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¥ vel C)? Radicis fibrillæ subligneæ graciles flexuosæ. Culmi dense 
cæspitosi, erecti 60-70 cent. crassitie pennæ passerinæ teretes infra 
medium dichotome ramosi ramique stricti elongati cinnamomeo-fusci 
impresso-punctulati. Vaginæ culmeæ 15-20 mill. longæ, nisi ad rami- 
ficationes arctæ ellipticæ coriacea: striatæ fuscæ, ad margines conco- 
lores tenuiores, apice filaceo-aristatæ. Inflorescentia mascula termi- 
nalis linearis, 6-8 cent. longa parce ramosa pluristachya. Spiculæ 
oblongæ erectæ 7-8 mill. latæ spathis vaginiformibus longe aristatis 
ipsis brevioribus suffultæ et rachin flexuosam complanatam per dor- 
sum respicientes. Bracteæ apice laxiusculæ oblongæ cymbiformes 
aristulatæ coriaceæ nitidæ flores oblongos compressos parum supe- 
rantes. Segmenta externa oblonga ferruginea rigidiuscula ; lateralia 
conduplicata villoso-carinata ; intermedium planiusculum. Segmenta 
interna 3 oblonga subhyalina externis paulo breviora. Filamenta 
linearia. Antheræ oblongæ apiculatæ flavidæ dorso ferrugineæ. 
Pr. B. Sp. Gr. Houhoeck (Zeyher, 4349, pro parte); (Dr. Thom, 
1031, pro parte). 
13. H.? aneeps (Mast. in Journ. Linn. S0c.10, p.267) culmis filiformi- 
buscomplanatis utroque latere anguste alatis; vaginis arctis validesub- 
foliaceo-mucronatis ; spieulis masculis compressis, 1-2-floris spicatim 
dispositis ; floribus axem per dorsum respicientibus. — Restio anceps, 
urchell, mss. in herb. Hook. ! 
% vel ? ©). Culmi cæspitosi erecti. 30 cent. alt. crassitie pennae corvinæ 
simplices vel parum dichotome ramosi ramique erecti flexuosi vel pa- 
lentes complanati purpurascentes albo-maeulati ad margines tuberculis 
parvis exasperati, Vaginæ culmeæ 2 cent. longæ arctæ coriaceæ oblongae 
fuscæ albo-maculatæ superne membranaceæ, sub apice acutiusculo, 
valide mucronatæ mucrone erecto. Spiculæ masculæ 3-4 in spicam ter- 
minalem linearem disticham approximate, sing. 5-6 mill. longæ, 1-2- 
floræ euneatæ VOI DEOHEfG pires vel spatha vaginiformi suffultæ 
rachillum flexuosum rne (bractea decurrente) alatum 
margine uno respicientes. Flores bracteis paulo breviores stipitulati 
oblongi. Perianthii segmenta oblongo-lanceolata cartilaginea nervo 
medio notata ; externa pallide ferruginea ; lateralia naviculari-condu- 
plicata carinata, carina glabra; interna 3 inter se æqualia externis 
breviora pallidioraque, superne ad margines nonnunquam involuta. 
Antheræ lineari- -oblongæ apiculatæ flavidæ filamentis gracilibus 
paulo breviores. 
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