142 CAROLUS SPEGAZZINI 



Ciilini anle el post anlliesin folia aequantes v. leniter longiores 

 (P50-G00 mm long. =0,75-1 mm diam.), ad apicem usque vaginati, 

 basi modice sed eximic bulbosi, praefoliis ovatis v. ovato-lanceola- 

 tis deorsum dcnse pubescenti-villosis vcstiti, glaberrimi non sca- 

 bri, laevissimi v. vix obsoiete longitrorsum striati, 1-v. 2-nodi, 

 nodis omnino tectis non incrassatis concoloribus glabris. 



7*0//« omnia isomorplia, confertissima fasciculata, medio ad 

 caespitis ainl)i(mn sensini breviora, extima v. infinia in pracfoliis 

 transformata, glaucescenti-viridula, limbis e setaceo juncoideis com- 

 plicato-tcretibus, ventrc plus minusve canaliculato-sulcatis (25-250 

 mm long.=:0,4-l mm diam.-:l-2 mm lat. apert.) rigidulis erectis 

 glaberrimis non v. basin vcrsus tantum obsolete retrorseque sca- 

 bridis, non v. obsoletissime striatis, apicem versus sensim longiu- 

 sculeque subulato-acutissimis subpungentiusculis, vaginis adpressis 

 pallidioribus, non v. tenuitcr slriatis, internis glaberrimis v. mar- 

 gine externo obsolete subciliolatis, cxtimis, limbo dcstitutis, plus 

 minusve e glabrato pubesccntibus, non scabris, orc non coarctatis, 

 auriculis non v. pilis nonnullis (aegre sub lciite perspiciendis) ornatis, 

 cum ligulis hyalinis glabris lanceolatis v. ovalis obtusis integris v. 

 denticulatis continuis. 



Infloreseentla primo crcctiuscula (100-250 mm long.) valde de- 

 pauperata, anguste linearis, secunda adpressa, deorsum vagina folii 

 supremi plus minusve inflata vestita, dein patentiuscula relaxata 

 subnutans, rachi tenui glaberrima, ramis valde remotis, infimis 

 praelongis bi-v. quater-natis, basi saepius hyalino-ligulatis, sim- 

 plicibus V. ultra medium ramuhilosis et pcdicelligeris tenuibus gla- 

 bris non scabris, pedicellis longiusculis (5-20 mm long.) angulosis 

 glabris non v. vix ad angulos obsolete subscabris. 



Spiculae laxiusculae primo erectae adpressae, dein non v. mo- 

 dice patentiusculae; glumis anguste lineari-lanceolatis, deorsum le- 

 niter virescentibus atque brevissime et vix angustatis, sursum hya- 



