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exserta gluma sua quinluplo fere, seta flosculi gluinis Iri- 

 plo longiore, flosculo glainas subaequante, valvula inferiore 



apice angusta profunde bifida laciniis setaceo-bldenlalis. 



Feuchte Stellen bei Seekuhvallei in der Capschen 

 Fläche, Febraario. 0. Eckion. Vidi exenipla Iria. 



Species iam primo aspectu a congcneribus dislin- 

 guenda. Radix fibrosa, alba. Culmi subsoiilarii, pedales 

 circiter, crassitic pennae columblnae, teretcs, laeves, plu- 

 rinodes, basi infracti et saepe radicantes, dein asccnden- 

 tes, ramosi, ramis appressis. Nodi pallidi, glabrl, inte- 

 rlores approxlmati. Vaglnae radicales meinbranaceae , ex- 

 planafae, laeves, pallldacj culmeae ad ramos orlenles vcn- 

 Iricosac, reüquae arclae; omnes inlernodio suo longiores, 

 sulcalae, scabrae; suprenia paniculam plerumque aniplec- 

 tens. Lamina plerumque culmi longiludlnis, lineam l^^ 

 lala, lineari- acuminata, plana, striata, utrinque scabra, 

 macula fusca ad basin utrinque notata, superiores paullo 

 latiores. Ligula oblonga, magna, obtusa. Panicula ll — 

 7 pollices longa, angusra et fere linearis, slricla. Rhachls 

 leres, scabra; rami compressi, scabri, gemini vel biparlili, 

 ramulis trichotomo - divisis racemoso - ihyrsoideis rhachi 

 appressis. Pedlcelli proprii brevissimi, obconici, scabri, 

 articulo decidui, sub glumis callosi, gemini approximali, 

 terminales saepe tcrni. Spicula lineam 1^ longa, lanceo- 

 lala. Gluniae aequales, lanceolatae, apice, acute bidenlatae 

 dentibus acutis, infra dentes seiigerae, membranaceae, 

 scabrae, margine tiudae nee nisi brevissiuns setulis ser- 

 rato-ciliatae, carinatae, ad carinam aculeolalae, uninerves; 

 seta filiformls scabra, lineas 4^ — 5 longa; valvula inferior 

 paullo angustior. Flosculus 1 lineam longus, lanceolatus: 

 valvula inferior oblongo-lanceolata, scabriuscula, qulnque- 

 nervis, apice angustior, ad ^ fere bifida laciniis setaceo- 

 bifidis, quasi biseligeris selulis inaequalibus , nervo dorsali 

 inier lacinias excurrente in setam trilinearem; superior 



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