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ramis setaceis ramulisque capillaribus remotis patentissimis bracteis 
suis subsetaceis multo longioribus obsolete angulatis laevibus; spi¬ 
culis 6—3 — 8 in ramulorum apice alternis perminutis sessilibus, 
in antbesi orbiculato-obovatis rotundato-obtusis 3 4 lin. long.; squamis 
fasciculato - confertis pellucida - membranaceis ferrugineo - stramineis 
uninerviis suborbiculatis apice rotundato excisis; caryopsi minuta 
parum exserta, obovato- orbiculata compresso -biconvexa subtiliter 
rugulosa lutescente (juvenili ovato-lanceolata brunnea), rostro pyra¬ 
midato basi dilatato, viridulo caryopsi ipsa multo breviore; perigonii 
setis 4 capillaribus scabris ferrugineis dimidium fructus subsequan- 
tibus; filanr. 3 latiusculis ferrugineis. — Jrrxta P. mittegranavi 
locanda. — Herb. Gtlaziou n. 6985. 
4. Rhynehospora disticliophylla Bcklr. 
Hirsuta; rhizomate brevi noduloso vaginis parvis membranaceis 
rotundis brunneis tecto, fibrillis rigidulis; culmo stricte erecto 
16 —io poli, alto vix lineam crasso obtuse triangulari, basin versus 
vaginis paucis distantibus breviter foliatis munito, parte longa su¬ 
periore multifoliato; foliis alternis pallide viridibus patentibus linea¬ 
ribus acuminatis 6 — 5 poli. long - . sesquilineam latis planis infima 
basi complicata amplectentibus, supra glabris multi nervosis inter 
nervos celluloso - reticulatis, subtus sparsim hirsutis; inflorescentia 
spiciformi e fasciculis 5 — 3 remotiusculis formata subsesquiunciam 
alta; bis axillaribus e tribus simplicibus compositis, tribracteatis 
breviter pedunculatis subrotundis, fructiferis 3 — 2 lin. diametri; 
spiculis minutis arcte confertis subglobosis tri—monocarpis; squamis 
membranaceis subrotundis obtusissimis fuscis; caryopsi quam squama 
duplo longiore lineam longa late oyali biconvexa subtiliter celluloso- 
reticulata, medio obsolete granulata, luteo-fusca, tardius brunnea, 
nitidula, rostro brevi subpyramidali cinerascente; stylo persistente 
brevissimo, stigmat, recurvis. Perigon. setse nullae. — Species 
11. piluliferce Bertol. ex. descr. (in Scbult. Mant. 2. 49) proxima. 
5. Rhynehospora Brasiliensis Bcklr. 
Pallide viridis; esespitosa; radice fibrosa, fibrillis validis mol¬ 
libus; culmis pluribus erectis, apice leviter nutantibus, rigidis IV 2 
