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nata; anthopodio gracili tcrete praelongo (4,25-4,50 mm long.=: 

 0,20 mm diam.) pallo.scente acutissimo pungcnte, viilis adpressis 

 (lensis ])reviu<culis, liMiium inferum glumellae obvolventibus, pul- 

 chre sericoo-fulvis vestiio . 



Arif^ui subcrassiusculn , eentralis, persistens nuda ilensc minu- 

 ti.ssimeciuc cancscenti- velutina (05-85 mm long. ),2-geniculata, 

 geniculo supero infra medium, inferei ad ciuartum posticum si- 

 tis, parle suprema recta reliciuam inferam, floseulo addito, ae- 

 cjuante v. sat superante; articulatio aristae cum glumella nulla v. 

 imperspicua . 



Cnrona brevissima non obliriua, annulalo-subcupuliformis deor- 

 sum sat conslricta, superne truncata , acie acutiuscula deiise minu- 

 teriue velutino-ciliolata . 



Species praecedenti sat siniilis et facile ejusdem varietas xero- 

 phila, formas duas sat distinctas seciuentes praebens: 



(I) /}K/c/'op/ayW«; caespitibus mediocrihus i-elnxatis, foliis capilla- 

 ribus clongatis(100-150 mm long.) r(>ctiusculi5 . Ad ripas lluminis 

 Rio Ner/ro, prope Carineii de Patarjoncfi , Febr . 1898 (C.S. ); in 

 planitie reperitur . 



ci hrac/)i/phijlla : eaespitiljus pusillis contractis (30-70 mm 

 long . et diam . ) foiiis setaceis abbreviatis (25-50 mm long.) sae- 

 pius pUis minusve circinatis . In collinis Sierra Ciirarnalifl , Sie/~ra 

 Vcntana, nec non prope Baliici Blanca, aest . 1895-99; in coUi- 

 nis et montuosis obscrvatui- . 



(^;_iiis o»*y«. napo.^taensi!i Speg . var. brachysperma Speg . 



Haec varietas cacspitibus, foliis atque inflorescentiis perfectc 

 cum forma bracliyplnjlla omnino conveniens sed spicularum fabri- 

 ca sat recedens . 



Hab . Passim cum typo in pratis La Panianofta prope Carnien 



