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Eine durch die schmalen Rispe, kleinen Blüten und den kurzen, 

 nicht gefachorten Sporn leicht kennbaro Pflanze. 



Sarcanthus montamts J. J. S. 



Caulis elongatus, pendulus, basi radicans et ramosus, subteres, 

 viridis, c. 50 cm. longus, 0.35—0.6 cm. crassus, vaginis persis- 

 tentibus exsiccatis tectus, internodiis 1.5—2.3 cm. longis, basin 

 versus attenuatis. Folia bifaria, crasse carnosa, rigida, lorata, 

 basi canaliculata, apicem versus angustata, valde inaequaliter 

 biloba, lobo majore semirotundo, lobo breviore plerumque denti- 

 formi, supra leviter obtusangulo-canaliculata, sulca subtili, subtus 

 apicem versus carinata, carina infra apicem in fasciam applanatam 

 lineari-lanceolatam c. 4—4.5 cm. longam dilatata, viridia, c. 12 - 15 

 cm. longa, 1.7—2 cm. lata; vaginae internodiis longiores, tubu- 

 losae, transverse rugulosae, carnosae, c. 0.75 cm. diam. Inflores- 

 centiae vaginas 2 perforantes, anguste paniculatae, ramis c. 5 - 8, 

 laxe multifllorae, c. 15—20 cm. longae. Pedunculus teres, viridis, 

 purpureo-marmoratus, c. 2.5-5 cm. longus, 0.2 cm. crassus, cum 

 ramis c. 2—4 cm. longis nonnullis bracteis tubulosis tectus. 

 Rachis angulata, verrucosa, purpureo-marmorata. Bracteae ob- 

 longo-triangulae, acutae, leviter carinatae, c. 0.2 — 0.3 cm. longae. 

 Flores vagi, minuti, carnosi, c. 0.27 cm. lati, 0.3 cm. longi, sepalis 

 petalisque conniventibus. Sepala oblonga, obtusissima, basi lata, 

 coneava, flavescentia, brunnescenti-tineta, extus Stria longitudinali 

 brunnea, 0.25 cm. longa; sepalum dorsale apice ineurvo, 0.17 

 cm. latum, lateralia paulo angustiora, subobliqua. Petala late 

 oblonga, obtusissima, basi lata medio tan tu in affixa, brunnea, 

 basi flavescentia, apice anguste flavescenti-marginata, 0.2 cm. longa, 

 0.12 cm. lata. Labeilum calcaratum, trilobum, flavescenti-album, 0.2 

 cm. longum ; calcar breviter et late rotundato-saccatum, extus costa 

 lata longitudinali, callo carnoso in fauce ad basin gynostemii, 

 e&eptatum, 0.1 cm. longum, 0.15 cm. latum; lobi laterales gy- 

 nostemio adpressi, brevissimi, lati, antice in lobulum submal- 



