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pedicellate, 7-12 per spikelet; tepals 3, with scarious margins, oblong to broadly 
lanceolate 1.5-2 mm long; stamens 3, exserted. Female spikelets fusiform, 7-10 mm 
long, 1.5 mm wide, 2-6 per culm solitary or in a clustered pair; inflorescence bracts 
striate and tuberculate, red-brown, 8-12 mm long with 1-2 mm apex; glumes strongly 
keeled, lanceolate, 5 mm long with distinct scarious margins; mucro 1.5 mm long. 
Fig. 7. Loxocan/n albipes J.S. Pate & K.A. Meney. A, female culm (x 0.5); B, male culm (x 0.5); 
C, rhizome (x 6.7); D, culm sheath (x 3); E, female spikelet (x 7.3); F, female flower (x 11); G, male 
spikelet (x 7.3); FI, male flower (x 7.3). 
