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Lepidobolus basiflorus J.S. Pate & K.A. Meney, sp. nov. 
Planta dioica caespitosa, rhizomatibus villosis pilis adscendentibus, culmis 
superioribus sterilibus, valde sinuosis ad circinatis, culmis inferioribus abbreviatis, 
erectis et floriferis, vaginis lanceolatis, nitidis, cito caducis, spiculis sessilibus vel 
breviter pedicellatis bracteis spinis prominentibus. 
Fig. 4. Lepidobolus basiflorus J.S. Pate & K.A. Meney. A, female plant (x 0.7); B, male plant (x 0.7); 
C, female spikelet (x 3.8); D & E, female flowers (x 4.5); F, male spikelet (x 3.8); G, male flower (x 4.5). 
