STI1-'EAI:: l'LATENSES 6t 



Obs . Pei"ennis dense caespitosa, caespilibus parvis v. subme- 

 diocnbus (50 — 350 mm alt. ). 



Ctthru lulia uon v. vi.\ .su[)ei-;iiilcs graciles (iOO-250 nim alt.=r 

 0,5-0,7 mm crass.) tcretcs, giabi-i uon v vix subscabri, ad api- 

 cem usque vestiti , 2-3-nodi, nodis non incrassatis concoloribus, 

 glabris . 



Folia omnia isomorpha flave.scentia , rigida, limbis tereti-con- 

 volutis capillaribus v. setaceis (20-150 mm long. = 0,3-0,6 mm 

 diam.), extus glabris laevibus, saepius tenuissime pulverulento- 

 scabris, intus (0,6-1 mm lat. aprt.) tenuiter 3- nervosis, obsolete 

 pulverulentis, apice sensim breviterque attenuatis acutis subpun- 

 gentibusque, vaginis inferis subrelaxatis, superis arcte adpressis 

 pallidioribus nervoso-striatulis glabris , ore non contractis non bar- 

 batis nec pubescentibus, auriculis non v. vix evolutis cum ligulis 

 (infiinis subobsoletis ) anguste ovatis v. lanceolatis (1-5 mm long.) 

 inacquilateralibus subacutiusculis, integris v. denticulatis, e liyalino 

 scariosulis continuis . 



Infloi^eseeatia subspicata (25-50 mm long.) 3-15-spiculigera 

 angustissime linearis, non ramosa v. vix ima basi ramulis 2 

 geminatis (5-10 min long.) 2-5-spiculigeris donata, rachi tenui 

 compressula scabriuscula leniter flexuosa , pedicellis alternis, infe- 

 ris, rarius mediis etiam, geminatis, altero breviore, altero longio- 

 re, superis solitariis adpressis il— 4 inm long.) scabris subpur- 

 purascentibus , ipso apice abrupie minuteque noduloso - subin- 

 crassatis . 



Spieulae submonostichae aproximatae ; glumis lanceolatis , po- 

 stice fumoso-subviolascentibus, antice subhyalinis, deorsum bre- 

 vissime abruptiusculeque angustatis , sursum subcuneato - atte- 

 nuatis acutis sed non mucronatis, dorso rotundalis non carinatis 

 laevibus glabris, infera lenuiter sub-3-nervis, nervis extimis 



