IKi r.\ROI.I'.S SPRGA7./.INI 



Jnfloreffcentia anjnistissimn spicata brcYi.« (50-100 mm iong.=5- 

 10 mni lat.) rontrarta, oi-ecta in vagina folii .«nprcmi sat inflata plus 

 minusvc abscondita, rachi lacvissima, ramis pcdiccllisquc crectis 

 adprcssis comprcssulis scabriusculis, apicc non v. vix incras.satulis. 



Spiriilac constipalac; glumis byalinis v. lcnitcr violasccntibus, 

 carinatulis angustc lim^iribus 1-ncrviis accjuilongis' 5,50-0 mm long. 

 = 0,50-0,75 mm lat.i apicc brevitcr attcnuato-subaristulatis, flo- 

 sculos parum supcrantibus; flosculis tcrctibus anguste lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis (cum anthopodio ct arista 19-20 mm long. = cum anthopo- 

 dio sine arista 4-4,5 mm long.--^0,5 mm diam.) sursum longius at- 

 tenuatis, glumella infera tenui membranacco -subhyalina, per aeta- 

 tem vix rigidula ct subfusccscente, minutc laxe adpresseque pilosula, 

 glumella supera quadrupio breviore obtusiuscula glabra hyalinaener- 

 vi, anthopodio brevissimo (0,15 mm long.) subconoidco atque sut)- 

 obtusiusculo glabcrrimo. 



Arista tenuis sat facile caduca (14-15 mm long.) non v. obso- 

 letissime torto-gcniculata, tota nuda, vix scabriuscula. Articulatio 

 aristae cum glumella vix perspicua v. vix tcnuitcr ncrvoso-annuli- 

 formis, pilis adpressis subpenicillatis ornata. 



Species St. leptostaclujac Gr. valde affinis, a St. irltu (R. & P.) 

 Kuth., antiiopodio glabrato longius abliorrens, foliis junceis com- 

 pressis crassioribus, rigido-pungentibus nec non flosculis apice non 

 V. obsoletissime piloso-subpenicillatis acute distinguenda. 



