76 CAROLls- SPEGAZZIXI 



= 1,25-2.50 mm lat.) superam 3-(5-) nerwm (7-11 mm Iong.= 

 1.10-2,30 mm lat.) parum superante; flosculis saepius e tereti tetra- 

 pentagonis. non v. leniter subchivulatis (cum anthopodio et arista 

 35-SO mm Iong. = cum anthopodio et corona 4-9 mm long. = sine 

 anthopodio et corona 2,75-5.50 mm long. =0,65-1 mm diam.) sur- 

 sum brevissime leniterque angustatis cum coronula continuis, deor- 

 sum longiuscule attenuaiis. glumella coriacella pallescente. non v. 

 rarius pallide violascente (quandoque ventre subgibbosula). ad an- 

 gulos (et dorso saepe) ulira medium v. ad apicem usque adpresse 

 breviusculeque albo-^illosula, faciebus planis minuUssime papilloso- 

 asperulis; glumella supera pusillima elliptica obtusa '. 0,75-1 mm 

 long.=0,25 mm lat.) ener\i hyalina glabra; anthopoJio terete te- 

 nui rigido pallescente . 1-2,5 mm long. =0,14-0.18 mm diam. dense 

 adpresseque albo-villoso, villis vix quartum v. quinium infimum 

 glumellae obte^entibus . 



Afista centralis mediocris pallida v. purpurascente nuda scabe- 

 ruia (30-7o mm long.) pev aetatem tantum aegre subdecidua, 2-ge- 

 niculata, geniculo supero parum mfra tertium supremum. infero pa- 

 rum infra medium sitis, sub geniculis ad maturitatem valde loita ac 

 pubescens; articulatio aristae cum glumella in apice centraii glu- 

 mellae sita. 



Corona bre\is cylindi-acea v. obsoletissime subconoidea farcta 

 callosa (0,25-0,40 mm alt.=0,50-it.G0 nim diam. cum glumella 

 continua, coarctatione transversa nulla v.obsoleiissima glabra. basi 

 subobliqua, apice ti-uncata recta ^ix marginata puberulo-hispidula, 

 albida v. atro-purpurea. 



Hujus si>eciei varietates sequentes distinguendae: 

 a) tyfjtea Speg.: culmis minoribus (15()-4CiO mm alt.=l-2 mm 

 diam.) foliis saepius laxe involutis aique glabris limbis (4-5 mm 

 lat.) vaginisque saepius tamen mai^ne ciliatis, viridibus v. obso- 

 lete glaucescentibus, firmulis, paniculis - ve amplis erectisv. secun- 

 dis,glumis ehyalino virescentibus v. fumose purpurascentibus, flos- 



