STIPEAE PLATENSES 11 



ter tortis (100-300 mni long. = 0,5-1 mm diam. = l-2 mm lat. 

 npert.) cxtLis lacvibus glabris, intus tenuiter 3-5-nervulosis sub- 

 l)ulvcnilriitis apice scnsini loiigcquc attcnuato-aculatis non pun- 

 gcntibus, vaginis sacpius relaxatis noii v. leniter intlatis, glaberri- 

 niis obsolcte striatulis, ore subrotundalo-angustatis, auriculis non 

 barbatis cum ligulis (radicalibus Ijrcvissimis v. cvanidis) ovatis v. 

 lanccolatis obtusis giabi'is iiitcgris scariosulis albcscenti — subhya- 

 linis . 



InHoreseentla pnmo erecta angusta (50-120 mm long.) vagina 

 tblii suprcmi sat inllata saepeque purpurco- maculata vcstita, dein 

 plus niinusvc cxcrta secunda v. nulans dcpau[)erata (7-20-spicu- 

 ligeivi), raclii , ramis, ncc non i^ediccllis (5-25 nim long.) apice 

 scnsim lcnitcrquc incrassatis, pubcrulo-scabcrulis saepeque pur- 

 pura-ccntibus. 



Spicalac primu crcctac dcin patulae ac nutantcs ; glumis suban- 

 guste eliiptico-lanceolatis utrinKiue angustatis, deorsum pulchre vio- 

 laceis (dorso plus minusvc virescentibus ) sursum hyalinis longe 

 scnsimque attenuato-arislulatis glal)errimis nitentiusculis, flosculo 

 subduplo longioribus, non v. ubsoletissimc carinatulis, infera 5- 

 nervi (22-27 mm lung.— 1 min lat . ) siiperam sub-7-ncrvcm 

 (2i-2G mm long. -3,25 min lat . ) paululu supcraiitc; tlosculis 

 cylindraccis ( cum antliopudio ct arista 80-100 nnn long. = cuin 

 anthopodio et corona 11 -J2 mm long. = sinc anthopodio ct coruna 

 (j-7 mm long. — 1,25- 1 ,35 mmdiam.), glumclla infera primu pal- 

 lida dciii plumbea mux i)liiml)cu- cocrulca , pusli-cmu iiigra v . atru- 

 violacca, opaca , cuilacea (scd nuii ussca) glabcrrima lacvissima 

 ( etiam sub lcntc valida) iii partc apicali dcnsc miiiutissimeque papil- 

 lulatu-scabra, supcrnc aci|ualilcr al)rupti.'quc' rotundato-cunsti'icta 

 cximiiMjui' coronata , dursu rutundata, venlrc iiun v. vi.x subappla- 

 natula tcnuiter sulcata; glumella supcra anguslc! clliptica acquilonga 

 coriacea castanea nitente medio sulcato-2-carinala; anthopodio 

 gracili terete, lenissime obconoideo, praelongo (4-5 inm long. 



