97 



Desciuptio. Radix, culmi crassitie, j)eieiinis, solida, arti- 

 ciilata, supra unamquamque articulam fibrillis numerosis 

 secedentibus, 



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

 altitudincm adsurgentes, erecti, teretes, laevi, foliosi, articu- 

 lati, supra unamquamque articulam punctis viridibus in 3 

 ordinibus notati. Gemmce disticlie alternantes. 



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

 lineari-lanceolata, nervo costali incrassato, ante apieem cvan- 

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

 albis strictis. Vafjince pedales, striata;, farinos.x', pilis strictis 

 facile abstersis munitjje,, pubescentia nigra interspersis. Ligiila 

 sub-lunata, Integra, f'olii marginem versus pilis longis strictis 

 ciliata. 



Panicula bipedalis, erecta, efFusa. Rachis stricta, obtuse 

 angulata carinataque, ad ramorum ortum leviter villosa, ce- 

 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. ylrticuli trilineares, basi attenuati, apice parum in-' 

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

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

 sessiles et 2 lateraliter pedicellati." * 



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

 Glumce subaequales oblongo-lanceolata; : extima leviter ciliata 

 obsolete binervis: media, acuminata; nervo dorsali viridi 

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

 vorum lateralium obsolete notata, subdiaphana, basi purpur- 

 ascens, margine villoso-ciliata, glumam intiniam arete am- 

 plectens : glumxi intima, prioribus paullum brevior, diapliana, 

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

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



Corolla (squamae liypogynae, Br.) minuta, 2valvis: valvulcB 

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



♦ Meyer, Piimitur. florm Essifjuibonensu, p. 07. 

 1£ 2 



