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viora, glaucescentia; VagiRee foliis bitviores, latae , 

 stramineae , pilis brevibus crebrisque pubescentes , 

 haud raro tamen glaberrimae ; Folia culmea plana, 

 vel laxius complicata, ceteris minus rigida, sed \ix. 

 laiiora, multoque breviora; Fag/'/iff stiictae, plerum- 

 <iue Ir-Eves , foliis duplo triploque longiores ; Ligula 

 biaurita, auiiculis mixiutis, obtusis, siibiuscis; Culmi 

 pcdales vel bieviores, glabri laevesque , sub-com- 

 pressoangulosi, foliis vix rrassiores, foliosi, supernfi 

 tantum nudi-, Paniculn dense multiflora, subpatens, 

 Cblonga , latiuscula ex viridi cum dilutloris violacei 

 admixtione glaucescens ; Pecfu/icu// cum rachi inferne 

 ilexuosi, scabro pubescentes, ereciiusculi, angulosi, 

 prerumque solitaiii ; inferiores 3 — 7 flori ; supremi 

 breves indivisi; Spicul ee gXahme, fere que Iseves , lan- 

 ceolatae, minus distichae , 4 — 5 florae, spiculls i^. 

 x)viii(Z Schta.d. {striata Host; 144a « Hall, heiv.) duplo 

 saltern longiores: Valvul<z valde inaequales; Superior 

 iiervis tribus sat validis iastructa, ovato lanceolata, 

 ad carinam superne scabriuscula, marginibus subci- 

 liata; m/er«»r angusta, linearilanceolaia, ad carinam, 

 superne plus minusve scabra: CorollcE demum distan- 

 tes, oblongo subulatae, superne carinatae ; Gluma. 

 exterior nervls 5 distinctis , sed parum extantibua 

 Botata, viridiuscula , glabra, nervo dorsali superne 

 scabriusculo , margine subscarioso, pallide violaceo, 

 angustissimo instructa ; Arista gluma plerumqvie 

 multo breviores , quandoque earn fere a.quante§ , 

 scabrae, violaceae; gluma interior flexurae nervis a 

 margine remotis, laeviusculis, vel breviter pubes- 

 centibus, apice obiter emarginata. (D. v.} 



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