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— 2'/i poiJ« long'» obliqne erecti, simplices , compressi, 

 glabri, striati, trinodes , suh inflorescentla nudi, Vaginula 

 ad basin culmi squamulirorinis, acuminata, membrauacea, 

 utriiiqnc trinervis, dorso medio enervis, ad nervös scabra, 

 snlphurea. Eliam vagina quae sequitur basi sulphnrea , dein 

 nti reliquae viridis, erecto-dehiscens, striata, glabra, in- 

 ternodia aeqaans aut longior, snperiores aiitera iisdcm bre- 

 viores et apicem versus nounihil dilatatae. L^ula brevissi- 

 ma, truncata, incisa. Folia basi cingnlo luteo discreta, 6 



— 4 lin. longa, prope a basi l^/^ l'"- lata, ovato - lanceo- 

 lata, acuta, plana multlstriata, g-labra, glaucescentia, raar- 

 gine subcartilagineo subundata et scabriuscula. Splcae par- 

 tiales 4 — 3 lin. longae, in apice culmi approximatae, alter- 

 nae patulae, a basi densiflorae. Rhachcs angustae striatae,, 

 glabrae. Spiculae brevissime pedicellatae, disticho-secundae, 

 ovatae, obtusae , turgldae, 5 — 6-florae, in speciem virides, 

 moües, ly* — 1 Va ^'"' l^ngae. Glumae duae, ovatae, ob 

 tusae, convexae, flosculis proximis brcviores, mcmbranaceo*i 

 herbaceae, snb fortiori lentc subtilissime vehiti papulosae 

 ideoque subvelutinoso-micautes pallide virides, appressae; 

 inferior paulo minor, oblique deorsum conversa, uninervis; 

 snperior trinervis; nervi saturate virides, validi, apicem haud 

 attingeutcs. Rhachilla augusta, glabra. Flosculi arcte im- 

 bricati. Valvula inferior glumae superiori sirailis, paulo ma- 

 jor, trinervis, uervis viridibns latis, latcrallbus abbreviatis. 

 Valvula superlor longitudine et latiludine inferioris, binervis, 

 nervis marginalibus viridibns lacvlbus, hinc lateribus inflexis 

 inerabranacels, apice obtuso, intogro aut mucronulo exiguo 

 praedito. Lodiculae ovario duplo breviores, subquadratae, 

 truncatae, altero angulo saepc acuto, merabranaceae, gla- 

 brae. Stamina duo, antheris luteis. Ovariuni ovale, lacvc, 

 depressum, in siccis luteum; styli gracilcs, distantes, diver- 



