196 ArRa, (ad Tab, XVHL) 
WWeig, om, n. 53. Scop, p, p. 6s. Plan. erf. p. : 
Poll V Ae Wig ad FUIS 23. PA 
Oeder, t. 240. Gmelin. sib. I. p. 95. Dietr, t. 95. 
Xyilke gryph, n. 43. Boehm. lips. n.615. Matuschk 
1. 50. Murr. prodr. p. 41, Reich. 15. Grimm. is. p. 
263 emend. p. 120. Docrr. nass, p. 2. I eyg. gedan. 
3. p- 39. Berg. fyc. p. 34. Scholl. em n. 62, Panz. 
12. 307. Delarbre 160. Oestr. fl. 1. $6. VVibel. w.r118. 
Krock, sil], 1. 119. 
JHadix perennis, nigricans, valde fibrosa. Culmt 
erecti, superne teretes, inferne semiteretes, glabri, 
laeviter stria, nodis 2-3 purpureis douati, 2-4 pe- 
dales, raro humanae longitudinis, stricti. — Folia 
1-2]lineas jatà, 1-6 pollices longa, plana, subtus 
laevia, superne profunde strjata, fere 7 sulcata et 
&caberrima, siccata subconvoluta , acuminata, cras- 
siuscula, laete viridia, (radicalia culmeis saepe an- 
gusüora), Paginae striatae, glabrae, laeves.  Li- 
sulae oblongae, obtusae, integrae , suprema bifida, 
Panicula amplissima , speciosa, patens, palmaris, 
pedalis, raro ultra-pedalis, ex argenteo et viridi-sub- 
fusca, non saepe violacea, fihachis communis semi- 
teres, scabriascula, ad genicula gibba, ^ Peduncult 
6 - 8 in semiverticillis alternis, ad basin saepe in no- 
dulum coaliti, apice antrorsum nutantes, cum pedi- 
cellis scabri, Spiculae numerosae, splendentes, lae- 
ves , lanceolatae, 2 lineas fere longae, lineae qua- 
drantem latae. Giuma calycina valvulis inaeqnali- 
bus, dorso (armato oculo) versus apicem scabrius- 
culis. Glumae corollaceas 2, valvulis apice inciso 
dentato, | Gluma coroll. inferior basi nuda; superior 
minor, pedicellata, basi pilosa, pedicello in mata- 
ritate elougato , calycem excedente (confer quoad 
pedicell. Poam airoid.).  Falvula corollacea exte- 
rior calycigis brevior, 3-5 nervia , apice obtusa 3-5 
fida. .rista e basi valvulae exteriorjs corollaceae; 
