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inferioribus valde eJongatiSy 6 — 5 poll, loug,, superioribue 

 multo brevioribus; spiculis ellipsoideis t. oyato -lauceolatis 

 obtosis V. acutiiisciilis compr€Ssis1l4 ~ 8-floris 2V2 — 3Vs 

 /tfl. long.; squamis mcmbraiiacfo^cbartacf'js approximatis t. 

 remotiusenlis subaequalibiis ovatis coiiveKis obtusis tcnniter 

 miiltiDorratis, ilorso viridi , lateribns purpiireo-atris t. casta- 

 iieis (interdum siibtotis viridibus), ominhiis fertilibus; caryopsl 



lato-elUpsoidea satis eompressa hiiic pbiua inde plauo^con- 

 Texa, apicalata, hand mucronaiu^ subitUss^ elevaio-punctata 

 pallida; stylo lon^iiiscnlo profuiidc bifido, — Perignih nullum.— 

 Scbimp. coll. uoviss. no. 1254^ n. 1103* 



Abyssinia, Dschan-Meda alt. 8500 ped. 



116 b. S. liorentzii Bcklr. 



Dense caespitosns ; radire filirosa tonftmma; cnlinismimo- 

 rosis fascicnlatis iiiaoqualibus 9 - 5 — 3 poll, altisrigidis 

 obsoletiss, angulaifs striatis ^labri^, infiina basi plnrifoliatis; 

 foliis setaceis rnlmo mnlto IirPTioribiis 5 — l-pollicar. rana- 

 liculatis dorso striolatis, ventre subtiliss- celliiloso-reticnlatis.^ 

 marginibns setulosiS'^ vaginis bri-ribiis membraiiafcis fissis 

 stramineo-ferrnginoscenlibnSj oretii^; /?/?»* p«wm6rmfiM«l»arba, 

 capitulo globoso v. hemisphaeriro 10 - — 3-stachyo 5 — 3 

 liiu lato; inTolueri triphylli foliolis pcllucido-mcinbranaceis 

 pallide ferrngineis a:labii9, lamina foliaeea margiue srabra 

 infimo capituhim siiperantc, reliquis co breTioribus; spicnlis 

 confer ttssimis oblongis r. ovato-oblongis obtusis compressius- 

 cnlis pluri'T. paneiilons subbilinealibus: sqatnis snbtrifariam 

 iinbriratis carinato-uavicularibn^ lato-ovatis obtnsiuscnlis 

 muticis \. brevissime miicronatis; carina trinervlis, laleribus 

 adpresso-birtcllis rastaneis t. forrugineis opacity, margine 

 pallidiore snbtilissimo clliatis; caryopsi perjninuta sqnamae 

 dimldium snbaequatitr lato obovata iitferue valde atteiiuata> 



