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spienlis densis oblique elliptico-lanceolatis unifloris; squamis 
inferioribus brevibus angustis aeuminatis pellucidis in recepta- 
culo persistentibus; iis floriferis subaequalibus acuminatis mu- 
tieis obsolete nervatis sordide albidis punetulis nigro - fuscis 
conspersis, glabris. 
K. crassipes Beklr. in Regensb. Fl. 1859. 
Mozambique (Peters), Zanzibar (Hb. Link). 
B. Squamae fertiles carina alatae. 
26. E&á. monocephala Rottb. 
Viridis v. glauco- virens; rhizomate repente tenui longo 
v. valde abbreviato; eulmis (14 — 3 poll. lg.) v. solitariis v. 
pluribus remotis aut caespitoso- conferiis, debilibus e. £ri- 
quetro satis compressis versus basin 3 — A-foliatis; foliis 
1 lin, lat.) 
planis plerumque longe acuminatis; foliis 3 — 4-floralibus 
flaecidulis eulmo brevioribus lonsioribusve (}/, 
5 2 
ad 5 — 7 poll. longis flaecidis; capitulo saepiss. solitario 
globoso, v. cylindraceo aut ovato-subgloboso, compacto; 
spieulis ceonfertissime  subimbrieatis oblique Za£o-ovato- v. 
ovato- ellipticis satis compressis unifloris (rariss. bifloris, 
floribus v. utrisque fertilibus v. superiore masculo); spicula- 
rum discis densissime aggregatis latiusculis apice haud la- 
cunosis; squamis fructiferis fere aequalibus teuui - membrana- 
ceis breviter acuminatis apice parum recurvis v. rectis, su- 
perne v. medio cristatis (interdum pl. m. nudis), crista aut 
spinuloso - ciliata aut slabra, ex toto pallidis saepeque pur- 
pureo- v. ferrugineo-punetulatis, carina rariss. viridula; in- 
feriore (squama) 6- v. 8-nervata, nervis prominulis sub- 
remotis; caryopsi squama fere dimidio breviore obovato - 
elliptica v. ohovata breviss, apiculata punetulato-scabriuscula 
flavida, rufescente v. brunnea; stylo vix exserto tenuissimo; 
stam. 2 (3, Rottb,) persistentibus, 
