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duabns lateral! bus laiiceolalis, acntis, muticis, ad ca- 

 rinam lanuginosis, tres llueas plerumqiie longis parnm sope- 

 rata^ persistens, horizontalis, glomerulorum interiores 

 lineares, acutiusciilae , perigonio trieute breviores, dorso la- 

 natae. Perigoiiium usqiie ad basim quiiiquepartitum, fo- 

 liolis semiscariösis , aequiloDgis, lineari-subulatis, mnticis, 

 etramineis, uitidis carina viridi, angustlssima, albo-triner- 

 via percursis, 3 — 4 lineas longis, usque ad medium lana 

 concolore subcrispata, laevissiraa v, parnmper bispidiila co- 

 haerentibns. Coro IIa nuUa. Stamina quinque, calycis 

 foliolis opposita, in cupulam hypogynara, semilineam lon- 

 gam, basi coalita; filamenta subulato-setacea, perigonio 

 triente breviora; antherae oblongae, biloculares, versati- 

 les. Staminodia quinque^ iilamentis interjccta cupulam 

 tongitudine vix aequantia, sqnamulaeformia, linearia, obtu- 

 siuscula, margine apiceque iutegerrima, nuda. Germen ob- 

 ovatum, obliquum latere convexo ( altero rectiusculo) in gib- 

 ber dentiforme miuimum, lanugine densa, crispata obvalla- 

 tum productnm, stylo capillari, adscendente, perigonii lon- 

 gitudine, pone gibber inserto, basique dilatata nuda, latere 

 convexo decurrente terminatum ^ uniloculare, uniovnlatnm. 

 Stigma capitatum. Utriculus membranacens, indebiscens, 

 circa medium praesertim laungine densissima, varie compli- 

 cata, laevissima et birtella cinetus. Semen, immaturum 

 visnm , oblougam , extremitate radiculari supera. 



Subgen. b. Sünclinoa« Utriculus ovoideus^ stylo 

 centrali , persistente recto aequilongo v. snbbreviore termina- 

 tüs. — Flore s binati aut ternati v, solitarHy spines- 

 centes aut inermes, capitata- v, cylindraceo - spicati, 

 2. Serie ocoma (Enchnoa) pungens. 



Caulis squarroso -ramosus, incano-subtomentosns, ri- 

 gidus. Folia alterna, sparsa, subsessilia, oblonga ac lan- 



