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strictis lævibus superne marginibus ciliolatis, basi dilatata colorata 
nudis, infimo umbellam ægquante, reliquis ea multo brevioribus; 
radiolis 2—4 lin. longis brevioribusve; involucellis e basi oblonga 
cuspidatis, totis rufescentibus; spiculis ternis binisve confertis 
oblongis acutis subquadrifloris sesquilineam longis; squamis 
rigidulis ex toto pallide rufis oblongo-ovatis navicularibus 
acutato-mucronulatis, dorso evidenter trinerviis, adpresso- 
hirtellis; caryopsi perminuta squamæ dimidium fere æquante cune- 
ato-obovata triangulari, angulis prominulis, vertice leviter retusa, 
elevato-punctulata stramineo-pallida; tuberculo stylino 
perminuto depresso rufo; stylå tenui parum exserto, trifido. 
— Scirpo consanguineo affinis. 
In collibus camporum sterilioribus glareosis circa Lagoa 
Santa haud infrequens, nunc etiam in ,,campos cerradosf ; flo- 
rentem legi m. Dec, (Wrmg.). 
9.5, Humboldt Spr. Syst: 1, 213. 
Isol. junciformis Humb. et Kunth. Kuntb, 244.  Oncostyl. 
juice Naab ESKE 88% 
ØB. culmis foliisque pubescentibus. 
In campis graminosis herbidis circa Lagoa Santa frequens 
etiamque prope lacus in pratis; floret Oct,—Febr. (Wrmg.). — 
In campis circa Hytu, m. Febr., et ad Lorena m. Oct, 'Lund). 
10. 'S. capillaris L. Cod. 64.  Isolepis Roem. et Schult, 
Oncostiyl. truncata, tenuifolia, dubia, ciliata, arenaria N. ab E. 
Cyp. Bras. et Herb. 
In arenosis circa Rio de Janeiro legit Lund. 
Variatio vaginis ore nudis. In campis graminosis siccis… 
circa Lagoa Santa frequens; post incendia campestria m. Sept. 
— Nov. inprimis apparet et flores fert (Wrmg.). 
. 11. SS. subquadriflorus Bcklr. n. sp. 
Virens; dense cæspitosus, radice fibrosa tenui; culmis nu- 
merosis erectis foliisque setaceis, inæqualibus, 3—5 poll. alt., 
quandrangulis leviter compressis, lateribus striolatis, lævibus 
glabrisve, basi paucifoliatis, apice (vix semper) 2—1-stachyis; 
