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the course of the veins, they are round, l seriate bodies bear- 
ing a great resemblance to the glands of coniferons tissuz) li- 
gulis foliororum supremorum extrors an breviter barbatis, 
foliisque basi utrinque sed-przesertim extus barbatis. 
Panicula, spithamzea pedalisve, pilis laxis hinc ellinc hir- 
suta, ad insertionem spicarum barbata. Spice plurime inferi- 
oris lateraliter aggragate, relique subverticillatim inferne 
cujusque faciculi sessiles simplicesque reliquis  stipitatis, 
ramosisque rachibus commun. barbatis, pilis rectis griseo- 
brunneis. Spicule geminatze altera sessili, altera stipitata, utro- 
que basi pilis iisdem ac rachis flosculos paullo excedentibus, 
dense barbata, 2 florze. 
Gluma exterior lanceolata acuminata, dorso-covexa, con- 
voluta, apice bifida brunnea, 6-venia, venule 2 unice cen- 
trales infra apicem evandiz, 2 laterales cum 2 intemediis 
que in dentes excurrunt confluentes omnes hine illinc venu- 
lis transversis brevibus junctee: Gluma secus venas dentium, — 
vel intermedia apices versus denticulata ut etiam sinus 
fissurze, coriacea. 
Gluma interior conformis, paullo brevior minus coriacea, 
acuminata ciliata presertim medium supra 5-venia, venis la- 
teralibus cum centrali que in aristam brevem excurrit medium 
paullo supra confluentibus, dorso medium infra pilis (supra 
dictis) breviter ciliata hispida.  Flosculus exterior neuter 1 
paleaceus, l-valvis, valva lineari-lanceolata, pilis brevibus 
hirta hyalina, rubro-tincta, l-veni 
Interior hermaphrod. bivalvis hyalinus valvula exterior 
linearis, obsoleto-carinata, pilis brevibus hirta apice bifida, 
vena centrale unica in aristam longissimam glumam ipsam 
aliquoties (sub 5-plo) excedentia a basi ima denticulat. 
Stam. 3, bases filamertor brunnez persistenti tantum vidi. 
Lodiculz 2, cuneatze demum ? pulchre sanguinez. 
Valvula interior minutalate oblonga, apice pus apicem 
versus sanguinea tincta. 
Caryopsis ovata, basi filamentis 3-persistent cincta; apice 
coronata stylorum basibus coalitis brunneis, levis, alba. i 
