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latis v. applanatis, leeves, simplices v. raro e nodis 1—2 superioribus 
ramulum floriferum brevem edentes. Vaginz teretes, superne subca- 
rinat®, arcte, elevato-nervosz, preter nodos sepissime patenti-v. 
reflexo-barbatos glaberrimæ. Ligula oblonga, 2—4 mm. longa, obtusa, 
membranacea, glabra, in vaginam decurrens. Lamine 5—25 cm. 
longe, 3—6 mm. lat, plans, rigidule, glaucæ, utrinque v. supra 
tantum papilloso-scabr&, margine scabro glabr& v. supra pilis basi 
tuberculatis adspers&, costa media plurinervi crassiuscula non cari- 
nata supra latiuscule albo-lineata medullosa, nervis lateralibus prima- 
riis utrinque 2—3, non prominentibus. Racemi raro solitarii vel 2— 
4", sgepissime 5—7", rarius 8—15", subdigitati v. panieulati, secus 
rhacheos communis ceterum glaberrimze nodos barbulatos alterni v. 
oppositi, interdum ramosi, pedunculis glaberrimis 4—10 mm. longis 
fulti, subsequales, graciles, 3—6 cm. longi, flaceiduli, pallide virentes 
v. pulchre violaceo-suffusi; articuli pedicellique spicula 8 duplo 
(paullo plus v. minus) breviores, utroque margine pilis acerescentibus, 
summis articulo paullo—2-plo brevioribus parce eiliati, ceterum basi 
fasciculo pilorum brevium stipati. Spieule 8 3—5 mm. longe, ovali- 
oblong® v. oblong&, concave : gluma I™ chartacea, obtusissima, 
carinis spinuloso-ciliolata, ceterum pilosa v. glabra, nervis 5—9 parum 
distinctis infra apicem desinentibus percursa, callo barbulata, II» 
basi arcte amplectens ; II^ I» zequans, angustior, lanceolata, acutius- 
cula v. obtusiuseula, glabra v. ciliolata; III* II?» subzequans, lineari- 
oblonga, obtusa, enervis, glabra; IV* IIf= »quans; ariste 16—24 - 
mm. longs gracilis columna castanea scabra plus minus distincte 
geniculata subulam basi laxe tortam subzquans. Spicule pedicellatze 
sessiles æquantes v. subsuperantes, 5 v. neutre, minus convolutæ 
sed planiuscule (inde specie latiores quam 8), gluma I”* toto mar- 
gine setigera, 7—11-nervis ; II^ I^ zequans, angustior, lanceolata, 3- 
nervis, cum HP obtusissima ciliata; IV* pusilla v. obsoleta, in spieulis 
neutris jam II“ minor, HP 0. 
Var. a, monostachyus (F. Muell.! ap. Benth. Fl. Austral. 7, p. 531); 
racemis solitariis v. binis, inflorescentie rhachi communi 0 v. 4—5 
mm. longa. — Culmi 40—50 em. alti. Racemi 3—3,5 em. longi; arti- 
culi spieulä 8 5 mm. longá oblongáà plus duplo breviores, pilis den- 
siusculis (summis articulo paullo brevioribus) ciliati ; gluma I"* przeter 
cilia carinarum glaberrima. Spieule pedicellate sepe e gluma IV* 
aristulam brevem rectam exserens, et tum quoque pistillum subevolu- 
tum continentes 
© Australia : Scio River (F. Muell.). 
