Folia srain'qtie basal ia. Foliornm vagina*- ad ID cm. longa*-, 
purpuia^ct ni« •*. l I i ■ : > < .:' : ■ i i .<p i- . no -. mi |u-rn<- inij»ri mis 
in articulo calloso minute puberuli. ad 3<> cm. longi ; laminae 
oblique ellipticae. acntae. basi rotnndatae. 1 1-2'A cm. longae, 
longae. Bracteae subdisricb; 
8-9 fertiles, circiter 2*5 cm. loi 
obtusissimis, superiores 4 st 
2-5 cm. longae, omnes glabrae. 
3 cum unaquaque bractea ; 1 
subacuta, 8 mm. longa. Cora 
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Grant en annuum (?), ad 6 dm. altum. Cuhra fasciculati, erecti, 
8-12 nodi. g\ linm Lncree- 
centia (ad 4^-10 cm. longa), deind. breviora, summum (pedunculus) 
elongatum, ad 10 cm. longum. Fnliorum vaginae laxiusculae, 
saepe internodiis brevioivs : Iiguia-- scarinsac rnmcatae, 2-2*5 mm. 
Rart'ini (spieao spuriae) :W> in culmornm apices digitati. .recti, 
contigui. 4-4-.") cm. longi : i-bacliis applanata, 2-3 mm. lata, glaber- 
rima, laevissima. ob costam renuem admodum prominentem 
quasi tri-alaia ; prdio-!!i l-ivvi^imi. crassi, secundum costam 
altcrnaiues. Spiruhn 2-st-Hatae. iml>riratac. ambitu ovatae vel 
ellipticae, 2-2*25 mm. longae, l'8-l'O mm. latae, pallidae. Gluma 
inferior plane suppressa, raro rudimentaria ope lentis validae 
visa, superior latissime ovata, obtusiuscula, spiculam basi am- 
plectens,0'3 mm. longa, hyalina, glabra vel minutissime pubescens. 
Vulra inferior spicuia paulo brevior, obtusa, 5-costata, ad costas 
et inferne et apicem versus inter eas minute puberula, paleam 
ob.iv.-no-roiiiiidatam sqnamiformem fere 0*5 mm. longam et 
lodiculas 2 obovatas 0*3-0-4 mm. longas fovens, superior ovata, 
