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long. = 2-4 mni lat.) erectiusculis, glabris obsolete scabridis, utrim- 

 que striatulo-sulcatis (ventre valiclius), 7-13-nervibus, ncrvo mediano 

 non crassiore, sursum sensim attenuatis apiceque subulato- acutis 

 non pungentibus, vaginis inflmis relaxatis, supeiis 'adpressis palli- 

 dis, tenuiter striatis, glaberrimis v. ima basi subpubescentibus v- 

 etiam in partis supremac margine externo ciliolatis, ore angustato- 

 coarctatis, glabris v. saepius piloso-barbatis, ligulis inflmis obsole- 

 tis, ceteris semper anguste marginiformibus glabris scariosulis al- 

 bescentibus v. fuscidulis, integris v. denticulato-flssis. 



Inflorescentia paniculata (100-250 mmlong.) dives v. + depaupe- 

 rata, primo erecta v. vix secuiida, vagina folii supremi sat inflata 

 deorsum vestita, dein exertiuscula patulo-nutans, rachi angulosa non 

 V. vix scaberula, ramis alterne fasciculatis 1-5 in quoque nodo? 

 tenuibus v. vix scabridis angulosis, ultra medium ramulosis v. pe- 

 dicelligeris, pedicellis trigonis scabris (3-15 mm long.) apicem vcr- 

 sus sensim incrassatulis . 



Spieulae primo erectae dein nutantes; glumis anguste v. subli- 

 neari-lanceolatis, obscure violascentibus v. purpurascentibus, deor- 

 sum leniter angustatis, sursum longiuscule attenuato-cuspidatis ac 

 hyalinis, non v. vix subari.stulatis, saepius nitentiusculis, non v. ob- 

 solete carinatis, ad carinas laevibus, 3-nervibus, infera (20-22 mm 

 long. = 2 mm lat.) superam (18-19 mm long. =^2-2,15 mm lat.) pa- 

 rum superante; flosculis teretibus, non v. obsoletissime subangulo- 

 sis, leniter clavulatis ac inaequilateralibus (cum anthopodio et arista 

 75-100 mm Iong. = cum antliopodio et corona 9-11 mm Iong. = sine 

 anthopodio et corona 5-6 mm long. = 1,10-1,30 mm diam.), glumella 

 infera coriacella pallida v. leniter ochroleuca, non v. vix nitenliu- 

 scula, laevissima, sed in quario supremo laxe grossiusculeque pa- 

 pillato-granulata, nervo dorsali et lateralibus vix anguloso-promi- 

 nulis sed semper bene perspicuis, glabcrrima, vix in dimidia nervi 

 dorsalis parte infera adpresse pilosula, sursum brevissime validiu- 

 scule (subinaequilateraliter) angustata, non v. vi.x fovoleato-angu- 



