8() CAROLUS SPEGAZZINI 



4W iiini lonp:. — "2- 1 iniii lat.) oroctiusculis, oxtus primo laxo paten- 

 tcquo liirtis (icin iilus ininusvc f;lat)iatis sod semper scaberrimis, 

 intus glal)ris nun v. vix sub.scabiidi:;, utrinque 11-23 -nervuloso- 

 costulatis, nervo modiano ad dorsum crassiore, sursum sensim bre- 

 viti>r(iuo attonuatis apiceque subulato-acutis non pungontibus, vaginis 

 inflmis rolaxatis fibrose solutis, supcris adpressis pallidis tenuiter 

 striatis, totis, basin vorsus praecipuo et margine externo, subrotrorse 

 pubescenti-hirtiMlis, oro angustato-coarctatis, auriculis longo piloso- 

 barbatis, ligulis omnibus marginiformibus (inflmis obsolctis) scario- 

 sulis albescentibus v. fuscidulis glabris integris v. denticulato-fissis. 



Inflorcsceniia panniculata (100-250 mm long.) plus minusve depau- 

 perata, primo erecta v. vix secunda, vagina folii supremi sat inflata 

 deorsum vestita, doin oxertiuscula natulo-nutans, rachi subterete 

 lacvissima non soabra, ramis alternis remotiusculis geminatis, apice 

 tantum 1-5-pediceliigeris, cum pedicellis (5-25 mm long.) angulo- 

 sis, apice leniter subclavulatis pubescenti-scabridis. 



Spictilae primo orcctae dein patulo-nutantes; glumis elongato- 

 lanceolatis pallide violascentibus, deorsum breviter leniterque an- 

 gustatis, sursuni longe attenuato-cuspidatis ac hyalinis non aristu- 

 latis, saepius nitentiuscuhs, non v. leniter carinatulis, ad carinas 

 laevibus, infera 3-nervi (32-38 mm long. = 2 mm lat.) superam 5- 

 nervem, conspicue latiorem, (25-30 nim long. = 3-3,50 mm lat.) 

 longe superante; flosculis subteretibus, lenissime inaequilateralibus 

 (cum anthopodio et arista 150-170 mm long. = cum anthopodio et 

 corona 15-17 mm long. = sine anthopodio et corona 7,5-8 mm 

 long. = 1,25-1, 50 mm lat.), glumella infera coriacella albescente v. 

 pallida opaca, tota, etiam in margine ventrali, minutissime densis- 

 simeque papilloso-scaberrima, norvo dorsali et lateralibus non pro- 

 minulis et vix perspicuis, glaberrima vix in dimidia nervi dorsalis 

 parte infera adpressc pilosula, utrinque breviter attenuato-angustata; 

 glumella supera pusilla lineari (2 mm Iong. = 0,25 mm lat.) enervi 

 hyalina glabra; anthopodio longo (5-6 mm Iong. = 0,15-0,20 mm 



