about 12 em. long, long-pilose when young, glabrescent 
in age, rather densely leafy. Leaves membranuos, uni- 
formly dull green on both surfaces, grass-like, 2-8.5 cm. 
long, 1-2.5 mm. wide at the mid-point, attenuate-acute 
at the apex, 4- to 7-veined, but the veins not conspicuous, 
not fenestrate, rather remotely but very conspicuously 
villous-ciliate along the margins with stiff, divergent, 
white hairs about 3 mm. long, otherwise very minutely 
puberulous-pulverulent or glabrescent on both surfaces. 
Peduncles few, mostly 1 or 2 per season at the apex of 
the stem but several of previous seasons persistent far- 
ther down, erect, slender, 2-9 cm. long, 4- or 5-costate, 
twisted, antrorsely white-pilose when young, eventually 
glabrescent; sheaths slender, 1.5-2 cm. long, sparsely 
appressed-pilose or eventually glabrescent, conspicuously 
3-lobed at the apex, the lobes subhyaline-scarious, lan- 
ceolate, about 4 mm. long, attenuate-acute at the apex, 
glabrous, erect. Heads grey, hemispheric, 5-8 mm. in 
diameter; involucral bractlets light brownish, ovate, 
about 3.5 mm. long and 1.9 mm. wide, slightly concave, 
rounded at the apex, densely short-ciliolate along the 
margins, otherwise subglabrous or sparsely pilose toward 
the apex on the back; receptacle long-villous; receptac- 
ular bractlets stramineous or light brownish, oblong- 
elliptic, about 2.8 mm. long and 0.9-1 mm. wide, blunt 
at the apex, ciliate-pilose toward the apex on the back and 
barbellate at the apex. Staminate florets: sepals 8, con- 
nate only at the base for about 1 mm., brownish, about 
2.5 mm. long and 0.7 mm. wide, obtuse and barbate at 
the apex, otherwise glabrate; petals 8, whitish, connate 
into an infundibular tube about 2.5 mm. long, the upper 
free portions subhyaline and about 1 mm. long, glabrous, 
not glanduliferous; stamens 8, exserted, erect-spreading ; 
filaments about 1.5 mm. long, glabrous; anthers white. 
Pistillate florets: sepals 8, brown, separate to the base, 
[ 66 | 
