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cescentia, subtüs lævia, suprà striata ac scabra, culmis 
multó longiora, inferne conduplicata. Bracteæ anguste 
lineares, apice setaceæ, suprà margineque scabræ, sæpè 
spicis dupló longiores: vaginis elongatis, teretibus, striatis, 
læviusculis, pedunculo dupló breviores, demüm ad basin 
usque hiantibus. Pedunculi longi, capillares, compressi, 
denticulato-scabri ; inferiores bi- v. tri-pollicares. Spice 
plures (3—9), solitariæ, remotæ, breves, cylindraceæ, te- 
nues, cernuæ, simplices v. subcompositz, apice masculæ. 
Glume ellipticæ, acutæ, pallide fuscæ, scariosæ, nervo 
viridi carinatæ. Arilli ovati, costati, compressiusculi, 
longè rostrati, pilis brevibus asperati, glumis multó longi- 
ores, apice bifurci. 
macrolepis, digyna ; vaginis elongatis pedunculo breviori- 
bus, spicis strictis cylindraceis apice masculis, glumis lan- 
ceolatis longè cuspidatis, arillis ovatis rostratis scaberrimis 
costatis apice bipartitis. 
Habitat in Nepaliz alpibus. Wallich. y. 
Radia fibrosa. Culmi stricti, obtuse trigoni, glabri, virides, 
striati, spithamzei v. pedales, foliosi. Folia linearia, plana, 
nervosa, vix lineam lata, glauca, suprà margineque scabra, 
subtüs lævia ; radicalia culmis longiora. Bractec lineares, 
foliaceæ, longissimze, suprà scabræ ; inferioribus culmum 
æquantibus. Vagine elongate, tubulosæ, glabræ, sulcatæ, 
pedunculo dupló breviores. Pedunculi graciles, stricti, 
compressi, margine denticulati. Spice plures (5—6), so- 
litariæ, distantes, cylindraceæ, stricte, apice masculæ. 
Glume lanceolatæ, margine niveæ, dorso virides, ad api- 
cem nervo medio in aristam longissimam denticulato- 
scabram producto. Arilli ovati, compressiusculi, longè 
rostrati, 
