510 
latis obtusis marginibus denticulatis; spiculis 4 — 7 - nisve 
in apice culmi faseieulato- congestis lineari-lanceolatis v, 
linearibus subobtusis v. acutis leviter compressis 5 — 8 lin. 
long. 1 lin. lat., 16 — 30-floris; involuero diphyllo, phyllo 
altero spiculas parum superante, altero perbrevi ; rhacheola 
subflexuosa valida nuda, foveis brevibus latis planisve; squa- 
mis approximatis vix patulis oblongis infra apicem obtusum 
brevissime mucronatis 7 — 9-nervato-striatis ex toto fusco - 
sanguineis, nitidis, carina aeuta; caryopsi squama fere qua- 
druplo breviore lato-obovata basé attenuata interne pla- 
niuscula externe convexo-acutangula, apicata punctulis 
elevatis minutissimis dense obtecta atrobrunnea; s£ylo haud 
exserto complanato pallido ; stam. 3. 
€. amnicola Kunth 1. e. 52. — Drege, coll. no. 4392 
et 7394. 
Prom. bon. spei. 
85. €. rupestris Kunth. 
Glaueo- virens; multieulmis; radice fibrosa validula ; eul- 
mis strictis 3 — 4 poll. alt. tenuibus triangulis inferne m. m. 
compressis basi leviter inerassata subböfoliatis; vaginis lissis 
aretis coriaceo - erassiusculis striatis hyalino - marginatis; foliis 
basilaribus culmum subaequantibus angustissimis rigidulis ca- 
naliculatis apive subobtusis, marginibus superne minute den- 
tieulatis; - floralibus 2 v. 3 patentibus umbellam biradıatam 
fere aequantibus v. duplo triplove superantibus; umbellae ra- 
diis sessilibus, inferiore monostachyo, altero 3 — 5-stachyo; 
spiculis fascieulato- congestis patentibus oó/ongo - lanceolatis, 
statu florente valde compressis, 12 — 18-floris; rhacheola 
recía, foveis oblongis non profundis; squamis approximatis 
patulis oblongis subobtusis; muerone acuto, acute carinatis 
subseptemnerviis atrosanguineo- castaneis nitidis; ovario 
