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ihvrsoidca, ovaio-oblonga, ublusa, 1 — 2 pollices; longa. 

 Hliticliis communis scabra. llanii allerni , .semipollicares, 

 liiili, lliyrsoldeo- racemulosl, ramulis subfasclculalis inae- 

 qujjlibus uni-quadrlfloris birlls. Pedicelli graclles, incurvi, 

 scabrl spicula duplo saltem breviores , aplce callosi sub- 

 barbali. Spiculae sesqi:' lineares, ovatae, compressae. 

 (ilmnae membranaceae, carlnatae, luberculatae selulisque 

 Uibeiculis Impositls appressis scabrae, c..rlna petlinalo- 

 cili.tlae, pallidae: inrerior minor el anguslior, oblongo- 

 lanceolala, subnialo - acuminala, uninervis; superior (dum 

 explanclur) suborblcularls, trinervls, nervis laleralibus ante 

 apiccm abbrevialis, cariiiall In setam blllnearein stabram 

 purpurasceulem ex apice Integro promlneiile. FIosculI 

 calyce duplo breviores pediccllati. Pedicellus communis 

 llosculo dinildio brevior, incurvus, glaber, basi reliorsum 

 cum callo obluso squamiforml conlunctus, siib flosculo 

 calloso-gibbosus pillsque paucis (3 — 6) floscull dlmldli 

 longitudlnis tanquam involucro barbalus. Flosculus Inferior 

 In callo communis peduncull sessllls, \ llnca vlx longlor, 

 hermaphroditus, muilcus: valvula inferior ovala, compli- 

 cala, dorso oblusa, Inlegra, laevis, palllda, quinquenervis, 

 cliarlacea, In frucfu subcarlilaglnea; superlor inclusa, aeque 

 longa, linearis, bidentala, niarglnibus Indexl.s compressa, 

 magis membranacca. Lodiculae obconicae, obtnsae , in- 

 (egrae. Gcrmcn cmcoutn. Slyli duo; sligmaia ponlclilata, 

 pallida. Aniberac hileae. Flosculus aller nenler, pedi- 

 cellalus, cum pcdicello hermaplirodllum floscujum aequans. 

 Pedicellus canali valvulae sunerlorls floscull bermaphroditi 

 immersus, apice callosus nee barbatus; valvula inferior 

 lanceolata, bideniata, Irlnervis, glabra, infra apicem edens 

 avislam sive selam lineae longitudlnis, c basi tenuiori se- 

 taceam, glabram, rufescentem , medio in reclum angulum 

 fere inflexam; superlor valvula et partes fructiücationis 

 obsoletae. 



