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^^ gluma sua quintupb fere, seta fioscnU glumjs tri:. 



plo lon^ore, flosculo glumas subaequante> valvula inferiore 

 apice angusta profunda bifida laciniis setacea-bidenlali^ 



Feuchle Slellen bei Seekuhvallel in der Capscben 

 Flacbe, Februario. 0. Ecklon. Vidi excmpla tria. 



Species iam primo aspectu a congenetlbus dislin- 

 guenda. Radix fibrosa, alba. Culmi subsolltaril, pedales 

 ttrciter, crassitie pennac columbinae, tevetes, laevesj pi»' 

 rinodes, basi infracti et saepe radicantes, dein ascenden- 

 tes, ramosi,. ramis appressis. Nodi pallidl, glabri, niie- 

 riores ppproxlmati. Vaginae radlcales membranaceae , ex- 

 planalae, laeves, palUdaej culmeae ad ramos orlentes ven- 

 IricQsae, reliquae arctae; omnes inlemodio slip longiores, 

 sulcalac, fecabrae; suprema paniculam plerumque amplec* 

 tens. Lamina plerumque culmi longitudinis, lineam 1^ 

 lata, iineari- acuminata, plana, slriata, utrinque scabrs, 

 macula fusca ad basin utrinque notata, superiores paullo 

 latiores. Liguia oblonga, magna, obtusa. Panicala la"*' 

 7 polUces longa, angusta et fere Unearis, stricta. Rhachis 

 teres, scabra; rami compressi, scabri, gemini vel biparlitij 

 ramuiis ttjchotomo - divisis racemoso - ihyrsoideis rf*'*'^^" 

 appressis. Pedlcelli proprli brevissimi^ obconici, scabri, 

 arUculo decidqij sub gljamis callosi, gemini approximali, 

 temiinales saepe terni. Spicula lineam 1^ longa, lancco- 

 lata, Glumae aequales, lanceolatae, apice acute bidentatae 

 denUbuS; aculis > infra dentes setigerae ,, membranaceae, 

 scabrae, margine nudae nee nisi brevissimis setulJs ser- 

 rato-ciliatae] carinatae, ad caxinam aculeolatae, uninervesi 

 seta fiUfornais scabra, Hneas 4| — 5 longa; valvula inferior 

 paullo angustlon FIosculus % lineam longus, lanccolatus: 

 valvula inferior oblongo-lanceolata,, scabrinscula, quinque- 

 nervis, apice angustior, ad i fere bifida laciniis selacco* 

 btfidis, qua^i bisetigeris setulis inaequalibus^ netvo dorsab 

 inter lacinias excurrente in selam trllinearem ; supenor 



