166 CAROLLS «PLGAZZINI 



FuUa omnia isomorplia, iiifcra .sat numorosa erectiuscula, supe- 

 ra i)auoa patcntia, crassa rigida Juncoiilca, in juventutc viridi-glau- 

 ccsccntia per aclatom flavcsccntia, limbis in vivo apertis planiu- 

 sculis V. laxe invohilis, in sicco arctc involutis cylindraceis (50-350 

 nnn iong. 1-1,5 mm diam 2-4 mm lal. apcrt.), sursum sensim 

 angustatis apiccquc subulato-pungcntibus, cxtus glabris lacvibus v. 

 obsolctissimc striatis, intus grosse 5-G-costulatis, pallidis v. glau- 

 cis glabris v. pulverulcnto-pubcrulis, vaginis omnibus arcte ad- 

 prcssis, lacvissimis glaberrimis, orc abruptiusculc rotundatis, auri- 

 culis ferc nullis sed scmper longc eximicque villoso-barbatis, ligulis 

 inflmis nuUis, superis vix evolutis ad lineam transversam minute 

 densissimequc ciliolata reductis. 



Infloreseentia scmper erecta, rarissimc vix subsecunda, primo 

 angusta, dein ramis patentissimis aperta (200-500 mm long.) in 

 prima juventute +ve vagina culmigena suprema suffulta, dein lon- 

 ge exerta et nuda; raclii laevi v. obsoletissime striata, nodis bar- 

 batulis remotis (internodiis 25-50 mm long.); ramis ad nodos fa- 

 sciculato-semiverticillatis, inferis 3-5-natis, superis 3-2-natis, clon- 

 gatis, simplicibus v. remote ramulosis, saepius ultra medium spi- 

 culigeris, glabris laevibus; pedicellis brevibus v. +ve elongatis 

 (2-25 mm long.) sursum sensim lcniterquc incrassatis compressu- 

 lis laevibus glabris. 



Spieulae primo erectae rachi adpressae dein relaxatae patentes 

 nutantesque; glumis hyahnis flosculum longc superantibus, lineari- 

 lanceolatis, sursum longe tenuiterque attenuatis saepequc subaristu- 

 Uitis, non carinatis, infera 1-ncrvi faddilis sacpe nervis 2 brevibus 

 V. rudimentariis laterahbus) majorc (18-22 mm long.:=2 mm lat.), 

 supcram 3-nervem conspicue brcviorcm (1-1-15 mm long.::^l,75 

 mm lat.) fulcicnte; flosculis teretibus ive fusoideis (cum antho- 

 podio et arista 75-100 mm long.=:Cum anthopodio et corona 7,5-8,5 

 mm long.=&inc anthopodio et corona 6-7 mm long. =0,5-0, 75 mm 

 diam.), glumella infera primo membranacea flavescenti-pallida mol- 



