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radices filiformes, fibrosae. Caules erecti, 18- 45 (plerumque 

 25 — 35) cm. alti, compressi (in statu sicco saepe unisulcati) 

 indistincte valleculati, plerumque stricti, aphylli. Folia 

 (basilaria) erecta 10—35 (plerumque 15—25) cm. longa, plana 

 basi dilatata (usque 5 mm.) ibidem anguste hyalino-margi- 

 nata superne mox angustata (1 — 1,5 mm.), lamina in statu 

 sicco canaliculata, ecarinata, apice in mucronem fuscum producta; 

 auriculae desunt. Inflorescentia terminalis compo- 

 sitavel decomposita, brevis, saepe conglomerata, 

 capitulis lateralibus 2—6, vel ultra, breviter pedunculatis. 

 Bractea infima, vel 2 infimae foliaceae, inflorescentiam plerum- 

 que superantes, ceterae hypsophyllinae; bracteae forum singu- 

 lorum late lanceolatae, hyalinae, longe mucronatae. Capitula 

 multiflora,subglobosa, diam. 6—8 mm. Flor es breviter 

 pedunculati, 3—3,5 mm. longi , plerumque 3-andri, rarius 

 4,5 et 6- andri. Tepala aequilonga, vel externa sublon- 

 giora, medio dorsi olivaceo-straminea, lateribus ferrugineis (in 

 statu numido saepe castaneis), marginibus hyalinis, tepala 

 externa lanceolata, acutato- mucronata, interna ovalia, 

 obtusissima (sed ob margines latos albo-hyalinos involutos 

 saepe acuta videntur). St am in a 3 (rarius 4, 5, 6) tep'alis 

 ca. dimidio breviora; filamenta filiformia; antherae ovatae, 

 filamentis cluplo breviores. Ovarium trigono-ovatum ; Stylus 

 brevissimus deciduus, Stigmata 3 brevia (?) convoluta (?) 

 Capsula tepalis subbrevior trigono- prismati ca, an- 

 gulis obtusis, faciebus canaliculatis, brevissime apicu- 

 lata, tri loc ularis, nitida, superne castanea, vel pallide-ca- 

 stanea, inferne straminea. Semina numerosa, minuta, 

 (0,3-0,35 mm. longa) ovata, breviter apiculata, regulari.ter trans- 

 versim reticulata, fenuginea. 



C. S. Kunth, Enumeratio plantarum 1841, III. , p. 344 (char. 

 emend.). 



J. cephalotes Thunberg, Prodr. plant, cap. 1794, L, p. 66 et 

 flora capensis 1823, I, p. 337 pro parte (Herbar. Thunberg 

 schedula ß pro parte). 

 Variat 



a genuinus. Capitula lateralia pedunculata, pe- 

 dunculis erecti s. 

 (Forma tenuis, pallida, flaccicla hujus varietatis est planta 

 authentica celeberrimi Kunth : Drege, No. 4387 ; similis est Drege 

 1604«'.) 



ß conglom eratus. Capitula lateralia breviter 

 pedunculata; inflorescentia plus minus con- 

 globata (Hie: „Hassagaibosch," E. und Z. et „District 

 Albany," Eck!.). — J. cephalotes La Harpe v. conglo- 

 merata N. v. Es. in sched. et in Linnaea,1844,p. 244, No. 10. 

 y submonoeephalus. Planta parva. Inflores- 

 centia e capitulis paucis conglobata. 

 J. submonoeephalus Steudel, Syn. Glum., 1855, IL, p. 303 (?) 

 (Drege 1604 f.). 



