126. CC, disticha Huds. 
Viridis v. glaucescens. Rhizomate valde elongato re- 
pente duriuseulo ramose pennam gallinaceam erasso va- 
ginis brunneis mox fissis vestito; culmo strietiuseulo tenui 
1—1'], (raro 2) ped. alto interdum pl. m. compresso, sur- 
sum acute triangulari hie saepius denticulato -scabrido, 
faciebus suleato - striatis, parte inferiore paueifoliato; folüis 
inaequalibus erecto -patentibus culmo plerumque breviori- 
bus remotis herbaceo-rigidulis longe acuminatis inferne 
"planis apicem versus complicato-triquetris, margine sae- 
pissime superne serrulatis, /—2 fin. lat.; spica intense 
ferruginea subeomposita oblongo-cylindracea, raro late 
oblonga, obtusa compacta basi continua v. inferne inter- 
rupta e spieulis numerosis v. pluribus composita 11/,—2 poll. 
longa, 4—6 lin. lata; spieulis confertiss. (tristichis), imfi- 
mis plerumque parum remotis, oblongis v. ovatis aut raro 
globoso - ovatis, submultifloris 4 3—5 lin., raro ad 6 lin. 
long., supremis infimisque saepiss. foemineis, inlermediis ma- 
sculis; bractea infima saepius foliacea elongata anguste 
lineari v. setacea; sgquamis pellueido-membranaceis ovato- 
lanceolaltis acutiusculis intense ferrugineis v. raro brunne- 
scentibus, margine angusto gaepe pallidioribus; utrieulis 
squamas subaequantibus membranaceo - chartaceis, dust haud 
spongiosis, 1°], lin. long., brevissime stipitatis ovatis in 
rostrum breviusculum ac angustum ore bidenticulutum sen- 
sim attenuatis, compressis plano-convexis utrinque tenui- 
ter (10—6-) nervatis denseque elevato-punctatis sursum 
margine angusto acuto serratis, stramineo - ferruginosis V.. 
fuseis; caryopsi laxe inelusa compressa ovata obtusa, in- 
fima basi contracta, plano - convexiuscula dense punctu- 
