam parce ramosam dispositis ; cymis 
femineis linearibus parce ramosis; perianthii segmentis internis basi 
indiseretis. — Calopsis peronata Kunth Enum. 3, p. 426; Steud. Sy- 
nops. 2, p. 258, quoad femincam. 
Culmi eæspitosi erecti 18-24-pollicares crassitie pennæ corvinæ 
teretes; infra medium dichotome ramosi ramique erecti patentes 
elongati olivacei punctulati glabri vel villosuli. Vaginæ culmeæ 
2-3 cent. laxæ erectæ vel sepius recurvatæ ellipticæ coriaceo-papy- 
raceæ purpureo-maculate, sub apice obtuso pallidiore, mucronato- 
aristatie, Spiculæ mascule œ in eymas lineares distichas parce 
ramosas dispositio, rami spiculigeri erecti tristachyi nune subcon- 
gesti, basi spatha vaginiformi, spieulas imprimis includente, suffulti. 
Spiculæ singulæ circa À cent. long. cylindrato-lanceolatæ interdum 
leviter areuate. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ oblongæ vel elliptieæ 
coriacemx pallide ferrugineæ nitidæ, sub apice obtusinsenlo tenui. » 
lidiore, vix oblongos obtusos super 
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