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basin eiusmodi selis hirta. Ligula fusca, truncata, denti- 

 culata. Ramuli 3 — 4 breves comp.res5,i,-foUi culntium ae- 

 qiiantis vagina citcumvolulA, fascicules geniinos ferentes, 

 superiores approximali. Sub singulo fasciculo vagina lan- 

 ceolata, acuminata, spalbacea, aphylla, glabra. Fascicuh 

 semptenaflori, Spiculae quatuor peripbecicae yerticillatae, 

 sessiles, imperfecle masculae, aequales, Glujtnae aequales: 

 inferior sen exterior herbacea, convexa, lanceolata, sub- 

 ulato - acuminata , multinervis, in a apicem versus setis 

 albis callo innatis plus minus hirsuta, in i3 S?abr^> ^*^* 

 nna alterave tantummodo sela praedila; superior inferiori 

 ae(jualis lineari -Ipnceolata , acuta , plana , membranacea, . 

 glabra, trinervis, marginibns inflexa. Floscnius nnus uni- 

 valvis, glumis brevior, valvula lanceolata byalina acuta. 

 Lodiculae cuneiformes, truncato-bidentatae. Filamenta 

 sterilia, brevia. Spiculae centrales fasciculalo-ternae. Pe- 

 dicellns communis obconicus, fusco-hirtus. Spiculae late- 

 rales duae ipsae hirto-pedlcellatae, berraapbroditam su- 

 perantesj neutrae, unltlorae, glumis caudato - acuminaliSj 

 snbhirtis glabrisve, illis verlicilli minoribus caeterum c**''" 

 fotmibus. Spicula fertilis in cenlro communis verUciUi 

 seasUis, inferior, cylindrica, bilinearis, sesquiflora. Gluma 

 inferior cartilagineo - membranacea , convoluta , truncata, 

 apicem versus birtula setnKs jneumbenlibus, demum fwsca, 

 ampleclens aller^im bilinearem trinervem. Floscnius :iii- 

 ferior neuter , univalvig i yalvula glum^ -g- brevior , lanceo- 

 lata, acnla, byalina; superior hennaphroditus : valvula in- 

 ferior, glumae siiperiori adiecta, e basi membranacea an- 

 gusta abit in arislam sive 'setam sesqninncialera crassamj 

 in medio flexuosani, basin versus pnbescenli-birtam "^' 

 cam; superior valvula yix semilinearis mpmbranacca. j^**' 

 diculae longiLudinis valvulae supetioris linpari-cnneifoi^ff"''''' 

 plicatae, apice triancatae et bi-tridentatae. Slyli longi c 

 gractles; stigmata pcnicillifprmia, violacea. 



