suffultis eonstructae. Spieulae partiales uni - v. biflorae, 
v. androgynae v. unisexuales. Squamae interiores (paleae) 
duae sublaterales, quarım inferior ovarium amplectens, 
.altera v. stamina fovens v. vacua. Stam. 3. Stylus saepiss. 
trifidus. Caryopsis trigona, styli basi persistente mucronata. 
— Flores masculi terminales in speeiebus spieulis uni- 
sexualibus simplieiter braeteati. — Culmi eaespitosi nudi 
basi foliosi, rhizomate brevissimo. —- Kobresia Willd. Sp. _ 
4. 205. — Elyna Schrad. Fl. german. 1. 155. 
a. Spieulae seeundariae uniflorae, terminales saepiss. 
masculae. ot 
+ Spiea simplex. 
1. K. setienlmig Beklr. - 
Radiee fibrosa tenerrima; culmis pluribus caespitosis 
erectis sefaceis infirmis foliisque leviter flexuosis, obsolete 
trigonis, striolatis basin versus plurifoliatis, 8 — 2 poll. 
alt.; foliis culmum subsuperantibus (9 — 2'/, poll. long.) 
angustissimis carinato - canaliculatis apice acufis, mar- 
ginibus serrulatis; spiea simpliei fenus Taxa lineari 3/,—1—2 
poll. longa; spieulis minutis remotis unifloris, apiealibus 
paueis saepiss. masculis; squamis membranaceo - char- . 
taceis luteo - brunnescentibus basi ampleetentibus, cari- 
nulatis obtusis, exteriore majore late ovata saepiss. mu- 
eronata, interiore oblonga; caryopsi longe exsertu lineari- 
oblonga triangulari in rostrum longum tardius recurvatum 
attenuata,; stigmatibus 3 swbsessilibus fimbriolatis. (Un- 
einiae tenui ex habitu haud ' dissimilis.) — Hook. et 
Thoms. hb. Ind. or. sub: Elyna. 2. 
Sikkim, alt. 13000 ped. 
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