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-, F. (Trichelost.) Kingii Gamble mss. 



Glauco- viridis; caespitosa; radice fibrosa; culmis nnmerosis 

 stricte erectis fere setaceis finnis inaequalibus 12-— G poll. altis obso- 

 lete quadrangulis basi pauci- (4— 2-)foliatis; foliis erectis rigidulis 

 hirsutis 5—3 poll. long, pcrangustis caualiculatis miütistriolatis ob- 

 tusiusculis; vagrois feirugineis antice membrariaceis; spicula singula 

 magna crecta nuda ovali obtusa 6—4 L longa multiflora; squamis 

 magnis chartaceo-membranaceis arcte imbrieatis adpressis lato ovalibus 

 rotundato-obtusis muticis convexis ecarinatis dorso trineroiis, casümeis 

 nitidis, infimis binis vacuis reliquis conformibus interdiurn mucrbnu- 

 latis; car. minuta squama multo breviore late obovata basi attenuata, 

 rotimdato-obtusa tricostulata verti^e vix umbonata, subtiliss. punctata, 

 fusca; stjlo parum exserto breviter trifido; antheris lougis. - oxscrtis. 

 — Species pcculiaris et insignis. 



India Orient., territ Nilgiri. — Gamble misit, 



' F. (Trichelost.) Gambleana Böcklr. 



Glauco-viridis; glabra; radice fibrosa, fibrillis nnmerosis longis 

 multiramulosis ; culmis pluribus fasciciüatis srictis ac finnis 11—8 

 poll. alt, setaceo - iiliformibüs obtu.se quadrangulis lateribus sulcatis/ 

 laevibus dense impresso -punctidatis, basi pancifoliatis; foliis erectis 

 rectisque 5—4 poll. long, angustissimis, nsque ad apicem acquilatis, 

 acutiusculis canalieulatis, apice marginibus sparsim setulosa-ciliolatis, 

 basin versus ad marghies lange ciliatis; umbella semicomposita Tradiata; 

 involucri 3— 4pliylli foliolis breoissimis fere setaceis; radiis patcn- 

 tibus capillaribus campressi* laevibus, loiigioribus 6—4 ramasi* seini- 

 pollicem circ. longis; radiolis patenti-fiexuosis; spiculis oblonge -lan- 

 ceolatis subangulatis 6—4 fori* 2i/ 3 1. circ long.; squamis adpressis 

 membranaeeo-chartaceis ovalibus ovatisve obtusis v. acutiusculis nmtin's 

 carinulatis glandiiloso-punetatis fusceseeiiti-feiTUgineis, -- Ex affin. 

 F. tenerac. 



In Indiae prov. Madras altit. 3000 ped. invenit .1. S. Gamble. 



Illmichospora Dussiaiiai IJöcklv. 



Planta lacte viridis ßqccida omnino glabra; rhizomate brevissima. 

 fibrillis capillaribus rigidis; culmis pau eis fasciciüatis tenuibus 10- 14 

 poll. alt, infirmis ivmpressp-trianyiilaribits sulcatis pauci- (4-) foliatis; 

 foliis remotU lafis h>rbaeeo~moTUbus perfecta plan/s acuminatis 3 1 /., 1. 

 lat,,^ superioribus eulmum superantüms ; capitulo subhemisphaerico 

 1—6 stach i/o G— 4 1. lato; involucri tetraphylli foliolis utrinque viri- 



