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141. €. eyrtolepis Torr, et Hook. (emend.) 
Viridis v. glaucescens; subcaespitosus, gracilis; culmo 
tenui strieto bipedali et ultra, jv. £regonmo v. raro obtuse tri- 
 angulari, non raro compresso, laevi; foliis tenacibus erectis 
longe angustato -acuminatis planis 1 — 2 lin. lat. marginibus 
seabridis, longioribus culmi dimidium subaequantibus; fora- 
libus 4— 6-nis, 2— 6- pollicar. ac longioribus; umbella co- 
rymbosa composita v. simplici (raro semidecomposita) multi- 
radiata; radiis patentissimis valde inaequalibus, 1 — 3 poll. 
long., tenuibus compresso - semsteretibus, haud striatis, lon- 
gioribus apice brachiato-ramosis; ramis divergentibus seta- 
ceis bractea angusta subsetaceo-acnminata suffultis; capitulis 
2 — 4 lin. diam. subcordato triangularibus subtrilobis, lo- 
bulis arcte conjunctis polystaehyis; spieulis dense fasciculatis, 
v. orbiculato -ovatis 10— 4-/loris v. iate ovato-lanceolatis 
10 — 20 -/loris; squamis chartaceis v. membranaceis approxi- 
matis patulis, fructiferis remotiusculis, oblongo- v. lineari- 
lanceolatis acutés, postea apice recurvis, obsolete tri- v. 
plurinerviis, dein prope carinam subsulcatis, dorso viridulis, 
ad latera ferruginescentibus, margine haud ciliolatis; caryopsi 
juvenili squama 4, — 1/3 breviore oblongo-lineari breviter 
acuminata triangulari; stylo brevissimo ac tenuissimo. 
- €. verens A. Gray Manual p. 493. pro parte (fide specim, 
authent, in hb. propr.) — Drummond. hb. no. 384, partim. 
Virginia, Louisiana (Drumm.), Carolina (Beyrich). 
f. Glaucescens; folis paucis remotis; umbella sim- - 
pliei, radiis paucioribus brevibus erecto - patulis; spiculis pau- 
cifloris squamisque subovato-lanceolatis evidenter nervatis 
membranaceis pallidis. 
€. Luzulae? Kunth herb. 
Brasilia (Sello), Montevideo (Otto). 
