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Ctilmi folia aequantes v. plus minusve superantes (200-600 mm 

 alt.= 0,75-1, 25 mm diam.) fistulosi teretes glabri non scabri, obso- 

 lete longitrorsum striati, remote 2-3-foliati, nodis vix incrassatulis 

 annulatim leniter constrictis ac ferrugineis. 



Folia omnia isomorpha, pallide virescentia v. flavescentia, lim- 

 bis setaceo-juncoideis e complicato subulatis ventre non v. vix an- 

 gustissime obsoleteque (saepius imperspicue) canaliculatis (30-200 

 mm iong. =0,4-0, 75 mm diam.) rigidis erectis glaberrimis non sca- 

 bris laevibus v. obsoletissime striatis, rectis v. leniter subspiraliter 

 tortis, apice breviter acutissimeque attenuato-mucronatis pungenti- 

 busque, vaginis infimis relaxatis, ore abrupte truncato-coarctatis, 

 auriculis glaberrimis cum ligulis (radicalibus nullis v. obsoletis) lan- 

 ceolatis acutiusculis integris scariosulis albescenti-subhyalinis con- 

 tinuis. 



Infloreseentia majuscula lineari-spiciformis sublaxiuscula (50-200 

 mm long. = 5-15 mm diam.) continua v. saepius interrupta deorsum 

 nuda V. breviter vaginata, secunda, ad maturitatem relaxato-paten- 

 tiuscula, rachi terete non scabra, ramis alterne fasciculatis, remo- 

 tiusculis erectiusculis v. subpatulis compressulis, in tertio infero nu- 

 dis obsolete puberulo-scabridis, pedicellis (1-10 mni long.) tenuibus 

 scabris, apice leniter incrassatulis. 



Spieulae sublaxiusculae erectae v. patentiusculae; glumis anguste 

 lineari-lanceolatis hyalinis sursum longe attenuatis acuminatissimis 

 sed non aristulatis glabris, infera tenuiter 3-5-nervi (11-12 mm 

 long.= 1,35- 1,50 mni lat.), nervis saepius dorso scabris, inferam 

 5-nervem (10-11 mm long.=l-l,15 mm lat.) parum superante; 

 flosculis tereti-fusoideis (cum anthopodio et arista 50-85 mm long. 

 = cum anthopodio sine arista 5-6,5 mm Iong. = sine anthopodio et 

 arista 4-5 mm Iong. = 0,35 -0,75 mm diam.), glumella infera tenui 

 subhyalina, in parte dimidia infera laxe adpresse minute obsolete- 

 que pilosula, medio glabra, laevi, in tertio supremo minutissime 



