1D4 CAROLUS SPEGAZZINI 



J^olia Dmiihi isomorpha, dcnse fasciculalo-coiistipata, llavido- 

 subvircscciilia, limbis complicalo-tcrctibus v. c latci'c lenitor com- 

 prcssulis, valdc scabris uon striatis (2tXJ-500 mm long. = 0,3^-0,5 

 mm diam.), intus pallesccnlibus pulvcrulentis saepius 5-costulato- 

 sulcatis (1-1,5 mm lat. apcrt.) apice scnsim longcque attcnuato- 

 subulatis acutissimis i-igidis atquc pungentibus, vaginis pallidiori- 

 bus adpressis v. subrclaxatis, obsolete striatulis, glabris sed ad 

 margincm sacpe plus minusvc pubcsccnti-villosulis non scabris, ore 

 non contractis ncc barbatis, in ligulas late ovatas obtusas sca- 

 riosulas albidas sed non hyalinas cum auriculis continuas pro- 

 ductis. 



Infloresceniia (100-250 mni long.) primo orecta angusta, vagina 

 folii supremi parum ampliata dcorsum invuluta, dein c.\pansa se- 

 cunda ct paulo supra folia cxerta, rachi tonui glabra laevi, ramis 

 alternis remotiusculis solitariis v. geminatis gracillimis scaberrimis 

 a basi alterne ramulosis, pedicellis (0-10 mm long.) angulatis dense 

 scabrido-pubcscentibus, apice vix incrassatulis. 



Spiculae paucae et secundae in quoque ramulo, semper adpres- 

 sae; glumis carinatulis glabris (in carina scabris) flosculo 3-4-plove 

 longioribus hyalinis v. pallidissime violascentibus, lanceolatis, sur- 

 suni longissime acuteque attcnuato-aristulatis, tenuissime 3-nervi- 

 bus (nervis lateralibus valde abbreviatis saepeque, in infera prae- 

 cipue, parum pcrspicuis) infera (7-11 mm long. = 0,75-1 mm lat.) 

 superam (5-8 mm long. =0,6-0,75 mm lat.) paululo excedente; flo- 

 sculis oblongis, dorso inaequilateralibus v. leniter gibbosulis (cum 

 anthopodio et arista 50-90 mm long. = cum anthopodio sine arista 

 2-3 mm long. =0,5-0,7 mm diam. antero-postico) e latere non v. 

 leniter compressulis (0,5 mm crass.) dorso carinatulis, glumella 

 infera pallida coriacella in quoquc latere obsolete 1-nervosula, gla- 

 berrima, iu jiiventuto lacvi (sed semper opaca) per aetatcm dense 

 minutissimeque ruguloso-papillosa (saepe obsolete), supera pusilla 

 elliptica (0,40 mm long.) rigidula enervi obtusula; anthopodio pu- 



