STIPEAE PLATENSES 105 



26. iSUpa le|>to»»lachya Griseb. 



Stijic lepldsiac/ii/a Gi'iseb. Symb. ud V\. 

 ai'g., p. '2'X), n. 1900 (187U)! 



Dia(j . Glumae anguste lincares llosculo, 

 subduplo longiores pappum aequantes 1-3- 

 nerves, hyalinae v. subviolascentes; fiosculus 

 subfusoideus subpubescens, apice pilis paucis 

 2«. stipa leptostaciiya Gris. erccUs ipsum dimidium vix ae(|uantibus co- 



a. si..(;uhv ■ matus; antliopodium diametro llosculi Iriplo 



b. Flosoulus ' , ' ' 



c. Finscuiu.s - , brevius glabrum; ailsta dccidua fiosculo 0,-8- 

 plo longior. Culmi tblia setacea scabrida non v. parum superantes, 

 panicula angustissime linearis depauperata. 



Hah. In montanis aridis Prv Salia, Jujai et Puiia, de Aiacaina, 

 per ann 189T. 



Obs. Perennis fasciculata-caespitosa. 



Culiiii folia acquantes v. parum superantes graciles (250-500 mm 

 alt. = 1-1.75 mm diam.) toti farcti v. obsolete fistulosi, laeves non 

 scabri, foliati, erecti recti, nodis leniter incrassatis rufescentibus 

 glabris. 



Folia omnia isomorpha, constipata, Umbis compUcato-teretibus 

 tenuibus erectis rectis (150-450 mm long. =0,3-0,6 mni diam.) ex- 

 tus tenuissime 3-5-costuIato-nervulosis pulverulento-subpubescen- 

 tibus rigidulis apice longiuscule aitenuato-mucronatis subpungenti- 

 busquc, vaginis pallidis glabris ore oblique truncatis, auriculis lon- 

 giuscule piloso-barbatis, ligulis obsoletis v. in culmicolis leniter 

 evolutis dcnticulato-nssis glabris. 



