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purascente striata subbipollicari transverse truncata breriter- 
que mucronata; spicnla eylindraceo - oblonga v. oblonga, 3 
-—6 lin. longa multiflora; sqnamis dense imbricatis scario- 
sis ovatis obtusis carinatis uninerviis, nervo infra apicem evanido, 
margine lato pellueido, ad latera ferrugineis v. castaneis; ca- 
ryopsi minufa squama fere ®s hreviore obovata triangulari, 
angulis preminulis, vertice snbconstricta, transverse rugulosa, 
aurantiaca opaca ; tauherculo minuto conico acuto basi di- 
latato; stylo profunde triido; setis nallis. j 
HA. tricostata Torr. 1. c. 310. 
America septenfr. 
5l. H. purpurascens Beklr. 
Culmis pluribus fasciculatis erectis compresso - teretibus 
striatis valde inaequalibus, 12—4 poll. altis, " lin, diam,; 
vagina superiore angusta bipollicari viridi - purpurasconte 
transverse iruncata mucrone herbaceo perangusto longiusculo 
ore munita; spicula multiflora oblongo -lanceolata (minorib. 
oblongis) obtusa 6 — 4 lin. longa; squamis parvis densis ad- 
pressis membranaceis oblongo-ovatis obtusis obsolete vari- 
natis uninerviis, laterihus purpurascentibus, nervo margineque 
hyalino pallidiorihus, infima latiore ac ohtusiore margine late 
tennissimo eircamdata; caryopsi minuta squama plus dimidio 
breviore obovatı-oblonga uirinque attenuata triangulari, ° 
angnlis prominnlis, reticulata olivacea; tabercalo parvo py- 
ramidali obtuso iriangulari, Basi constricto, fuscescente; setis 
(7) subtilibus ferrugineis caryopsin subaequantibns. — J. D. 
Hooker et Thoms. Herb. Ind., sab nom. HA. ovatae. 
Punjab Indiae. 
52. MH. subarticulata Beklr. 
Rhizomate repente carnoso tenui; enlmis pluribus solita- 
rlisve erectis strietis teretibus leviter compressis rix semili- 
