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CAROI.LS SF^I-GAZZINI 



17. jSiiipa .siiblaevis Spcg., n 



^. tipa sublaevis Spe 

 n. Spicula '/, 



b. Floscnlus "/, 



c. Corona Vi 



Diag . Glumae sublineari-laneoolatae, 

 flo.sculum (luplo .superanles, 3-nervc.s, vio- 

 la.^^centcs; ilosculu.s subclavulatus o tereti 

 obsolete ansulosus, glaber laevis, vix in 

 parte dorsali suprema parce papillatus; co- 

 rona cupuliformis acie horizontalis ciliolata, 

 basi rotundato - constricta; anthopodium 3- 

 4-plove flosculo longius, albo-villosum; ari- 

 sta persistens, parum supra et infra mediuni 

 geniculata subglabra. Culmi, nodis subgla- 

 bris, folia ex applanato convoluta subsca- 

 brida longc superantes; panicula — ve con- 

 ferta secunda v. nutans. 



Hah. In campis graminosis prope Mar 

 clel Plaia, Dec. 1894 (C. S.^ et Sierra Curd- 

 maldl, Dec. 1899 (C. S.\ nec non prope 

 MontetidcQ (J. Arcchavaleta). 



Obs. Perennis, non v. vix caespilosula, 

 caespitibus valde relaxatis (50-5(X) mm alt. 

 = 50-100 mm diam.). 



Cidmi folia fere semper longe superantcs (250-1000 mm alt.= 

 0.75 — 2.50 mm diam.) tcrctes, glabri, non scabri, leniter longitror- 

 sum striati, ad apicem usque foliati , 2-3-nodi, nodis incrassatis 

 glabris v. vix pubesccntibus, leniter fuscescentibus. 



FoUa omnia isomorpha, pallida viridia iion v. obsoletissime sub- 

 glaucescentia, herbaceo-rigidula, Iiml)is in juventule v. in sicco laxe 

 convolutis non carinatis, per aetatem v. udis applanatis i25-!i!50 mm 



