STIPHAE Pl.ATF.NSES 95 



Ob^. Pei'ennis subcacspitosa, caespitibus valde relaxatis, niedio- 

 cribus V. parvis 1 100-500 mm alt. = 50-150 mm diam.i. 



Cidmi folia seinper superantes robusti v. graciles (150-700 mm 

 alt.=l-2 mm diam.) teretes e medulloso-farcti fistulosi, glabri non 

 scabri, non v. vix longitrorsum striati, ad apicen usque foliati, 2-3- 

 nodi, nodis saepius incrassatulis, saepiuscjue retrorse pubescenti- 

 villosis, non v. plus minusve fuscescentibus. 



Fulid omnia isoniorpha, viridia v. leniter glaucescentia, herba- 

 cea V. subrigiduhi, limbis in juventute et in sicco convolutis non v. 

 obsolete carinatuHs per aetatem v. udis applanatis (50-450 inm long. 

 = 2-5 mm lat.) erectiuscuHs, ciuandoque utrimque glaberrimis, quan- 

 doque omnes v. pro parte utrinque plus minusve dense patentiu- 

 sculeque pubescenti-hirteHis, plus minusve scabris, ventre et dorso 

 9-21-slriato-nervuiosis, nervo mediano ad hypophyllum tantum 

 nonniiiil ceteris crassiore, sursum sensim et subbreviter attenuatis 

 apiceque subulato-acutis, non pungentibus, vaginis infimis relaxa- 

 tis, superis adpressis paUidis tenuiter striatuHs glabris v. culmige- 

 nis basin versus leniter pubescentibus, ore coarctatuHs atque lon- 

 giuscule piloso-barbaiis, auricuHs non v. vix evolutis obtusis, Hgulis 

 omnibus anguste marginiformibus (infimis saepe obsoletis) scario- 

 suHs albescentibus v. fuscidulis, integris v. denticulato-flssis, glabris. 



Inflorescentia panniculata (100-250 mm long.) dives v. plus mi- 

 nusve depauperata, secunda, vagina foHi supremi sat inflata deor- 

 sum vestita, dein longiuscule exerta patulo-nutans, rachi laevissi- 

 ma glabra non v. obsolete scabra, ramis remotis alternis geminatis^ 

 plus minusve elongatis gracilibus. uUra medium 1-10-pedicenigeris, 

 pediceUis (3-15 nnn long.) saepius trigonis, ad angulos pubescen- 

 ti-scabridis, apice sensim lenissimeque incrassatulis. 



Spiculae primo erectiusculae constipatulae, dein relaxatae nu- 

 tantes; glumis elongato-lanceolatis hyalinis v. saepius plus mir.us- 



