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In Serra do Cipó prov. Minarum, Octobri (Reinhardt, et 
Libon in herb. Lund.). 
1. P. tortilis Mart. in Reg. Flora 1841 Beibl. 38 et 60. 
In collectionibus cel. A. Glaziou (n. 1954), et Lund e vi- 
cinia Rio de Janeiro, in campis arenosis paludosis; Julio fl. 
8. P. scirpeus Mart,, Kcke 1l. c. 364. 
In monte Serra da Piedade, altit. c. 4—35000', Majo fl. 
(Wrmg.). 
9. P. ovatus Kcke. 
In collectionibus Glaziou n. 4281. 
10. P. macaheensis Kcke. sp. n. 
Foliis late linearibus, acuminatis, versus basim piloso- 
ciliatis ceterum glabris membranaceis subtus pallidioribus; 
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. ^f. 
Planta epigea nique 6!/e-pollicaris, —Radicis fibrz&& ramulos, 
solide , glabre, tenues, fusce. Caulis epigeus brevis dense fo- 
liosus; hypogaeus elongatus, simplex vel ramo uno cauli simil- 
limo auctus, residuis foliorum destructorum obtectus, 6-pollicaris 
ve| 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 
(iireiter 7 validioribus vel pluribus tenuioribus superne evane- 
scentibus intermixtis) infra apicem 3 sumo fere apice in unum con- 
lluentibus instructa, membranacea et laxiuscula, pellucida, subtus 
glauco-viridia supra obscuriora, usque 3 pollices longa, medio 
1'5—1*4 lineas lata. Pedunculi ad apicem caulis (3—5) aggre- 
gai, pilis brevibus sparsis irregulariter patentibus puberuli, le- 
viter (49-) costati, non torti, folia subduplo vel plus superantes, 
usque 6-pollicares. ^ Vagina oblique fisse, lamina tenui-mem- 
bDranacea acuta demum lacerata, glabra, foliis breviores, 11/4—411/o 
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