Abolboda linearifolia Maguire

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1958. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part III. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-156.

• Family

  Xyridaceae

• Scientific Name

  Abolboda linearifolia Maguire

• Description

  Latin Diagnosis - Herbae perennes, rhizomate brevi; foliis 4-6, terminalibus, linearibus, 1.5-2.0 mm latis, 15-45 cm longis, ad basim dilatatis vaginatisque, apice rotundato vel obtuso nee apiculato; scapo solitario, 30-45 cm longo, aliquantum compresso, 1.25-1.75 mm lato; bracteis 1-jugatis subappositis amplectantibus lanceolatis, 12-20 (25) mm longis; spica anguste elliptico-cylindrica vel cylindrica, 2.5-4.0 cm longa, 6-7 mm lata, 6-10-flora, bracteis floribusque strictis; bractea prima saepe fertili; bracteis naviculoideis sed non carinatis, induratis late oblanceolatis obtusiusculis scarioso-marginatis, 6-8 mm latis, 10-12 mm longis; sepalis 2, conduplicatis naviculatis acute et conspicue carinatis, obtusis late scarioso-marginatis; petalis 3, lobis serrato-crenulatis; appendicibus stylorum 2, simplicibus; antheris sagittatis 3 mm longis; capsulis oblongo-ellipticis 5.5-6.5 mm longis, 2.0-2.5 mm latis, latioribus supra, appendicibus erosis retusis ca. 1 mm longis; seminibus numerosis oblique oblongis, 1.0-1.2 mm longis (0.8-1.0 in sicco), testa exteriore hyalina papillosa, testa interiore firma rubella in 12-16 lineis oblique verticalibus alveolatis.

• Discussion

  Type: perennial herb, inflorescence glaucous, flowers blue, frequent in open marshy areas, Yapacana Savanna III, at 125 m alt, Amazonas, Venezuela, Dec 31, 1950, Maguire, Cowan & Wurdack 30468 (holotype NY).