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apicem interdum repandum longe aristafis^ arista spinuhso- 

 Mspida; utriculis (imwaturis) quam squamae multo kmgio- 

 ribus i*/j lin. long, erectis stramineis triquetrh utrinque 

 attenuatis longiuseule rostratis sehthso-hispidis ore bifidis, 

 rostro marginibus spinuloso, 



a Daltoni Boott, 111. h. t 16. — Hook* et Thorns, hb. 

 I»d. or. 



Sikkim, alt G000 ped. 



144. C. Walker i Arnott 



Rhizomate elongato obliquo; culmo pluri-(2— 4-) pe- 

 dali strieto valido sursum satis attenuato Iaevi folioso; 

 foliis berbaeeo - rigidis elongatis, culmeis htftorescentiam 

 longe mperanftbus y planis marginibus serrulato - scab rid 

 4 X \% — S'^lln/lai; panicula gracili recta e fasciculis ramo- 

 rum pluribus (6 — 7) construeta sesqtiipedem circ. alta, 

 superne densiuscula, inferne longe interrupta; rhachi uni- 

 versal! stricta ad angulos scabra; paniculis secundariis v. 

 (inferioribus)soIitarii9v. pluribus exserte pedunculatis stiicte 

 ereetis v. tardius apice nutantibus, inaequalibus, altiori- 

 bus cowpositis decompodtiste; rhacbi partiali setaGea v. 

 validiore triangular! scabra a basi fere ramom; bracteis 

 foliaceis vaginantibus valde elongatis, subomnibus pani- 



culam superantibus ; braetcolis parvis membranaceis mil- 

 rofundis amplectentibus euspidatis; spiculia numerosis andro- 



gynisfasciculatis gracilibus elongatis rectis v. leviter flexuo- 

 sis filiformi-cylindricis, parte mascula subulatis 7 multiflo- 

 ria 2—1 poll. long. 1- — V/ % lin* crass,; squauris conformi- 

 bus remotiusculis amplectentibus oblongis v. ovalibus ob- 

 tusis aristatis, disco purpureo-ferrugineis v, fuscescentibus 

 opaeis marginepellucido-albido circumdatis dorso obsolete 

 striolato-nervatis scabrisve; utriculis membranaceis viri- 



