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glumis florem ^ subaequanlibus v. vix superanlibus, subae- 

 qualibus, virescentibus, tenui-nioinbranaceis, infera lineari-Ian- 

 ceolata o-nervia, inlus glabra, exlus praecipue basi margineque 

 subadpresso-villosa, exlus 7-nervia, densius villosa, ovato-lan- 

 ceolata; flore ^ 2-valvi, valvulis subaequalibus, glaberrimis 

 ,laevissimis, fusco-castaneis, lanceolatis, tenu¡-papyraceo-sub- 

 scariosis, ápice hyalinis, irregulariter attenualo-aculalis, supera 

 inferam laxissime amplectente; lodiculis hyalinis, obovatis, 

 bifidis; staminibus 3 glabris ; ovarium minulum, ovatum com- 

 pressum, glabrum, stylis 2 plumosis elongatis hyalinis. 



Hab. In pratis inter sylvas subvirgineas prope « Tacurupucú y> in 

 ditione paraguayer>si, Maj. 1883. leg. Cl. Carolm v. Gülich. 



Obs. Stipae-v. festucaeíormis, dense glomerato-coespitosa, coespiti- 

 bus subhemisphaericis (30-50" alt. =:25-30" diam.), densis rigi- 

 dulis, e rhizomate multicipile, nodoso-intricato, radicibus cras- 

 siusculis filiformibus flexuosis inferné cómalo, subfasciculatim 

 exsurgen li bus. Culmierecti, redi, simplicissimi, gráciles (liO-GO" 

 long. n 0,5-1 ,3'" crass.), nonnulli ferliJes, celeri selaceo-sleriles, 

 omnes glaberrimi, superne compresso-subancipiles, angulis 

 obtusiusculis, inferné Iriquetri v. subtelragoni, aculiuscule an- 

 gulati, longiludinaliler alque manifesté pauci-slriato-impressi, 

 nodis paucis, vix 2-3 manifestis, non v. vix incrassatis, concolo- 

 ribus glabris, internodiis superis longiusculis (6-15" long.), 

 inferis seu radicalibus subloruloso-aproximalis. Folia juncifor- 

 mia, filiformi-subulala, (non complicata !) compressa, angulis 

 obtusiusculis, longiuscula (10-30" long. = 0,3-0,5"' lal.), inferné 

 rigidula ac breviter complicata, laevia superne erecto-suflacci- 

 dula, flexuosa, minute striata, saepe subtorta, ápice acutissime 

 attenuata, subflaccide mucronata, ubique glaberrima, exceptis 

 marginibus ventralibus basalibus dense longiusculeque piloso- 

 barbatis, abrupto e vaginis exsurgentia; vaginae inferae ac 

 plurimae, subaequitantes, subbulboso glomeratae mox solutae, 

 convolutae, superaeculmum arele amplectenles, omnes basi latae 

 sursum strictiores, longiludinaliler ¿ic tenuiler striato-nervosae, 

 glaberrimae, pallescentes v. fuscescentes, nodos subaequantes 

 V. longiores (5-10" long.), ápice abrupto in limbo contraclo- 

 productae, marginibus tenuioribus integris, ore lanato-pilosa, 

 ligulam vix evolutam minulissimam, hyalinam, subglabram, 

 irregulariter denticulato-squamiformem includentes. Panicula 

 in ápice culmorum fertilium terminalis, parum expansa, lan- 



