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CAROLUS SPECAZZINi 



11. ^tipa |»aiii|ienun Spog. 



Siipa pcimpeana Spog.; Contr. flnr. 

 Vontan., p. 04, n. 310 ^1890). 



JlJ/ JJifif/. (Tlumollac olliptico-lancoo- 



latac, flo.sculo .subduplo triplovo lon- 

 giorcs 3-norvcs atro-purpurcao; flo- 

 .sculus oblanceolatus v. obovatus com- 

 pre.ssus, clor.so gibbosus, lacvis gla- 

 l)or nitidus, anthopodio longiusculo 

 acuto viliis albis longis densis llo- 

 sculuni tofuni suporantibus ac olnol- 

 vcntibus vestito suffultus; corona pusilla subluri)inata, acio longiusculc 

 albo-villosa; arista persistons floscuio 10-plo longior. Cuhni gracilcs, 

 foUa subulaio-setacoa laovia non v. parum superantes. 



tl. Stipa pftmpennn Speg. 

 n. Spiouln ' , 



b. Plosculus ',, 



c. Flosculus " , 



Hab. Vulgata in pratis montanis saxosis Sierra Ventana., Nov. 

 1895, Sterra Curdmaldl et Teka-choique , Chubut, Dec.1899 (C. S.\ 



Obs. Perennis caespitosa, cacspitibus subparvis sed grcgariis 

 (120-250 mm alt.~50-100 mm diam.) densiusculis. 



Culmi solitarii v. parum numcrosi in quoque caespite, folia ae- 

 quantes v. sacpius superantes graciles (250-450 mm alt. =0,50-0,75 

 mm diam.), nudiusculi v. ad apicom usque toliosi, glaberrimi, lae- 

 vissimi, erecti, rigidi, nodis non incrassatis vix annulato-fusce- 

 scentibus glabris. 



Folia omnia isomorpha fasciculato-erecta conforta rigidissima, 

 viridi-flavcscontia, limbis toreti-subulatis, ventre vix prope basin 

 breviter minuteque canaliculatis (50-120 mm long. = 0,50-0,75 mm 

 diam.) roctissimis, sursum sonsim broviuscuIi> ntfpnuato-acutissi- 



