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Scleria Loefgreniana Bockl. 
Yiridis, glabra ac 1 ae vi s; rhizomate duro purpureo-brunneo; 
culmis pluribus laxe dispositis IV 2 — 3 U ped. altis vix supra lineam 
crassis triquetris a basi tectis vaginis nounullis remotis efoliatis 
anguste alatis membranaeeis, medio paueifoliatis; ligula rigida 
ovato-lanceolata margine superne eiliata; foliis latis approximatis, 
patentibus lierbaceo-rigidis longiuscule angustato-acuminatis pauci- 
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nervatis 12 — 6 poll. Ion g., 9—7 lin latis; paniculis 2 in culmi 
apice approximatis pedunculatis triangularibus compositis laxis 3 
poll. altis; pedunculis laevibus; ramis patentibus rectis, bractea 
capillari laevi fultis; spiculis remotis subsolitariis oblongis 2 lin. 
long., bractea setacea basi dilatata munitis; squamis membranaeeis 
ovato-lanceolatis mueronatis laevibus. — S. latifoliae affinis. — 
Edwall Coll. No. 1977. 
Carex Loefgreni Bockl. 
Pallide viridis; culmis singulis binatisve stricte erectis rigidis 
triquetris vix lineam crassis, basin versus paueifoliatis, laevibus; 
vaginis elongatis remotis, inferioribus purpureo-brunneis, superiori- 
bus purpurascentibus foliatis; foliis culmum superantibus herbaceo- 
rigidulis aeuminatis carinato-planis, margine serrulato-scabris, IV 2 
lin. la ti s; spiculis 5 — 4 approximatis; mascula singula sub- 
sessili lineari 1—IV 2 poll. longa sesquilineam lata, foemineis 
longe pedunculatis longeque bractea ti s pi. m. c er nu is 
densifloris viridulis obtusis subsesquipollicem longis 2 lin. crassis, 
infirna non raro remota; pedunculis tenuibus cornpressiusculis laevibus; 
bractea intima ad p e d e m u s q u e longa; squamis membranaeeis 
fuscescenti-fiavidis oblongis obtusiusculis cuspidulatis; utriculis squama 
longioribus 2 lin. longis o va li bus oblongis ve utrinque attenuatis 
trigono-biconvexis longiuscule rost ratis nervosis bifur- 
catis olivaceis nitidis laevibus puncticulatis. 
Ex affin. C. Jamesoni, C. aethiopicae, C. borbonicae. — Lof- 
gren Coll. No. 2273. 
