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Descriptio. RadiXy culmi crassitie, perennis, solida, artU 

 culataj supra unaniquanique articulam fibrillis nuraerosis 

 secedentibus. 



Culmi plures ex una radice, usque ad 12, vel ultra, pedum 

 altitudinem adsurgentes, erecti, teretes, lasvi, foliosi, articu- 

 lati, supra unamquamque articulam punctis viridibus in 3 

 ordinibus iiotati. Gemm(E distiche alternantes. 



Folia 3 pedalia et ultra, et 3 pollices lata, erecto-patentia, 

 lineari-lanceolata, nervo costali incrassato, ante apicein evan- 

 escente, margine serrulato-aspera, prope basin ciliata, pills 

 albis strictis. Vagince pedales, striata^, farinosae, pilis strlctis 

 facile abstersis munitse, pubescentia nigra interspersis. Ligula 

 sub-lunata, integra, folii marginem versus pilis longis strictis 

 ciliata. 



Panicula bipedalis, erecta, effusa. Rachis stricta, obtuse 

 angulata carinataque, ad ramorum ortum leviter villosa, cee- 

 tera hispidula. Rami utplurimum verticillati, (6^ 7, 8 in uno 

 verticillo,) pauci inter verticilla sparsi, "primo erecto-patentes, 

 deinde patentes, alternatim ramosi, ramulis simplicibus, gra- 

 cilibus, obsolete angulati, basi villosi, ad articulos leviter 

 flexuosi. Articuli trilineares, basi attehuati, apice paruni in-' 

 crassati. Flores in utroque articulo, aut duo, quorum alter 

 sessilis, alter pedicellatus, aut (rare) quatuor, quorum 2 

 sessiles et 2 lateraliter pedicellati." * 



Calyx uniflorus, 3 glumis, basi pilis albis sericeis cinctus. 

 GluiTKB subaequales oblongo-lanceolatae : extima leviter ciliata 

 obsolete binervis: media, acuminata; nervo dorsali viridi 

 carinata (carina apicem versus villosa) cum vestigiis 2-4 ner- 

 vorum lateralium obsolete notata, subdiaphana, basi'purpur- 

 ascens, margine villoso-ciliata, glumara intimam arete am- 

 plectens : gluma intima, prioribus pauUum brevior, diapbana, 

 punctis purpureo-fuscis notata, ovato-lanceolata, mutica, 

 enervis, v. obsolete uninervis, glaberrima, apice ciliata. 



Corolla (squamse hypogynae, Br.) minuta, 2 valvis: valmlm 

 hyalinae; una (gluma intima calycis excepta) rotunda, ciliato- 



Meyer. Primitia force Essigmboncnsls, p. 67 



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