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Hall. helv. i5i4. Scheucliz. gram. p. i53. tab* 

 3. fig. i3. B. Barrel!, ic. 45. Smith, brit. i38, 

 N" 1. 

 Radix fibrosa, perennis; Culmi cespitosi , fascicU- 

 lati, sesquipedales, erecli, neuliquam (ut vult CI. 

 Smith) enodes, foliis fere toti vestiti, infra panicu- 

 1am pubescentes. Folia vix scabra, longa, expan- 

 sa, lineam lata, involute setacea, intus striata, ex- 

 tus laeviora, radicalia fasciculata, cespitosa. Vagi- 

 na teretes, virides longae, glabrae, laeviusculae, in- 

 feme nitidae ; Ligulae elongatae, acutiusculae ; Pa- 

 nicula cum aristis pedalis et longior, paulo contracta, 

 angusta, pauciflora; Pcdu;icu/z pauci, breves, ramo- 

 ai, sed pauciflori, erectiusculi, parum scabri, eemi 

 verticillati ; Spicul<£. graciles, elongatae, viridiuscu' 

 lae; Valvulce lauceolatae, subquinque nerviae, sub* 

 aequales, margine scarioso, angustissimo concavae; 

 inferior superiorem basi involvens, carinata; supe- 

 rior quasi pedicellata , nervulis distinctius extanli- 

 bus; utraque in apicem attenuatum , aristiformem , 

 laevem, planiusculum, aut involutum, angustissi' 

 mum, valvula ipsa duplo, triploque longiorem abit: 

 Corolla pedicello dense villoso insidens, subulata, 

 fere teres, Galyce brevior; Gluma exterior subcarti* 

 laginea, obsolete 5-nervia, basi et margine vill08.a» 

 ceterum nitida; Arista terminalis omnium longissi- 

 ma, fere pedalis, inferne spiraliter contorta, nuda- 

 que , ceterum elegantissime pennata , pilia nempe 

 longis, mollibus, sericeisque, bifariam pateritibufi 

 ornata; Gluma interior laevis , nitida, dorao omaino 

 COnvexa. (D. v.) 



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