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tcrminalae; superlores scnsim longlores, subinflalae, au- 

 ricula fusca circa os praedilac. Ligula ovala, brevls, 

 iruncala, ciliolat?. Folium unum alterumve ex Inferlorl- 

 bus lineas 6 — 8 longum, llncam 1 — 1* latum, reliqua 

 superiora 1 — 2 vlx li — 1 lineae longitudinis angustio- 

 raque, cuncta ligidula, lanceolato-linearia, obliisa, in no- 

 slris convoluta, striata, subtus glabra, in facie supera 

 pubescenli-scabra et canescentia, margine rigide ciliala. 

 Folium summum, inflorcscentiam altingens, ob minuliem 

 appendiccm modo refert vagiiiae longissimae. Panicula 

 1 — 2 pollices longa, oblusa, subsimplex, densa. Rhachis 

 gracilis, striata, semiteres, flexuosa, glabra. Pedunculi 

 lasciculali, quaterni tcrnive, inaequales, sub spicula Incras- 

 sati, alii spicula breviorcs, medius eandem aequans vel in 

 inferioribus eadem longior, biflorus. Spiculae duas lineas 

 longae, ovatae, obtusae, glabrae, herbaceo-membranaceae, 

 seplemnerves. Valvulae neulrae glumis similes, acqnalcs, 

 late ovatae 5-6- 7-nervcs nervis supcrius piominulis, in 

 carina et latere villosulae, apicem versus punctulalo-sca- 

 brae, basi laeves: inferior obiusa; siiperior truncalo-pblu- 

 sata cum mucronuli exilis vestigio, basi inlegra squaniu- 

 laque obsoleta ad latus stipata. Flosculi ferlilis valvula 

 inferior formae et magnitudinis valvulae neutrius, mngis 

 carinala, apicem versus punctulalo-scabra et parce pubes- 

 cens, truncalo-obtusa, carina scabra, seplemncrvis; supe- 

 rior duplo minor, complicato-lanceolata, bidcntata, biner- 

 vis, membranacea. Lodiculae magnae, obovatac, intcgrae, 

 membranaceae. Filamenta caplliaria; anilierae lineares, 

 ulrinque bifidae. Germen in nostro morbosum, magnum, 

 bicorne, utriculosum, fuscum, sporidils Caeomatis alro- 

 fusci rcferlum. 



(92.) 10. Ehrharta geniculuta S\v. — Seh. S. Veg. 

 VII. 2. p. 1373. n. 12. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. I. 

 p. 336. n. 6. Eckion Herb. Cap. Un. ilin. ii. 910. BleJica 



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