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Planta 1 '/^ — 5- pollicaris,- var. /3 — 8-pollicaris. 

 Caiilis perhrevis. Folia respitosa, setaccp- vel angiiste linea- 

 ria , siibulata, glabra , iiieinljraiiace.'i, pellucida, tejiestrato- 

 iiervosa, '/2 — '^ V'i pollices longa, mcdio (in var. /.) nsque 

 fero '/4 lineam lata, plermnf|ue niulto augustiora. Pedunculi 

 per pinrcs aggrogofi, raro solitarii glabii, leviler 5-sulcati, 

 ioJlis longiores, 1 '/.^ — 5-pollicares. Vaginat; arctiiiscnlae, 

 oblique Hssae, glabrae, t'oliis plus minus breviores, 1 polli- 

 ccni longac vel nmll» brovimes. Capi(nla glaberrima, ovato- 

 globosa, in var. ;. nsque 1 ^/^ lincas lata et cinerascontia, in 

 var. it'Jiquis minora et pallidiora, interdum Havida. ßracteae 

 involucrantes oblongae, obtusao, ^zlabrae, nieinbranaceae, ca- 

 pitulis niulto breviores, slrainiueo-pallidae vel liuerasceutes, 

 sensini seiisiniquc in bracteas flores stipantes iis siniiles acu- 

 (as llores superantes et obtegentes transeuntes. Receptacu- 

 ]\\m pilosiusculum vel glabruni. Flores parvi , plerique femi- 

 nei. Masculi longe pedieellati : Perigonii exterioris partes 3 

 poslicc in spathani obovatain apice trideiitatani vel trilobani 

 cucwllatam glabrani menibraiiaoeani pallidain vel plus minus 

 rinerascentem antiee apertani basi clausani connatac. Peri- 

 gonii interioris partes in tubum farctuin albidum trilobum con- 

 natae, [lobis pcrparvis glabriuscnlis iino paullo majore, iutus 

 glandula fusca instructis. Staiuiiia 6; antberis rotundis, albi- 

 dis. In centro pistilli etfeli rudimentiim tripicx. Flores femi- 

 iiei pedicellati : Perigonii exterioris partes 3 liberae, augu- 

 stissime lineares, subfaltalae , acutiusculae, glabrae, hyalino- 

 albidae, una mulla minore, eito deciduae. Perigoniuni inte- 

 rius nulluni. Germen loiigiuscule stipitatum, stipite apiee 

 Inberenlis minimis obsito, Irieoccum. Stylus genuine longior. 

 Stigmata 3 tililormia. Semina ovata, apieulata, laevia, Ha- 

 vido - lusea, — Valde dubito, spcriniina abyssiuira a el. Ri- 

 ' hard snb nomine Et'iocatili sejcangularis L. (synonymo 



