50 CAROLIS SPEOAZZIM 



intcn-iiplo piM parln ninli, .-arpius .'i-nodi, nodis 2 medii.s leniter 

 gonii'iilati.>, non v. vi\ lnniidiili.<, i;laljri< cxiiiiic aiinulatiin nU-o- 

 pnrinirei.s. 



Folia e pailide virescente subglaucescentia , subfasciculaia , 

 laxa, alterna; limbi.s convoluto-subulatis (30-80 mm long. — 0,25- 

 0,75 nini diam.) glabris, ob.^^olete striatis, non scabris, ncc niti- 

 dis, plus iiiiiuisvc arouato- iiicurvis, rigidulis, apicc attenuato-acu- 

 ti-^siniis sed non pungentibu.s , vaginis niodiis et inferis anguslis 

 adpn^ssis, internodiis dimidio brevioribus, infimis saepius pallide 

 violaseeiitibus, ubiquo glabris v. ad marginein extei^nuin niinute pecti- 

 nato - ciliolatis , ore rotundatis, auriculis oblusissimis velutino- 

 villosuiis, linea transversa annulari brcviter patentimquc villosula 

 a limbis separatis, ligulis brevissimis integris saepius ad lineam 

 piloso-velutinam reductis ornatis, duobus, supremis aproximatis 

 abrupto spathaceo-inllatis, limbo plus minusve abbreviato donatis, 

 glaucescenti-virescentibus v. obsolete vioiaceotinctis. 



Inlloreficentia panniculato-spicilbrmis (50 lUH mm long.~5-7 

 mm diam.) vaginis duobus supremis arcte adpressis vestita , 

 multispiculigera, rachi ramis noc noii pedicellis (5-10 mm long.) 

 lenissime sensimque incrassatis, obsolete angulatis, non scabris 

 sed moUiter plus minusve pubescenti-puberuHs. 



Spieulac constipatae, erectae; glumis liyahnis v. plus minusve 

 purpurascentibus, flosculum triplo, genu et pappum longiuscule 

 superantibus, anguste lineari-lanceolatis, sursum longe tenuiterque 

 attenuatis, non v. vix carinatulis, infora 1-nervia ( nervis 1 v. 2 

 utrimque basalibus obsoletis tenuissimis brevissimisque saepe addi- 

 tis) (23-25 mni long.-2,3 mm lat.), superam eximie 3-nervem, 

 basi saepo ikmvo altoro tenui brevissimo ntrimque addito (23 24 

 mm long.: 2 mm lat.i aequante v. suporante; flosculis cylindraceo 

 subfusoideis (cum .inthopodio et arista 30-00 mm long . - cum an- 

 Ihopodio sino arista 7-8 mm long.i^ siiio anlhopodio et arista-5,5-G 



