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diam.) teretes glabri, non scabri non striati, remote 2-3-foliati, no- 

 dis non v. vix incrassatulis glabris, angiiste annulato-fuscescentibiis. 



Folia omnia isomorplia, pallido viridi-flavescentia rigida, limbis 

 capillaceis e complicato subulatis ventre obsolete imperspicuequc 

 canaliculatis (200-500 mm long.=0,3-0,5 mm diam.) rigidis erectis 

 glaberrimis scabris sursum sensim attenuatis apiceque acutissirnis 

 pungentibusque, vaginis infimis relaxatis, superis adpressis, palli- 

 dioribus glaberrimis, vix tenuissime siriolatis, ore abrupte coarc- 

 tatis non barbatis, auriculis cum ligulis (radicalibus brevissimis) 

 ovatis sacpius obliquis obtusis non v. vix denticulatis scariosulis 

 albescenti-subhyalinis continuis . 



Infloresceritia majuscula linoari-spiciformis densissima (150-250 

 mm long. = 7-12 mm diam.) non v. vix ima basi interrupta deorsum 

 saepius nuda, erecta v. vix leniter secunda, rachi terete scabriuscula, 

 ramis alternis confertis erectis adpressis subbreviusculis scabris a 

 basi pcdicelligeris, pedicellis (0-5 mm long.) tenuibus angulosis sca- 

 bridis apice noii v. vix subincrassatulis. 



Spicdlae confertissimae semper erectae adpressissimae; glumis 

 anguste lineari-lanceolatis, hyalinis sursum longe attenuatis acu- 

 minatissimis sed non aristulatis, glabris nitentiusculis, flosculo sub- 

 duplo longioribus non carinatis, infera tenuiter 1-nervi (7-8 mm 

 long. = 0,6-0,75 mm lat.) superam obsolete 3-nervem (6-7,25 mm 

 long.=0,5-0,6 mm lat.) sat superante; flosculis terete-fusoideis (cum 

 anthopodio et arista 28-32 mm long.=:cum anthopodio sine arista 

 2,75-2,80 mm long. =0,35-0, 40 mm diam.), non v. lenissime sub- 

 compressulis, glumella infera tenui subyalina, laxe adpresse minute 

 obsoletequc pilosula, sursum longiuscule attenuato-subrostrata, cum 

 arista continua, deorsum brcviter angustata; glumella supera pu- 

 silla (1 mm long.) anguste elliptica mucronulata hyalina enervi gla- 

 bra; anthopodio tenui e terete subconoideo pro ratione longiusculo 

 (0,5-0,0 mm long.) acuto, adpresse densiusculequc albo-pilosulo. 



