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4. S»tipa jlfeaei Nees. 



4. Stipa Neaei Nees 



a. Spicula l./l 



b. Flosoalus i,l 



c. Flosculus 4'1 



Sfipa Neaei Nees , Steudel , 1 . c . , prt . I , p . 

 126, n. 33. 



Stipa IjcUa Phil., Sert. mcnd. II., An . Un. 

 Chil. V. .34-36 p. 203 (1870!. 



Stipa pidcheUa Mro, Ball, Journ . Linn . soc. 

 XXI, p. 2,37 f;l884). 



Diag. Glumae hneari-lanceolatae submaju- 

 sculae, ilosculum subduplo superanlcs, 1-3- ner- 

 ves, pulchre purpureae; llosculus sublanceolato- 

 fusoideus, deorsum pubescens, sursum glabra- 

 (us longeque attcnuatus; anthopodium diametrum 

 tloscuii subduplo aequans, conoidcum, in acu- 

 mine glabrum ceterum albo-villosum ; corona 

 nulla; arista floscuium 6-12-plo longior, non 

 geniculata, in quarto infero glabra, ceterum 

 villosa. Culmi simplices folia subjuncoidea laevia 

 superantes, panicula majuscula coarctata vagi- 

 nata secunda. 



Hab . In campis aridis saxosis inter dumeta 

 vulgata, secus Rio S. Crti:;, Jan. 1882-97, secus 

 Bio Chiibut, Febr. 1899, secus Rio Ner/ro,Feh. 

 1898, nec non sparsim in andinis prov. Mendoza., 

 aest. 1895-901 (C. S.). 



Obfi . Perennis, non v. vix fasciculato-caes- 

 pitosa. 



Culmi ima basi subdichotome brevissimequc ramosi fasciculati 

 caespites plus minusve superantes (300-1200 mm alt.-l-2 mm 



