108 CAKOLi s sim;<;.\/,/.im 



Influr-esrcntia angusta .subspicata, coiitrauta, 15-25-spiculigera, 

 in juventute vagina folia suprenii amplexa, Iblia non v. vix supe- 

 rans, dein rachi glabi-a t^loiigata iiuda relaxata longe e caespite 

 excrta (20-30 mm long.), raiiiis pcdicellisque (1-0 mm long.) pur- 

 purascentibus glaberriini.s v. \ix atl angulos obsolete suliscabris, 

 erectls apice non v. vix clavulatis. 



Spiculae constipatae v. lelaxatae; glumis purpurcscentibus v. 

 violascentibus, ba.<i plu.'^ miiiusve viridibus apiceque plus minusve, 

 saepius breviter, hyalinis, acutis intogris scariosulo-rigidulis niten- 

 tibus, hinceolatis, 3-ncrvibus, infera (8 mm long.=l,15 mm long.) 

 superam (,7-7,5 mm long. 1,25-1,30 mm hit.i vix superante; llo- 

 scuhs teretifusoideis (cum anthopodio et arista 13-14 mm long.= 

 cum anthopodio sinc arista 4,5-5 mm loiig. = sine anthopodio et 

 arista 4-4,5 mm long. = 0,5-0, 75 mm diam.) utiinque breviter le- 

 niterque attenuati.s, glumella infera submembranacea pallida, den- 

 siuscule longiusculeque albo-villosa, pilis apicem versus sensim 

 elongatis ,2-3 mm long.i cxharatis sat numerosis pappum flosculi 

 longitudine valde breviorem albidum simulantibus, glumella supera 

 pusilla subimpcrspicua hynlina glabra; anthopodio brevi obconico 

 acuto (0,3-0,5 mm long.) densiuscule o.dpresseque albo-hirsuto. 



Arista crassiuscula purpurascens non caduca (7-0 mm long.) 

 rigidula eximie 2-geniculata, genu infero ad quartum, supero ad me- 

 dium sitis, sub geniculis torta ac adpressc dense breviterque pube- 

 scens. Articulatio aristae cum glumella, imperspicua, non incras- 

 sata nec marginata, pilis obscondita. 



