68 CAROl.LS SPF.GAZZINl 



Folia siibisomorpha, pallidc viridi-subglaucescentia, subcoria- 

 ceo-rigidula, limbis omnibus conformibus (v. inflmis radicalibus 

 in senectuto applanato-apertis) laxe complicato-setaceis (^r)0-2()n 

 mm long.=: 0,5-1, 25 mm diam.= l-3 mm lat. aprt.) ercctiuscu- 

 lis, incurvis v. subcircinatis, in prima juventute subflaccidis tereti- 

 bus extus saepius sparse patule v. retrorse hispido-pilosulis, dein 

 rigidis juncoideis, a latere compressulis glaberrimis non v. obso- 

 letissimc striatis, intus tcnuiter 5-7-nervulosis non v. vlx pul- 

 verulentis, apice breviter subulato-acuminatis non pungentibus, 

 vaginis infimis relaxatis superis adpressis tenuiter striatulis ghaber- 

 rimis, ore contracto - subtruncatis , auriculis plus minusve barbato- 

 pilosis, cum liguHs (radicalibus obsoletis v. vix marginiformibus) 

 ovatis obtusis glabris integris albescenti-subliyalinls continuis. 



Inflorescentia parva (50-120 mm long.) primo erecta vagina 

 folii supremi non v. vix ampUata vestita, doin longe exerta nuda 

 secunda nutans, valde depauperata (5-15-spiculigera), rachi pu- 

 bescenti -hispidula (saUcm apicem versus), ramis remotis inferis 

 geminatis bispicuhgeris, superis soHtariis 1-spicuHgeris angulosis' 

 cum pedicellis antice vix incrassatuhs (5-15 mm long.) scabridis 

 pubescentibusque . 



Spiculae primo erectae dein nutantes; glumis lanceolatis, basin 

 versus subvirescentibus , medio violaceis , sursum longe attenuatis 

 aristulatisque hyalinis glabris, non v. parum nitentibus, flosculo 

 dimidio et ultra longioribus, non v. obsolefe carinatis, ad carinas 

 non V. parce hispidulo-scabridis, infora 3-nervi (25-45 mm long. 

 — 3,5-4,5 mm. lat.) superam 5-nervem (23-40 mm long. =3-4 

 mm lat.) superante; floscuhs cylindraceis (cum anthopodio et 

 arista 120-lCO mm long. = cum anthopodio et corona 12-lG mm 

 long. = sine anthopodio et corona 7-0 mm long.=: 1-1,5 mm 

 diam.), glumella infera primo pallida opaca, dein atro-sanguinea, 

 postremo nigerrima , verniceo - nitentissima , coriaceo - subossea , 

 laevissima (etiam sub lente validissima) utrimque breviter leniter- 



