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VarJat: culmo supcrne magis scabro, spica fruclifera 

 capiluliformi-conlracta v. ovala v. oblonga v. acuta v. ob- 

 tusa: spiculis omnibus fcre aggrcgatis (2 — 7) v. confer- 

 tissimis v. distantibus v. dlstichis v. inferioribus foemineis 

 V. superiorlbus magis masculis v. florlbus foemineis et 

 masculis intermixtis : bracteis inferioribus spica duplo bre- 

 vioribus v. 2 — 3 plo eam superanlibus: seminibus ovatls. 



