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be taken to include the teeth. 
Taken thus it comes up to at 
least 1-1 cm. There is then 
nothing left to distinguish S. 
fusiformis from S.aristiglumis, 
which latter name will have to 
stand, although it is mislead- 
ing. At the same time my 
description of S. fusiformis may 
be accepted as an emende 
description of 8. aristiglumis. 
— foliis tenuibus 
vioribus scabridis, floribus 
mi OBES, aristis longioribus, 
Perennis, dense caespitosa, 
usque 50 cm. alta. Culms 
erecti, teretes, glabri, 2-nodi, 
nodis breviter pubescentibus. Foliorwm vaginae 
/ pallidae, apertiusculae, striatae, subpubescentes, 
basales breves, 1-5-3 cm. longae, persistentes ; ligulae 
breves, ciliatae; laminae setaceo-convolutae, in 
acumen pungens attenuatae, interdum recurvae, 
usque ad 10 cm. longae, scabridulae. Panicula 
laxa, angusta, 25 cm. longa, et 2-3 cm. lata; 
axis primarius leviter scaberulus; rami fasciculati, 
erecti vel leviter patentes, pauciflori; pedicelli 
acillimi, I cm. longi. Spiculae subherbaceae. 
Glumae longe acuminatae, valvam amplectantes, 
inaequales ; ; inferior 3-nervis, 1:6 cm. longa; 
superior 5-nervis, 1-3. cm. longa. Valva cylindrica, 
7 mm. longa, 0-5 mm. lata, integra, breviter et 
dense sericeo-pubescens, pilis luteis apice productis 
1-2 mm. longis; callus acutus, 0-8 mm. longus; 
arista 4-5 cm. longa; columna apice mediaque 
angulo recto geniculata, seta recta 2-5-3 cm. longa, 
valvula valvam aequans. 
N. 8. Wares. Cooma, Jan. 1887, R. T. Baker. 
36a. §. effusa, Hughes; sp. nov. S.: setaceae, 
a Samed R. Br., affinis, sed ligula breviore usque 1 mm. longa, 
ie teteg planis vel laxissime convolutis, glumis minori- 
x3. b. valve Dus, ert. 
and? awn to Basis incognita. Culmi floriferi erecti vel geni- 
shew the length culati, minime 5-nodi, glabri, infra nodis scaberulis. 
ra a Seid i Foliorum vaginae apertae, striatae, glabrae ; ligulae 
S 1 mm. longae, ciliatae; laminae planae vel 
axissime convolutae, usque 30 cm. longae et 3-4 mm. latae, 
Fic. 2.—Spikelet of S. bigeniculata. 
x3. a. valve. x3. 
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