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immo quartanos gignentes procreantes. Ramuli filiformes, glaberrimi 
v. scaberuli raro infra nodulos eiliati, ultimi ordinis racemiferi subx- 
quales, dum in vagina matrice inclusi sunt erecti, racemulis vero ope 
noduli epinastiei anthesi patentibus, vertieillos 5—7-meros referenti- 
bus. Ramuli omnes basi spathellis linearibus membranaceis comitan- 
tur. Spathz racemorum proprie ovate v. ovato-oblonge, cymbifor- 
mes, infra apicem bidentulum mucronem (laminze rudimentum) subu- 
liformem hung horhaceo-membrangecem, multinerves, glabræ, 
C marginata, virides rarosubviolacezm, 
racemo paullo—!/, breviores. Racemulus intra spatham pedicellulo 
0,5—1 mm. longo glabro filiformi fultus, porreetus, 6—10 mm. longus, 
viridulus v. raro violaceo-suffusus. Spieula 8 callo subgloboso inani 
fulta, oblonga ; gluma I™ herbaceo-chartacea v. subcoriacea, lanceolata 
v. late obonga sed convoluta, quo fit utjangustior appareat, apice acu- 
tiusculo v. obtusiusculo spe bidentula, marginibus non nisi apice an- 
gustissime inflexis, ceterum planis angustissime scarioso-marginatis, 
multinervis, nervis extus prominulis, II^» non amplectens; I“ I 
squans, chartaceo-membranacea, late ovata, navicularis, compressis- 
sima, carina in formam c curvata, glabra, 5—7-nervis ; II quam II? 
paullo brevior, late oblonga v. ovato-lanceolata, acutiuscula v. obtu- 
siuscula, tenuissime y. obsolete 1—3-nervis, marginibus planis, glabra ; 
ejus palea lineari-lanceolata, ipsam :equans, obtusiuscula, sepe biden- 
tula, binervis, marginibusimplicatis, glabra ; loris j? antherz 2 mm. 
longs ; IV: quam II? ?/, brevior, hyalina, late ovata, integra v. biden- 
tula v. ad !/, usque fissa, tum ex fissura aristata v. mucronulata, inferne 
3-nervis, glabra ; ejus palea ipsá '/,—3-plo brevior, rotundato-ovata, 
obtusa, 2—3-denticulata, enervis, glabra; lodieulze parvule, cuneate, 
glabrz. Anther® ut in g', stigmata linearia, purpurea, 1—1,5 mm. 
longa. Pedicelli cum callo eonnati, sibi appressi, oblique lineares, cur- 
vuli, complanati, 1—1,5 mm. lati, apice emarginati v. obtuse bidentati, 
spicula 8 '/, breviores, alter spiculam tabescentem nunc obsoletam 
nunc 1—2 mm. longam subdeltoideam 1—2-glumem ferens (glumä I» 
ubi evoluta 3—5-nervi, II^ pusill&), alter spiculam evolutam sessilem 
q fulciens, cuj I"*herbacea, lanceolata, acuta, mul- 
tinervis, dorso copvexula ; II“ P= zquans, similis sed dorso carinata 
(carina non gibba), III, palea et flos c ut in sessili, IV* mutica ; palea 
obtusissima, florem c sæpe eum rudimento pistilli includens. 
Subspee. a. mutica. Spieule 9 plerumque muticæ, gluma IV* 
mucronulo minuto, rarissime arista perfecta terminata ; gl. I"* fer 
