STIPEAE PLATENSES 19 



Oryzoi».«>i<>« Iojo|)0(l:i Spep;., n. sp . 



Diufj . Glumae ovalao llosculo 2-plo 

 lonjiiores, 5-nerves, violascente.*; floscu- 

 lus atro-castaneus obovatus,e latere com- 

 prcssus, glaber non scaber >ti'ialu>; ('oroiia 

 lata l)revissima pulvinato- applanata cine- 

 rini . subpubescens; antliopodium brevissi- 

 7. oryzopsis lejopoda spog. \n\\x\\ anuulato - umboniformc glabrum; ari- 



a. Spicula 1, l 



i>. Fiosouiusi.i sta persistens excentrica 4-")- plo flosculo 



c Flosculus 4 1 . /-. 1 • /■ .. ni-r> ■ i ■ i • 



longior. Cuimi toha liliiormia laevia pluries 

 superantes; panicula angusta nuda depauperata. 



Hab . Rarissime in pratis inontanis Sierra Vcntana , Nov . 1895 

 (C.S.). 



Obs . Perennis .sparsa v. parce subcaespitosa, caespitibus par- 

 vis (100-150 mm alt. = 50-100 mm diam.). 



Culmi folia semper longe superantes graciles (250 — 450 mm 

 ait. = 0,G — 1 mm diam.' nudi v. foliis 1 v. 2, ad vaginas fere 

 tantum reductis, vestiti, glabri , minute longit)'orsum striati , nodi< 

 vix incrassatis glabris purpureo-annulatis. 



Folia omnia isomorpha subfasciculata subrigidula crectiuscula 

 V. tlexuoso-subcircinata viridia filiformia, hmbis complicato-sub- 

 teretibus e laterc lenissime compressuhs (30—120 mm long.-=0,.'i 

 — 0,5 mm diam.^^1 mm lat. anert.) glaberrimis laevibus, non v. 

 obsolete tenuiterque striatis, intus subcinerascentibus subpulveru- 

 leutis 3-costulato -nervulosis, apice sensim acuteriue subulato-mu- 

 cronatis sed non pungentibus, vaginis adpressis palhdioribus vix 

 striolatis, ore coarctatis, auricuhs glaberrimis cum hguhs opacis 

 scariosulis breviter ovatis integris v. vix denticulatis continuis. 



