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Fere glabra. | Rhizomata pertenuia. Culmi dense caespitosi, 
6-18 cm. lon Vagina a foliigera; vaginae inferiores 
1-14 mm. Png planae, pallide fon uin de aphyllae. Bractea 1, 
quasi eulmum continuens, 2-3 cm. longa; altera 4 mm. longa 
raro addita 
v SOUTH (CREER Houwhoek Mts., alt. 800 m., Galpin, n. 4834 ; 
Schlechter, n. 9409. [5 100] 
4 tal F. ligulata, sp. n.; E 5-10 em. uds Lion spiculis in 
icam compositam bre Į ub-l-nucigeris; 
ris 3- fido. 
Culmi dense caespitosi. Folia culmo breviora, linearia, basi 
plana; ligula producta, conspicua, albo-scariosa, persistens, In- 
florescentia 15 mm. longa, 5-8 mm. lata; bractea ima 25 mm. 
onga, viridis, basi parum dilatata, 5 mm. distans. Spicula 7 = 
Hanga ju yam lip lanceolata, pansiona Suite imusfoemineus. Glum 
elliptico-lanceolatae, carinatae, rubrae. Pistillum, renun 
Ficiniae. 
SOUTH AFRICA. Smith's Town, Schlechter n. 1193 (hb. 
Schinz). [5195] 
yo F. distans, sp. n.; culmis longis, aree e enodiis, mono- 
cephalis, ima basi a vaginis tenuibus rubris circumdatis 8; spiculis 
5-9-digitatis, usque ad 35 mm. ata ibis linearibus ; glumis 
distichis, distantibus, non imbricatis 
Glabra. Culmi 8-9 dm. longi, basi usque ad 10-15 cm. a vaginis 
intecti ; vaginae summae pars libera usque ad 2 cm. longa, tenuis, 
obtusa, scarioso - rubro - brunea. nflorescentia subterminalis, 
ebracteata. Spicula 3 mm. lata, usque ad 22-flora. Glumae inter 
9 : 
2m 
pressae, castaneo-bruneae. ux majuscula, oblonga-ellipsoidea, 
trigona, levis, apice obtusa, cum nuce F. angustifoliae congruens. 
“SOUTH AFRICA. Vogelgat, alt. 60 m., Schlechter, n. 9566. 
[5226] 
2423 Fuirena subdigitata, sp. n. ; fere glabra, spiculis 1-4, ee 
subcapitatis, 2 cm. longis, 4mm.in diam.; glumarum aristis nec 
ciliatis nec recurvatis; petalis cum 1 parte nucis subaeguilongis 
setuliformibus recurvato-scabris vel fere nullis; nuce 
longitudinaliter striata sellulie ellipticis pallidis Prises in 
seriebus verticaliter superpositi 
Rhizoma ligneum Geer Culmi approximati, 3-4 dm 
longi; n in superiore parte culmorum pauci. olia a angusta, 
erecta. Glumae minutae Ebene. Nux brevius stipitata ; 
rostrum conicum album setulosum 
Mu AFRICA. Rhodesia; Matoppo Hills, Miss. Gibbs» 
196. [5440] 
aty F. Oedipus, sp. n.; rhizomate horizontali; culmi nodo imo 
tumido ellipsoideo Ve petalis 3 obovatis ,_Senervis, cum nuce 
aequilongis; nuce levi , rostro lineari- wets dei 
Pseudobulbi 12 mii longi, 7 mm. in diam., azi contracti in 
rhizomate horizontali sessiles distantes. Culmi 4 dm. longi, 
erassiusculi, fere glabri. Capita 3-4, 6-8-stachya, in Ae dis- 
tantia. Spiculae 5 mm. longae, fusce nigrescentes, ciliato. -pilosae, 
