02 CAROLLS Sl'i;OA/.ZLM 



Slabri noii scabri, lciiiter longitrorsLun striatuli, ad apicem usque 

 foliati, 2-3-nodi, iiodis incrassatulis. saepius retrorso, pubescenti- 

 hirtcllis (ncc glabris cnfrt Grisb. l.c) non v. loniter fuscescontibus. 



Folki omnia isoniorplia, vii-idia lierbacea, linibis in jiiventute et 

 in sicco convolutis carinatulis, per aetatem v. udis applanatis ilOO- 

 40 mm long.=2-5 mm lat.) crectiusculis, utrimque laxe v. sub- 

 dense patenteque hirto-pilosis, per aetatem v. cuhiiigenis plus mi- 

 nusve glabratis et scabris, utrimque 0-17-nervosis, nervo media- 

 no in utraque pagina parum caeteris crassiore, sursum sensim et 

 breviuscule attenuatis apiceque subuhito-acutis non pungentibus, 

 vagmis infimis rek^xatuhs, superis adpressis, palhdis tenuiter stria- 

 tis, plus minusve glabris, radicahbus in dimidia parte supera et 

 cuhiiicuhs e contra in dimidia parte infera pubescenti-hirtellis, ore 

 coarctatis atque longiuscule piloso-barbatis, auricuhs obtusis, hgu- 

 Hs radicahbus marginiformibus (inflmis saepe obsoletis , culmico- 

 hs valde evolutis subovato-truncatis 1-5 mm long.i scariosulis al- 

 besccntibus v. fuscidulis, integris v. denticulato-lissis, glabris. 



Inflorescentia paniculata 150-250 mm long.) subdepauperata 

 primo erecta secundn, vagina folii suprenii sat inflata deorsum ve- 

 stita, dein longiuscule exerta patulo-nutans, rachi subterete laevi v. 

 scabriuscula, ramis remotis ahernis geminatis, apice tantum 1-5- 

 pedicelhgeris, cum pedicehis (2-15 mm long.^ angulosis apice leni- 

 ter clavulatis pubescenti-scabridis. 



Spiculae primo erectae dein patulo-nutantes; glumis elongato-lan- 

 ceolatis, palhde violascentibus, deorsum breviter leniterque angu- 

 stalis, sursum longiuscule attenuato-cuspidatis ac hyalinis, non ari- 

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

 et margines minute sublaxeque pilosulis, infera 3-nervi (18-20 mm 

 long.=2,5 mm lat.) inferam 5-nervem (15-18 mm long.=2,50mm 

 lat.) parum superante; flosculis e teivte subtrigonis, leniter dorso 

 subgibbosulis ac inaequilateralibus cuin anthopodio et arista 100-110 



