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CAROLLS SPEGAZZINI 



Stipa Clarazi BaU. 



a. Spiculae ", 



b. Flosonlus W 



c. Corona Vi 



15 . Htlpn Clarazi Ball 



Stipa Clarazi Ball, Cont. Fl . Nrt-Pat. and ctc, 

 p. 237 (1884). 



Stipa quadrifafia OK., Rev. gon. plant.111,2, 

 p. 369 ct 372 (18'J8)! 



Diag . Glumac lineari-lanceolatac, flosculo duplo 

 et utra longiores, 3-nerves, c hyalino violascen- 

 tes; flosculus cylindraceo-tetragonus, ad angulos 

 villosus, ad latera glaber ruguloso-subpapillosus; 

 corona turbinatulo-cylindracca non v. vix subtetra- 

 gona , acie horizontalis ciliolata, basi constrictula 

 atque ad latera eximie et semper si- 

 nuato-depressa; anthopodium 3-sub- 

 4-plove diametrum flosculi superans, 

 densc albo-villosum; arista persistens 

 9-11 -plo flosculo longior, valde pu- 

 bcscens . Culmi folia ex applanato sub- 

 convoluta sublaevia longe superantes; 

 panicula valde depaupcrata laxissima, 

 patulo-nutans. 



Hab. Vulgata per totam pamparum 

 planitiem nec non in collinis et mon- 

 tuosis, aest., per ann. 1880-1900. 



Obs . Perennis, laxissime subcae- 

 spitosa, caespitibus parvis v. mcdio- 

 cribus (50-350 mm alt. et diam.). 



Culmi folia sempcr longe superan- 

 tcs subgraciles (200-750 mm alt. = l- 



