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ramis setaceis ramulisque capillaribus remotis patentissimis bracteis 
suis subsetaceis multo longioribus obsolete angulatis lævibus; spi- 
culis 6—3—8 in ramulorum apice alternis perminutis sessilibus, 
in anthesi orbiculato-obovatis rotundato-obtusis %/4 lin. long.; squamis 
fasciculato - confertis  pellucida - membranaceis ferrugineo - stramineis 
uninerviis suborbiculatis apice rotundato excisis; caryopsi minuta 
parum exserta, obovato-orbiculata compresso-biconvexa subtiliter 
rugulosa lutescente (juvenili ovato-lanceolata hrunnea), rostro pyra- 
midato basi dilatato, viridulo caryopsi ipsa multo breviore; perigonii 
setis 4 capillaribus scabris ferrugineis dimidium fructus subæquan- 
tibus; filam. 3 latiusculis ferrugineis. — Juxta P. millegranam 
locanda. — Herb. Glaziou n. 6985. 
4... Bhynchospora distichophylla Beklr. 
"Hirsuta; rhizomate brevi noduloso vaginis parvis membranaceis 
rotundis brunneis tecto, fibrillis rigidulis; culmo stricte erecto 
16—10 poll. alto vix lineam crasso obtuse triangulari, basin versus 
vaginis paucis distantibus breviter foliatis munito, "parte longa su- 
periore multifoliato; foliis alternis pallide viridibus patentibus linea- 
ribus acuminatis 6—5 poll. long. sesquilineam latis planis infima 
basi complicata amplectentibus, supra glabris multinervosis inter 
nervos  celluloso-reticulatis, subtus sparsim hirsutis; inflorescentia 
spiciformi e fasciceulis 5—3 remotiusculis formata subsesquiunciam 
alta; his axillaribus e tribus simplicibus compositis, tribracteatis 
breviter pedunculatis subrotundis, fructiferis 3—2 lin. diametri; 
spiculis minutis arcte confertis subglobosis tri—monocarpis; squamis 
membranaceis subrotundis obtusissimis fuscis; caryopsi quam squama 
duplo longiore lineam longa late ovali biconvexa subtiliter celluloso- 
reticulata, medio obsolete granulata, luteo-fusca, tardius brunnea, 
nitidula, rostro brevi subpyramidali cinerascente; stylo persistente 
brevissimo, stigmat. recurvis.  Perigon. setæ nullæ. — Species 
R. piluliferæ Bertol. ex. deser. (in Schult. Mant. 2. 49) proxima. 
5. Bhynchospora Brasiliensis Bcklr. 
Pallide viridis; cæspitosa; radice fibrosa, fibrillis validis mo!- 
libus; culmis plus erectis, apice leviter nutantibus, rigidis 1!/2 
