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pubescentibus vel subglabris limbo lanceolato lineari-acuta, 2-3 
unciali basi subcordato, margine conspicuo denticulato. Culmis; 
simplicibus vel sepius 2 ramosis, vaginis foliorum quarum limbi 
obsoleti fere omnino vestitis. Panicula ovata, terminalis, spi- 
ciolis simplicibus vel solitariis pedicellatis, pedicellis filiformibus 
summis exceptis verticillatis earum axillis glanduliferis, angu- 
latis sursum incrassatis, et hispidis : omnibus 3-floris. 
Spicule 3-florz, floribus 2 stipitatis, masculis 1 sessili sem- 
per externo quoad plantz axim : hermaphrodito. 
Fl. masculi in apice pedicelli articulati. Glumz 2 sub- 
equales rubre acuminate тийсе membranacee, exterior 
3-nervis, nervo dorsali denticulato interior minus acuminata 
apicemque versus tantum secus nervo medio denticulata, 3-ner- 
vis. 
Palea exterior membranacea subnavicularis acute mutice 
marginibus ciliatis, 2-nervis, venis valde irregularibus, sub om- 
nino deficient, interior oblonga plana glabra, subintegra duplo 
minor: lodiculz 2, cuneatz truncate. 
Stam 3. Rud.-Fem. О. 
Flosculus exterior neuter ; 1 paleaceus, palea oblonga mem- 
branacea ciliata, binervis, marginibus introrsum, vel intus 
quoad axim floris involutis. Hermaph. Glumz subconformes 
minus colorate, exterior binervis, bicarinata bimucronata 
carinis denticulatis, minor, interior longius aristata, l-nervis, 
apice sub. 3-nervis. 
Flos exterior neuter l-paleaceous ut in mare, interior ; her- 
maphrod. bipaleaceus. 
Pale ut in musculo sed exterior longe aristatá, arista den- 
ticulata. 
Lodiculz etc. ut in mare. 
Styli 2. Stigmata plumosa ratione styli longissima. 
Stirps in pratis vel campis siccis vulgatissima aristis pre 
alia vulnerantibus. 
Ob. Inflorescentiam Holcis associandus monent. Br. Pr. Fl. 
Nova Holl. 1-199 (55). 
