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basi in vaginas haud carinatas, glabras laevesque producta; ligulis brevissi- 
mis transverse lineiformibus, margine dense breviterque pilosis; laminis 
erectis, peranguste linearibus, basi haud contractis, in apicem acutum sen- 
sim angustatis, omnino setiformi-convolulis, paullo rigidulis, nervo medio 
manifestiore carentibus, glaberrimis, laevibus, + 120 mm longis, 4 mm 
latis. Culmi stricte erecti, gracillimi, teretes, cum nodis glabri laevesque. 
Inflorescentia pauciflora, subsecunda, erecta, folia longe superans, laxe 2- 
pinnatim pannieulata, subfusiformis praesertim apicem versus sensim acuta, 
+ 90 mm longa, vix 15 mm diam.; axi gracili, recto, subangulato, pilis 
multis erectis obtecto; ramis stricte erectis, tenerrimis, flexuosis, infimis 
usque ad 25 mm longis jam e basi spieuligeris: spiculis lateralibus quam 
pedicelli gracillimi, curvati, breviter (nec ad apicem setoso-)pilosi longiori- 
bus, subaequaliter nec comatim pilis longis erectis roseis indutis, sub- 
lanceolatis, absque pilis = 3,5, his computatis = 6 mm longis; gluma 1 
parva sed manifesta, triangulari, acuta, tenuissime 1-nervi, dorso dense 
pilosa; gluma 9 late sublanceolata, apice acutiuscula et bene inciso-emargi- 
nata in setam pilis breviorem desinente, 5-nervi, sequentem subaequante; 
gluma 3 priori isomorpha, in axilla florem (ut videtur abortivum) cum 
palea lineari, dorso secus carinas longe pilosa fovente; gluma 4 praece- 
dentibus haud multo breviore, a latere visa acutissima, haud emarginata, 
glaberrima, straminea, membranacea, nitidula, paleam isomorpham et item 
haud emarginatam bene superante. 
Kamerungebiet (MANN). 
P. (8 Rhynchelytrum) elongatum Mez n. sp.; statura absque dubio 
majore, gracillima. Folia (non nisi culmi summa cognita) basi in vaginas 
perelongatas, baud carinatas, glaberrimas laevesque producta; ligulis trans- 
verse lineiformibus, bene pilosis; laminis parvis, peranguste linearibus, basi 
haud contractis, apice sensim acutissimis, siccis convolutis, chartaceis, 
nervo medio carentibus, dorso infimam ad basin brevissime pilosis cet. 
glabris. Culmi gracillimi, teretes, laeves. Inflorescentia permultiflora, erecta, 
quaquaversa, folia longe superans, angustissime elongatissimeque 3-pinnatim 
panniculata, = 0,2 m longa, 25 mm diam., apice acuta; axi valido, recto, 
paullo angulato, glabro laevique; ramis stricte erectis, usque ad 70 mm 
longis, teneris superne saltem undulatis, ipsa e basi divisis, superne ramulos 
non nisi brevissimos proferentibus; spiculis omnibus quam pedicelli gra- 
cillimi, teretes, laeves, dissite longiuscule pilosi sat longioribus, praeter in- 
fimam. basin mediumque longissime comatim pilosum non nisi brevissime 
piligeris, seta terminali computata 7 mm, absque pilis 3,5 mm longis; 
gluma 1 minuta sed manifesta, angustissime triangulari, acuta, tenuiter 
1-nervi, dorso perlonge pilosa; gluma 2 sequentem aequante, anguste ellip- 
Mh pee versus sensim angustata acutiuscula et profunde emarginato- 
esa m setam Jongiuseulam pilos connatos bene superante osi >» 9- 
nervi; gluma 3 priori isomorpha sed longius an alla Dorem 
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