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firmus, diam. usque 2 mm., in statu sicco compressus, 

 acutangulus (angulis 2 — 3), striato-valleculosus, in statu humido 

 obtuse triangulus, striato-valleculosus. Folia- usque 30 cm. 

 longa, stricta, linearia, inferne dilatata, plana, su- 

 perne canaliculata, superne ca. 1|, inferne usque 6mm. 

 lata; vaginalate marginata, apice longe mucronato, mucrone 

 ferrugineo; auriculae desunt. Inflo rescentia termi- 

 nalis süpradecomposita, densa (sed non conglomerata) 

 ramis erectis strictis, capitulis 15 — ca. 50. Bractea 

 infima frondescens, plerumque firma et inflorescentiam 

 superans, ceterae hypsophyllinae; bracteae florum singulorum 

 lanceolatae, mucronato-aristatae, floribus breviores. Capitula 

 magna (diam. usque 12 mm.) m ul ti-(10 — ca. 15) fl ora. Flores 

 4—5 mm. longi, acutanguli. Tepala sub aequilon ga, 

 medio dorsi viridiuscula, lineis duabus lateralibus 

 castaneo-fuscis (in statu sicco palliclioribus) ; tepala externa 

 lanceolata, aristato-mucronata, mucrone castaneo, fere nigro, 

 interna oblonga, obtusissima, marginibus latissimis albo-hyalinis, 

 involutis. Stamhia sex, tepalis internis ^ breviora; fila- 

 menta filiformia; antherae lineares, flavidae, filamentis duplo 

 longiores. Stilus longus. Stigmata longa, exserta. Cap- 

 sula (immatura) perigonio J brevior, ovato-trigona, angulis 

 rotundatis, faciebus canaliculatis, apice attenuata et breviter 

 rostrata, straininea, nitida. Semina (immatura) pauca 

 magna (0,g— 0,7 mm. longa), membrana externa in statu humido 

 relaxata. 



Hottentottsholland ; leg. Gueinzius (hb. Sonder.) 

 var. /Jgracilior Bchn. Planta gracilior, 30— 45 (Nr. 4317 

 Ecklonii usque 55) cm. alta. ßhizoma perpendiculare, 

 breve. Caulis strictus, diam. ca, 1,5 mm., in statu sicco 

 compressus, in statu humido subcompressus et obso- 

 lete triangulus, plerumque indistincte valleculosus. Folia 15—25 

 (in Nr. 4317 Eckl. usque 35 cm.) longa, linearia, 1 mm. lata, 

 inferne dilatata (usque 3 mm.), superne canaliculata; margines 

 vaginae hyalini, superne saepe (in folio infimo fere semper) in 

 auriculas duas acutas producti. Inflorescentia terminalis, 

 composita vel decomposita, capitulis 12 — 20, ramis 

 erectis. Bractea infima frondescens, plerumque 

 curvata et inflorescentia brevior, rarius stricta et in- 

 florescentiam aequans vel paullo superans; bracteae florum singu- 

 lorum hypsophyllinae late-lanceolatae, aristato-mucronatae. Flores 

 longius breviusve pedunculati, 4,5 mm. longi. Tepala sub- 

 aequi longa, interna subbreviora, ferruginea vel pallide 

 ferruginea, externa lanceolata, apice longius breviusve mucro- 

 nato-aristata, interna oblonga, obtusissima, dorso lineis duabus 

 obscurioribus notata, marginibus albo hyalinis latissimis, invo- 

 lutis. Stamina sex, tepalis internis ^ breviora, filamenta 

 linearia, antherae lineares, filamentis duplo breviores. Ovarium 

 trigono-ovatum ; stilus longus; Stigmata tria, longa, exserta. 

 Fructus et semina desiderantur. 



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