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linis longissime attenuato-acuminatissimis non aristulatis, glabris 

 non V. vix nitentibus, carinatulis, ad carinam non scabris, infera 

 1-nervi, addito saepe utrimque norvo altei^o brevi tenuissimo aegre 

 vitro perspicuo, (17-22 mm long.— 1-1,25 mm lat.) superam 3-ner- 

 vem (15-18 mm long. = 1,25-1, 50 mm lat.) sat superante; flosculis 

 e teretc subtrigonis fusoideis v. leniter conoideo-elongatis (cum 

 anthopodio et arista 80-100 mm long.=cum anthopodio et corona 

 8-10 mm long. = sine anthopodio et corona 5,5-G mm long. = 0,5- 

 0,6 mm diam.), glumella infera glabra, primo tenui pallida laevi, 

 dein coriacella fuscidula ubique (sed apice praecipue et grossius) 

 minute densiusculeque scabrido-papillosa, sursum sensim longiu- 

 sculeque attenuata, saepius longitudinaliter minute plicato-subfoveo- 

 lata ac cum corona continua, deorsum leniter brevissimeque an- 

 gustata, dorso leniter carinata, ad latera tenuiter 1-nervosa; glumella 

 supera angustissima breviore (1,5-2 mm long.) acuta enervi hyali- 

 na; anthopodio longiusculo gracillimo (1,25-2 mm long.=0,15 mm 

 diam.) rigido pungente dense albo villoso, villis adpressis per ca- 

 rinam glumellae ad ejusdem medium usque excurrentibus. 



Arista persistens v. tantum in senectute caduca, subtenuis (70-80 

 mm long.) nuda, undiquc dense minuteque scabra sed non pube- 

 scens, primo obsolete dein validiuscule 2-geniculata, geniculo supero 

 infra medium '^parte aristae recta supera reliquam inferam, floscu- 

 lo addito, aequante v. vix superante), infero semper obsoleto ad 

 tertium v. quartum inflmum sitis, sub geniculis non v. torta; articu- 

 latio aristae cum glumella sat perspicua sed non incrassata. 



Corona in juventute non v. aegre perspicua dein sat distincta, quam 

 glumclla pallidior callosa cylindracea (0,6-0,85 mm long. =0,3-0,45 

 mm diam.) glabra laevi, deorsum subindeterminata ac subtrigona' 

 ad latera obsolete foveolata, superne truncata minute dense brevi- 

 terque pectinato-ciliolata. 



Species St. filiculmi Del. perafflnis et acute distinguenda; culmis 

 post anthesin non flliformi-elongatis, paniculis magis depauperatis, 

 flosculis subtrigonis papillosis atque corona manifesta sat recedens. 



