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In Serra do Cipo prov. Minarum, Oclobri (Reinhardt, el 
Libon in herb. Lund.). 
7. P. tortilis Mart. in Reg, Flora 1841 Beibl. 58 et 60. 
In collectionibus cel. A. Glaziou (n. 1254), et Lund e vi- 
cinia Ri o de Janeiro, in campis arenosis paludosis; Julio fl. 
8. P. scirpeus Mart., Kcke I. c. .364. 
In monle Serra da Pieda de, altit. c. 4—5000', Majo fl. 
(VVrrng.). 
9. P. ovatus Kcke. 
In collectionibus Glaziou n. 4281- 
10. P. macaheensis Kcke. sp. n. 
Foliis’late linearibus, aruminatis, versus basim piloso- 
ciliatis ceterum glabris membranaceis subtus pallid i ori bu s; 
pedunculis folia duplo superantibus; vaginis glabris; 
bracteis involucrantibus obovatis acutis, interioribus latissime 
obovatis, rotundato-obtusis breviter apiculatis; bracteis flores 
stipantibus cuneato-obovatis, obtusissimis, vix api¬ 
culatis. 7^. 
Planta epigæa nique 6Vo-pollicaris. Radicis fibræ ramulosæ, 
solidæ, glabræ, tenues, fuscæ. Caulis epigæus brevis dense fo- 
liosus; hypogaeus elongatus, simplex vel ramo uno cauli simil- 
limo auclus, residuis foliorurn destructorum obtectus, 6-poIlicaris 
vel longior. Folia dense congesta, late linearia, plus minus 
ensiformia, acuminata, margine a medio versus basim pilis longis 
sparsis inferne densis ciliata ceterum glabra, plurinervia, nervis 
(circiler 7 validioribus vel pluribus tenuioribus superne evane- 
scentibus intermixlis) infra apicem 3 sumo fere apice in unum con- 
fluentibus instructa, membranacea et laxiuscula, pellucida, subtus 
glauco-viridia supra obscuriora, usque 3 pollices longa, medio 
IV*'— i^lA lineas lata. Pedunculi ad apicem caulis (3—5) aggre- 
gati, pilis brevibus sparsis irregulariter patentibus puberuli, le¬ 
viter (4?-) costati, non torti, folia subduplo vel plus superantes, 
usque 6-pollicares. Vaginæ oblique fissæ, lamina tenui-mem- 
branacea acuta demum lacerata, glabræ, foliis breviores, IV 4 —IV 2 
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