smaller below the leaf-scar than above it, longer on the side of the 

 bud; about three rows of rudimentary roots. Buds usually having 

 started to expand, projecting through the outer scales and standing 

 out from the stalk ; before starting typically semi-elliptical to broadly 

 ovate in outline and adhering closely to the stalk ; fairly plump ; mar- 

 gin medium in width ; lobes inconspicuous. Foliage rather less than 

 medium, medium to dark in color. Leaf narrow, medium length, 

 tapering rather gradually into a point. Leaf -sheath nearly round at 

 the throat, usually reddish in color; auricles medium size; ligula 

 medium to short, with the upper edge rounded in outline. Vestiture 

 of leaf-sheath medium stiff setae. Vestiture of throat of sheath me- 

 dium coarse hairs on the auricles, and a few extending up onto the 

 adjacent edges and surface of the leaf. !Most important distinguish- 

 ing characters color and the shape of the internodes and the buds. 



B-3747, — Habit erect to inclining. Length long. Diameter me- 

 dium. Shape of the stalk straight. Color .yellowish-green to red- 

 dish-green ; more or less glaucous, especially the depressed ring form- 

 ing the lower portion of the node. Internodes flattened ; typically 

 slightly larger in the upper portion, and with a tendency to be tumid, 

 especially the shorter internodes and on the side opposite to the bud ; 

 the side on which the bud occurs is almost straight immediately above 

 the bud. but often a little tumid just below the node; sometimes stag- 

 gered ; furrow rather broad but shallow. Nodes medium size, the 

 portion above the leaf-scar longer on the side on which the bud is 

 attacked than on the opposite; rudimentary roots quite abundant 

 and distinct, in two or three rows ; the depressed ring forming the 

 lower portion of the node narrow and shallow ; the leaf -scar more 

 or less oblique and projecting from beneath the bud, ciliated with 

 more or less deciduous hairs. Buds large or small, depending on 

 the size of the stalk; often short in comparison with their breadth, 

 triangular to ovate in outline, occasionally long and appearing 

 shrunken ; typically obtuse or blunt pointed, and with a narrow 

 margin and having edges conforming to the shape of the bud. Foliage 

 medium in amount, medium green in color. Leaf medium to broad, 

 long, tapering into a long, acute point. Leaf-sheath distinctly flat- 

 tened laterally at the throat; auricles small; ligula narrow, upper 

 edge either rounded, slightly pointed, or slight depressed in the cen- 

 ter. Vestiture of leaf-sheath many rather long and soft setae. Ves- 

 titure of throat of sheath hairs on auricles, adjacent edges of leaf, and 

 sometimes a few on the adjacent areas of the face of the leaf. IMost 

 important distinguishing characters form of the buds and the inter- 

 nodes, and the ciliated leaf-scar. 



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