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plus ininu<v" laxe sul)Compresso-convolutis (150-350 mm long.= 

 1-2,5 niin lat.) dorso nun v. vix cariuali.'^, extus intusque glaber- 

 rimis non .•^cabris atquc triiuiter 7-11 -iicrvuloso-costulatis, sur- 

 sum sensim longiusculcquc attenuatis complicato-compressiusculis, 

 apice calloso-acutiusculis sed non pungeiuibus, vaginis posticis 

 subrelaxatis, superis adpressis pallidioribus obsolete striatulis, gla- 

 bris noii scabris, ore truncato-rotundatis, auriculis obtusis glabris 

 V. plus minusve puberulo-barbalis, ligulis marginiformibus, radi- 

 calibus brevissimis, non v. leniter arcuatis (0,20-1,5 min alt.) inte- 

 gris, hyalino-scariosulis glaberrimis. 



Inflorescentia (100-150 mm long.) confertiuscula, primo erecta, 

 vagina folii supremi sat inflata fere tota vestita, dein ad medium 

 v. ultra exerta secunda relaxato-nutans, rachi compressula non 

 v. vix scabrida, ramulis angulosis v. compressis gracilibus scabe- 

 rulo-subpubescentibus, a basi v. infra medium pedicelligeris, pe- 

 dicellis (1-8 mm long.) scaberulis apicem versus modice com- 

 presso - cla vulatis . 



Spicnlae primo confertae adpressae dein patulae relaxatae; glu- 

 mis carinatulis glabris hyalinis anguste linearibus, deorsum non 

 V. vix angustatis, sursum longe attenuato-aristulatis, infera l-nervi, 

 additis nervis 2 lateralibus tenuissimis saepeque obsoletis v. perae- 

 gre perspicuis (prt. membr. 7-8 mm long. = 0,75-1 mm lat. = 

 arist. 1,5-3 mm long.), superam tenuiter 3-nervem (prt. memb. 

 5-6,5 mm long. = l-l,15 mm lat. = arist. 1,5-2 mm long.) su- 

 perante; flosculis teretibus lenissime sublanceolato-fusoideis, ae- 

 quilatcralibus (cum anthopodio et arista 35-45 mm long.=:cum 

 antliopodio el corona 5-G mm Iong. = sine anlhopodio et corona 

 3 mm long. = 0,4-0,6 mm diam.) dorso carinatis, glumella infera 

 e coriaccllo submembranacea subflaccidula (praecipue ante anthe- 

 sm) glabra minutissime subimperspicucque papilloso - asperula, 

 pallida v. vix subfuscescente non nitente, utrimque breviter (su- 

 perne longius) leniterque subattenuata, glumella supera pusilla lan- 



