S-riPEAF I'LATENSES G5 



scabri laeves v. vix tenuiter longitrorsum striati , nodis leniter in- 

 crassatis annulato-fuscescentibus glabris. 



FoUa subdimorpiia, sed semper tamen juncoidea rigida coriacea 

 e pallescenti viridia ieniterque glaucescentia, limbis (200-500 mm 

 long.) infimorum complicato-teretibus (0,75-1 mm diam.), supe- 

 rorum complicato-compressis dorso non carinatis (apice excepto) 

 rotundatis, ventre plus minusvc latc canaliculato-apertis (1,5-2 mm 

 lat. aprt.) rarius subapplanatis, extus intusque glaberrimis non 

 scabris, utrimque tenuiter 7-9-nervuloso-striatis, sursum sensim 

 longequc aitenuatis complicato-compressis apiceque calloso-acu- 

 tiusculis sed non pungentibus, vaginis posticis relaxatis, superis 

 adpressis, pallidioribus obsolete striatulis glabris non scabris, ore 

 leniter coarctatis, auriculis nullis v. obtusis non v. vix obsoletis- 

 sime barbatis, ligulis marginiformibus, radicalibus breviusculis 

 (0,5-0,75 mm alt.) truncatis, culmigenis arcuatis v. subovatis 

 (1-1,5 mm alt.i integris v. vix denticulatis, e byalino scariosulis 

 glaberrimis. 



Inflorescentla (100-200 mm long.) e depauperato relaxata, primo 

 erecta angusta vix secunda, dein nutans patentiuscula, semper va- 

 gina folii supremi sat inflata deorsum vestita, rachi terete laevi , 

 superne saepc compressula ac leniter scabrida, ramulis gracillimis 

 scabriusculis valde remolis saepius ternis v. geminatis supra me- 

 dium partitis apicem versus tantum pauci-spiculigeris, pedicel- 

 lis longiusculis (3-15 mm long.), sursum dilatatulo-compressiis, 

 scabris. 



Spicalae primo adpressae erectiusculae dein remotae nutantes; 

 glumis non v. vix subcai'inulatis glabris, flosculo duplo longiori- 

 bus, hyalinis, anguste Iineai'i-sublanceolatis deorsum leniter an- 

 gustatis, sursum longe attenuatis subaristulatis, tenuiter 3-nervi- 

 bus, infera iprt. membr. 16-20 mm long. = 2-2,5 mm lat. = arist. 

 2-3 mm long.) superam (prt. membr. 14-15 mm long. = 1,5-2 



