134 CAKOLUS SPEGAZZINI 



apice breviusculc tUtenuato-acutatis non pungentibus, vaginis ad- 

 pressis pallesccntibus non v. tcnuiter striati.<, ore truncato-rotundatis 

 glabris v. saepe barbatulis, ligulis (infimis obsoletis) arcuatis v. 

 ovatis denticulatis v. lacero-lissis byalinis. 



Inftoresceniia paniculata (150-200 mm long.) primo linearis ad- 

 pressa, basi vagina folii supromi sat inflata vcstita, dein plus mi- 

 nusve exerta sccunda v. rrlaxato-nutante, subdepauperata, rachi 

 laevi, ramis tcnuibus bi'evi.ssimis v. clongatis saepius supra medium 

 tantum spiculigeris scabridis, pcdicellis (1-10 mm long.' apicc sen- 

 sim compresso-dilatatulis scabcrulis. 



Spiciilac primo erectae adpressae dein patcntiusculae v. nutantes, 

 glumis semper adpressis pallescenti-subvircscentibus v. ob.solete 

 subviolascentibus, flosculo dimidio longioribus, non v. vix carinatu- 

 lis, anguste lanceolatis, deorsum leniter angustatis sursum longius 

 attenuato-acutatis sed non aristatis, infera 3-nervi (8-9 mm long. 

 =:1,50-1,75 mm lat.) superam 3-nervem, saepe utrimque nervo al- 

 tero tenuissimo subobsoleto addito ct tum sub 5-nervem (7,5-8,5 

 mm iong. =1,25-1, 50 mm lat.) parum superante; flosculis e terete 

 lenissime subfusoideis v. (cum anthopodio ct arista 28-40 mm long. 

 =cum anthopodio et corona 4,75-5,25 mm long.-^sine anthopodio 

 et corona 3-3,50 mm long. = 0,G-0,8 mni diam."! utrimque parum at- 

 tenuatis, glumella infera submembranacea vix subcoriacella palle- 

 scente, piHs albidis subbrevibus molhbus adpressis, coronam ab- 

 scondentibus subsuperantibusque, subdensiuscuhs ubique vestita; glu- 

 mella supera dimidio breviore (1,5 mm long.) angusta subhyalina, 

 enervi glabra; anthopodio teretiusculo non v. vix subturbinatulo ri- 

 gidulo acuto (0,75-0,90 mm long. =0,15-0, 20 mm diam.) pallido, 

 dense adpresseque albo-villosulo. 



Arista facillime caduca, pallida tcnuis (23-36 mm long.) subri- 

 gidula nuda scaberula, 2-geniculata, geniculo supero ad medium, 

 infero ad quartum infimum sitis, infra genua torta ac pubescens; 

 articulatio aristae cum glumella eximia sed coronula occultata. 



