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arista 6—8 mm. longa, breviter exserta, columna subulam concolorem 
aquante. Anthere 3 mm. longze. Pedicelli steriles spicula 4—5-plo 
breviores, filiformes, glabri v. eiliolati. 
Ind. or. in montium Khasia reg. temp. inter 1300—2000 m. alt. 
(Hook. f. et Thoms. h. Ind. or. nom. Bathrath. echinati, sed ex 
parte tantum); China, prov. Yun-nan, prope Ki-mi-se ad rivulos 
.montium (Delavay 1811 in h. par.). — Praecedenti valde affinis, fere 
ejus subspecies. 
B. Diandri; antheris parvulis, 0,5—1 mm. (raro plus) longis. Plante annue 
(excepta subspec. Vries A. eiliaris?). — Culmi graciles, sepissime ex 
s nodis florifero-ramosi, raro ad nodos nonnullos intermedios 
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rigidis basi bulbosis remotiusculis s € non hara prope —- — 
Spicæ spurie 2— 10"* (raro plures v. in sp 
breviter pedicellatz, graciles, SA DEN ssepius e pallide viridi violüs- 
en variegat®, rarius omnino violaces v. viridulz. Spicule fertilis 
i ma convoluto-complicata, explicata lanceolata v. ovato-lanceolata. 
Manda non inflexa ; IIda membranacea, lanceolata; III* glabra; IV* 
III*» zquans, lineari-oblonga, obtusiuscula, glabra. Stigmata parva 
(1 mm. longa), stylos squantia. — Species 3 inter se valde affines 
—1). 
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a. Culmi ramique infra spicas puberuli; rhacheos rectæ articuli spicula fertili 
duplo v. plus duplo breviores, pilis sursum accrescentibus, summis arti- 
culum :equantibus v. eo paullo brevioribus longioribusve ciliatis. Stig- 
mata per anthesin intra glumas retenta. 
. A. microphyllus (Hochst. in Flora 1856, p. 188 ampl.); 
spieulis sessilibus 2,5—3,5 mm. longis; gluma I^"* distincte bimuero- 
nulata. 
Culmi 10—40 em. alti, gracillimi, ramis superioribus binis vel 
1—4" gracillimis elongatis. Vaginze glabræ v. pubescentes, summa 
laminam mucroniformem ferens. Lamin:se tenui-acuminatze, 1,5—3 em. 
long&, 6—9 mm. lat, flaccidze, utrinque molliter pubescentes, versus 
basin eiliatze. Racemi v. spicze spurie pedunculo communi gracillimo 
longe exserto insidentes, 0,7—1,4 em. longi, gracillimi, molles, densi- 
flori, pilosi ; articuli filiformes, utrinque ciliati, ciliis summis articulo 
plerumque longioribus. Spicule sessiles recte lineari-lanceolat®, a 
