foliolis pate nti s si m is valdé inaequalibus, infimo sesquipolli- 
cari; spiculis albidis confertissimis orbiculato-ovatis obtusis 
2 V* lin. fere longis; squamis adpressis chartaceo-membra- 
naceis albis late o vatis obtusis leviter carinatis. — Ex affin. 
R. Warmingianae, R. seslerioidis. — Lofgr. et Edwall Coll. No. 2079. 
Rhynchospora Edwalliana Bockl. 
Planta tenerrima caespitosa, radicis fibrillis tenuibus; culmis 
paucis setaceo-capillaribus erectis rectisque 6 V 2—4 poll. alt. 
teretiusculis basin versus plurifoliatis: foliis subfasciculatis capil- 
1 aribus erectis leviter flexuosis culmum subaequantibus 
canaliculato-teretiusculis acutis laevibus, spicularum fasciculis binis 
in culmi apice approximatis pedunculatis foliaceo-bracteatis 3 — 2 - 
stachyis; spiculis minutis vix sesquilineam longis, anguste oblongis 
acutiusculis monocarpis; squamis fuscescenti-rufis adpressis oblongo- 
lanceolatis vix mucronulatis, carinato-convexis; caryopsi minuta alba 
squamae dimidium aequante late obo vata basi attenuata biconvexa 
obsolete marginata transversim undulato - rugulosa rostro minuto 
d ep r esso- tri an gular i concolorato coronata; stylo exserto pro- 
funde bifido. — -- Ex affin. R. junciformis, R. brevirostris, R. sub¬ 
tilis. — Edwall, Coll. No. 1953. 
Hypolytrum Loefgreni Bockl. 
. Glaucovirens; culmo gracili tripedali fo lioso acutangulo parte 
longa superiore vix lineam diam.; foliis rigidulis patentibus planis 
perlonge angustato-acuminatis ad margines scabriusculis, 
basi complicatis, inferioribns approximatis subaequalibus 15 poll. 
circ. long. vix 3 lin. latis; panicula val de e Ion gata (supra 
bipedali) e corymbis compositis n urner osis (13) composita; his 
remotis e foliorum vaginis, pluriramosis 2 poll. latis; ramis paten- 
tissimis setaceis, subomnibus apice corymboso-ramosis; spiculis mi¬ 
nu ti s confertis rotundis; squamis perminutis tenuiter membra- 
naceis orbiculatis fuscescenti-stramineis; car. plano-convexa ovali 
straminea, rostro brevi crasso fusco. — Species propria et insignis. 
— Edwall, Coll. No. 1896. 
