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§. susstiprrata Spring Mon. ii. 198; S. straminea Spring. oo 
Hise trailing, reaching a foot in length, terete on the back, 
angled on the face, forked low down and copiously pinnate, with 
b es 
ascending, oblique ovate, acute, 1-12th to 1-8th in. long, pale green, 
moderately firm in texture, more produced on the upper side of the 
midrib, shortly rigidly ciliated and very cordate at its base, much 
imbricated over the stem; leaves of the upper plane half as long, 
ovate, with a very long cus sp. Spikes copious, 4—} in. long, 4 lin. 
iam., 2 eae bracts ovate-cuspidate, strongly keele 
. West Indies. Guadeloupe, L’ Herminier ! Husnotd76 ! Porto- 
Rico, Sabaneta Dominica, Imray! Martinique, Belanger 381, 
86. 8. schizobasis, n. sp.—-Stems trailing, a foot long, flat 
on the back, bisulcate on the lane e, copiously pinnate, with short 
erecto-patent copiously compound rhomboid branches. Leaves of 
the lower plane ascending, close on the branchlets, mele spac 
on the main stem, oblong, obtuse, 1-12th to 1-8th in. long, pale 
green and thin in texture, nearly Sieitalarak aileehed: to the side 
of oo — the base on the upper side not at all imbricated over 
it an ciliated ; mighe os we upper plane a third as long, 
obliga piles ith a usp. Spikes +-4 in. long, $ Im. 
diam., square ; bracts ie eat, strongly keeled. 
Hab. Mexico, i in the province of Chiapas, Dr. Ghiesbreght, 605! 
A near ally of the Himalayan S. semicordata, 
Group. II.—Sroronirerz. 
87. §. ravcrom Liebm.; Fourn. Fil. Mex. 148.—Stems quite 
trailing, a foot long, angled on the back, bisuleate on the fac ace, 
copiously pinnate, with short copiously compound erecto-patent 
branches. Leaves of the lower plane earn close or slightly 
spaced, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 1-12th to 1-8th in. long, bright 
he 
uppe 
lamina. Spikes }-4 in. long, 2 lin. diam., square; bracts ovate- 
lanceolate, very crowded, strongly keeled. 
ab. Mexico, at Huitam: a ea and Hacienda de Jova, Liebmann! 
88. §. nicaraguensis, n. sp. — Stems trailing, above a foot 
long, with a long whip-like ilk flat on the back, bisuleate on the 
face, copiously pinnate, with short copiously compound ascending 
ower branches. Leaves of the lower plane a ascending, contiguous 
on the branchlets, spaced on the main sere ong- -lanceolate, 
subacute, 1-12th to 1-8th in. long, pale green, thin in texture, 
nearly equilateral, raanags attached and seahisets at the base, not 
at all imbricated over the stem ; leaves of the upper plane one-thi rd 
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