22 CAROLUS SPEGAZZINI 



Obs. Perennis, sparsa \ . parco caespitosa . caespitibtis parvis 

 iKHt-l.Ml iiirn all . -.">(»- Kii) luin diaiii. . 



Culiiii Iblia .■?i.'iijp>'i- l()iii:c sniicraiilcs ;^racili'.< ( :;'( KJ - ij.V» iiiiiiaK. 

 — U, ")-(). 7.") iiiiii iliaiii. ) niiili v . luiiis 1 v.:;i. ad \aiiiiiasi lcre tainuui 

 reduclis, reniulis oruali, iiiiiiutc luiigitri^rsuiii striati , glabri v. 

 uijsoielt; retrorae .•scabriu.-iiiii , iiodi.^r aiiiiiilalini constrictis , testa- 

 ceis , glabris. 



Fidia .suljdiniorplia, radicalia plaiia ijallciccnlia , juvcnilia et 

 cauliiia lilifuriiii convolula c viiiilj subglauccscentia , linibis licrba- 

 ccis (;^-80 mm long . ^^ I - 1 . T) niin lal.)dorso 3-, ventre 5-, 

 nervuloso-coslulatis, sur.~uni bii'vilcr alleiiualo-subulatis non pun- 

 gcntibus, glabris v. obsolete dorso, basin versus, retrorse sca- 

 brisculis, vaginis adpressis pallidis glabris .siriatis, ore vix coarc- 

 tatis, auriculis glabcrrimis cum ligulis albis opacis scario.sulis 

 breviter ovatis integris v. vi.\ denticulatis continuis. 



InfiorescenUa anguitc racemuso-spicala uU-80 min long.) erec- 

 ta interrupta depauperata, rachi laevi, rami.s scabris a basi spicu- 

 ligeris adpressis, inrimis ad (Hium liiiaii- v. ligulatis, pedicellis 

 (1-0 mm long.) adpressis scabcrrimis suisuni lenissime subin- 

 crassatis . 



Spicidac laxe subglom^rjlatae ercclae ailpre-t-sae; glumis kitissi- 

 me ovatis breviter acutaio-subaristulatis , deorsum violaceis, sur- 

 sum hyalinis glaberrimis nilcuiiusculis , llusculo nun v. vix subdu- 

 plo longioribus, obsolctc cariiiatulis ."{- 1 v . obsolcte 5-' nervibus 

 (nervis lateralibus valde alibreviatis i, iiifcra (5-0 mmlong.= 

 'Z-'2,7) min lai . ) supcram (5-0 iiiiu luiig . — ::3,5-;.',8 iiim ial . ) 

 acquanle v. subsuperaiitc, llusi-ulis laic ol.iuvalis e latcrc cuinprcs- 

 sis, faciebus tamen cunvexis superne sublruncatis (cum antliopodiu 

 et arisia 22-'2.~! mm long.^cnm anthopodio et corona 2.5-.') mm 

 lona. --"2 mm lat=^-l-5 mm cra.-^s.), glumclla infera avellaiica v. 



