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FoUa omnia isomorpha dense fasciculato-constipata, flavido- 

 subvirescentia, rigidula, limbis complicato-capillaribus v. setaceis 

 teretibus valde scabris non striati^ (150-200 mm long. =^0,3-0,4 

 mm diam.) intus concoloribus scabriusculis tenuissime 5-nervulosis 

 (0,5-0,75 lat. apert.) apice sensim longeque attenuato-subulatis 

 acutissimis rigidis atque pungentilnis, vaginis pallidioribus adpressis 

 V. subrelaxatis, obsolete striatulis, glabris non scabris, ore non con- 

 tractis, auriculis non barbatis, cum ligulis ovatis v. lanceolatis ob- 

 tusis integris v. vix denliculatis subhyalino-scariosulis glaberrimis 

 continuis. 



laflorescentia (50-100 mm long.l valde depauperata primo erecta 

 angusta, vagina foiii supremi non v. vix ampliata deorsum vestita, 

 dein nonnihil relaxata exerta nuda non v. vix secunda, raclii tenui 

 glabra scabrida, ramis alternis solitariis v. geminatis remotis gra- 

 cillimis scaberrimis apice 2-3-spiculigeris tantum, pedicellis (2-10 

 mm long.) angulatis valde scabris apice leniter sensimque incras- 

 satulis. 



Spiculae laxae remotiusculae semper erectae v. vix subpatulae; 

 glumis carinatulis, ad carinam scabridis, violascentibus lanceolatis 

 sursum hyalinis atque longissime tenuiterque attenuato-aristulatis' 

 3-nervibus, infera (prt. membr. 7 mm Iong.=:l,T5 mm lat. — arist. 

 5 mm long.) superam (prt. membr. mm Iong. = l,30 mm lat.= 

 arist. 4 mm long.) sat superante; flosculis teretibus lenissime suli- 

 clavulatis (non v. vix subfusoideis) dorsu superne paululo inaequi- 

 lateraliter inflatulis subgibbosisque (cum anthopodio et arista 35-55 

 mm Iong. = cum anthopodio et corona 4-4,50 mm Iong. = sine an- 

 thopodio et corona 2,80-3 mm long. = 0,6-0,75 mm diam.) e latere 

 ad maturitatem non v. lenissime compressulis (0,55-0,65 mm crass.), 

 dorso non v. obsoletissime subcarinatulis, glumella infera primo 

 pallida v. flavescente dein subviolascente coriacella glabra, ad la- 

 tera non v. in juventute tantum obsolete 1-nervuIosa, semper dense 

 minuteque ruguloso-scabrida non nitente, deorsum attenuato-sub- 



