122 ÜFVERSIGT AF K. VETENSK.-AKAD. FÖRHANDLINGAR. 



penrice columbinse crassitie, ^åridi-testaceus, rarius stolonifer, 

 stolonibus erectis sterilibus, inferne articulatis vel squaraosis, 

 folia minora 2-4 evolventibus, parte superiore subdense foliatus, 

 unde, quam steriles sunt, quasi caespitem parvum efficiunt. Folia 

 sat numerosa in plerisque speciminibus subdecem, subconden- 

 sata, pulchre disticlia, vaginse breves, in foliis inferioribus sub- 

 pollicares, in superioribus vix conspicuge, culmo arcte adpressse, 

 eum attamem vix tot^e cingentes, pallide rufescentes, acute 

 nervosse, glaberrimse; lamina in foliis inferioribus subpollicaris 

 in superioribus fere 3 pollices longa, planiuscula, e basi latiori 

 (se. 2-3 lin. lata) longe et sensim acutata, utrinque elevato- 

 nervosa, costa subtus subcarinata, etiam sub lente glaberriraa, 

 obscure viridis, exsiccatione viridi-brunnescens. Ligiila latissima, 

 exserta, linea longior, margine lacera, laciniis insequalibus se- 

 taceis. Panicula erecta, pollicai'is, subcontracta nec autem spi- 

 ciformis, pauciflora, vagina folii summi basi inclusa, e semiverti- 

 cillis 4-5 constans; rami inferiores terni, medii gemini, summi 

 subsolitarii, omnes glaberrimi, teretes, basi longe nudi, apice 

 subdivisi et spiculigeri, sub spicula vix incrassata. Spicula 

 uniflora, fulvo-lutescens, nitida, vix semilinea longior. Glumce 

 duse paullulum ingequales; inferior angustior, flore quarta parte 

 brevior membranacea, fulvescens, pellucida, uninervis, dorso sub- 

 compressa vix auteni nervo carinata sed potius subteretiuscula, 

 apice subproducto acuta, interiör et superior major florem jequans 

 eumque fere involvens subovalis vel supra medium latior acutiu- 

 scula, nervo dorsali evidentiori lateralibus obsoletis. Flos bi- 

 paleaceus, colore et consistentia glumarum; palea inferior et 

 major glumam inferiorem eequans, supra medium latior, breve 

 aut obsolete apiculata, margine superiore vix omnino integra, 

 interiorem oblongam apice rotundatam subserrulatam involvens. 

 Lodiculas et partes fructificationis in speciminibus a me exami- 

 natis baud indagare potui. 



Denna art hörer i mera än ett hänseende till dem, om livil- 

 kas plats i systemet olika äsigter kunna göra sig gällande. Ka- 

 rakterer och utseende ställa den i närheten af si. Colpodium, 



