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anguste lincaribus ciliolatis spiculas vix acquantibus ; squamis pluri- 

 fariam imbricatis chartaceo - mcmbranaceis late ovalibus rotundato- 

 obtusis dorso tristriatis adjwesso -jJubendis margine ciliolatis, arista 

 validula rccta v. levitcr recurva scabriuscula ; car. pcrminuta albida 

 late ovali utrinque valde attenuata costato - triangulata, obsolete reticu- 

 lata; setulis hypogynis staminodiisquc nidlis, — E vicinia F. glome- 

 ratae Lam. 



Africa Orient, ad flumen Schirc in raontosis. — Leg. J. Buchanan. 



Lipocarpha. 



L. tenera Böcklr. 



Viridis; radice fibrosa capillari; culmis paucis fasciculatis debi- 

 libns ercctis setaceis 7 — G poll. alt. (statu maturit. usquc ad 10 poll. 

 alt.) compressis apice extremo obsolete triangiüaribus , basi foliatis; 

 foliis herbäceis culmo brevioribus longionbusve angustisshnis planis 

 sursirm longe setaceo - attenuatis , laevibus; spiculis minutis 3 conglo- 

 batis suhconfluentibus > intermedia subrotunda l 1 /;} 1. longa, lateralibus 

 multo minoribus oblongis; involucri triphylli foliolis valde inacqualibus, 

 infimo 2 — 3 pollicari; squamis minutis obovato - cuneatis apice obtuso 

 e nervo dorsali ctispidatis, fusco-rubris cuspide pallido; car. permi- 

 nuta obovato - oblonga triangula flavida punctulata, squamulis hyalino- 

 membranaceis ipsam acquantibus tecta; stylo tenerrimo ac brevissimo. 

 — Species peculiaris. 



Africa Orient, in montibus ad flumen Scliire. — J. Buchanan leg. 



L. atropurpnrea Böcklr. 



Viridis; radice fibrosa capillari; culmis paucis fasciculatis v. 

 solitariis setaceis elongatis 12 — 8 poll. alt., obsolete angulatis basin 

 versus paucifoliatis ; fol. fere setaceis ilexuosis culmo multo brevioribus 

 (4— 6 — 2 poll. 1.) spiculis parvis 3—2 — 4 arcte conglomeratis atro- 

 jHtrpureis ovalis v. subrotundis apice attenuatis. l 1 ^ — 2 1. long.; 

 foliis involucralibus 2 valde inaequalibus, 1 — 1/4 poll. long., reflexis; 

 squamis perminutis obovato -cuneatis purpureo - atris niiidis ex apice 

 truncato anstatw, arista tcnui pallida apice recurvata; car. obovato - 

 oblonga triangula apiculata, a squamulis ipsam aequantibus pellucidis 

 paucincroatis involuta, punctulata testacea. — Species insignis ac 

 peculiaris. 



Jn Africae orient. montibus ad flumen Scliire leg. J. Buchanan. 



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