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HEXAND. MONOG. 620. Xerophyta. 519 
Spike fimple ; fpathes 2-rowcJj imbricate^: leaves linear- 
filiform, reclined, glabrous. 
Jamaica. S'wartx.JJ. ind. occ. i. p. 593. Wdli. 2./. 12. 
Radical leaves very lliort i ftem alinolt leaUcfs • branches 
fubdivided, afeending. • 
South America. P/«»». 27. /f. 237. Renealmia. 
Spikes lateral, arrowed, imbricate 2 leaves lance-fubulate, 
ere£t, ftifF. 
Jamaica. S'vuartz. prodr. FL ind, occ. i.p. 5°°. 
Spikes fubdivided, nodding; flowers diflindl, ovate: leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, membranaceous: Item almoft leaflets. 
Jamaica. Siuartz.prodr. ^ 6 , Ff. i/id. occ, l, p. 
Culm with imbricate lateral fplkes. 
South America. Catefiy Carol. 2. t. 89 ? Vifcum. 
Leaves linear, channelled, reclined ; culm fimple, imbri- 
cate : fpike fimple; 
South America. 37- «r. 238 /. i. Renealmia. 
Spike fimple: fpathes imbricate : leaves lance -linear, re- 
clined, and with the fpathes covered with fcaly down. 
Jamaica. Savartz, Fl. ind. occ. t. p. 594’ l^d^d. z,p. 14* 
Spikes about 3 together: leaves linear, erc£l, hoary, equal- 
ling the Item. 
Jamaica. S‘wartz. prodr. 57* ina.otc. l.p. 595* 
Spikes fafcicled : leaves linear-lanceolate, almoft ere<ft, 
glabrous, exceeding the flem. 
Jamaica. Swartz. prodr. 57. FI. ind. occ, i./»59^* 
Leaves fubulate, rough, reclined; culms i- flowered; 
glume 2-flovvered. 
Jamaica. Shane Jam, i.t.izi.f, 1. Vifcum, 
Filiform, branched, twifted, rough. 
Jamaica. Shane Jam, 1. 1. izz./. z,'i, Vifcum, 
620. xerophyta: Ccro/ 6-parted, equal; the 
divifions narrower; Jligma clavate^ ca^ftde infe- 
rior, 3-cellcd, many-feeded. 
Xerophyta. 
Madacafear. Lamarck, encychp. tah. zz^. 
Shrub with alternate branches : haws alternate, linear-lanceo- 
late, pointed, feflile flowers at the end of the branchlets, 
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