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lente aculeolato, facie glabrae. Valva externa circiter 1 lineam longa. 

 Valva interna externa paulo longior (circiter 1/5) et plerumque sub- 

 triente angustiore. Glumelue palevE (flore perfecto ) insequales, dissi- 

 miles, persistentes (una cum rbachilla fructifera floribusque neutris 

 delabentes). Palea externa major, chartacea, crassiuscula, opaca, stra- 

 minea, subtubuloso-inflexa , ecarinata, elliptica, 9-nervia (nervis paral- 

 lelis, subœqualibus, filitbrmibus, apice incrassatis), apice 9-fida (laciniis 

 dentiformibus, in aristulam productis) v. variatione 6-8-fîda, dorso a 

 basi ad médium fere usque dense setoso-hirsuta reliquo glabra , facie 

 juxta apicem brève barba ta caetero glabra, adjectis aristulis circiter 2 

 lineas longa. AristuljE rect^e v. subarcuata?, plus minus ve divergentes, 

 straminere , ineequales ( plerumque 5 inter se subasquales , palea ipsa 

 subdimidio longiores, aristulis interpositis brevioribus subsemel longio- 

 res), setaceo-subulatae, planiusculaB, a basi ad médium v. paulo altius 

 usque brève plumosre , inde ad apicem ciliolatee. Palea externa floris 

 neutri inferioris conformis palese externes floris perfecti at subtriente 

 minor, saepe 6-8-aristulata. Palea floris tabescentis minima , tri-v. bi- 

 fida. Palea interna (floris perfecti) paulo brevior palea externa (hujus 

 aristulis pr&termissis) membranacea, hyalina, lineari-oblonga, retusa , 

 mutica, exaristata, carinato-binervia (carinis immarginatis, dorso obtu- 

 sis, ciliolatis), lateribusinde a nervis intlexa, marginibus ciliata, dorso 

 ad partes inflexas puberula, reliquo glabra, basi angustata. Squamul£- 

 hypogynjë minimae, glaberrimœ , carnulosae, persistentes , cunéiformes, 

 apice truncato v. rotundato haud raro irregulariter retusse. Antherje 

 minimee, cordato-ellipticœ, obtuse emarginatae. Pistillum sub anthesi 

 examinare non Iicuit. Garyopsis minima (1/2 lineam longa), inadhaerens, 

 inclusa , palea interna brevior, oblonga, obtusa, subteres, brunnea, lae- 

 vigata, glaberrima, stipitulata , plerumque stigmatum reliquiis bimu- 

 cronulata, facie supra basin foveola minuta notata, esulca. Embryo pe- 

 rispermio paulo brevior, circumscriptione oblongus. ( Exam. s. sp. ) 



