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basi midis, superne foliis squarroso-patulis veslitis, 

 annolinis elongato-rosulatis; foliis glabris margine Ice- 

 vissimis subulalo-triquetris longe mucronatis, basi lato- 

 raembranaceo auricuïatis-, scapis gracilibus folio mullo 

 longioribus superne paniculato pleiostaclryis; spicis 

 pedunculalis elongatis; rachide flexuosissimâ; spiculis 

 nnifîoris tenuibus (inter se longiludine bractearura cir- 

 citer distautibus); bractea inferiori lanceolala longe aeu- 

 minata, inlerioribus obtusiusculis vix longioribus, tubo 

 calycino subduplo brevioribus; limbo minuto. 



Folia lineari-subulala , glaberrima , albo-punclata, 

 margine lœvissima, basi dilatala ibidemque lalo-mem- 

 branaceo marginala quasi auriculala; omnia subconfor- 

 mia, subuîato-lriquelra, supra plauiuscula subtus con- 

 vexa; superiora patentia, longe et rigide mucronala, 

 pungenlia, 10 — 17 lin. longa, V 2 lin. angustiora; infima 

 breviora obtusiora; antiquiora deflexa, Scapi ad 3V 2 

 poil, longi, erecti, graciles, inferne midi uniarticulali; 

 ad articulation e m squama byalina mernbranacea ovato- 

 lanceolata, apice longe attenuata, basi in tubum bre- 

 vera connata, dorso nervo berbaceo valido in acnmen 

 abeunte percursa, aucti; superne paniculalim 3—6 

 stachyi; spicse breviter pedunculalœ, elongalœ, 2— -10 

 spiculatae, rachis elongata flexuosissimâ; spiculae tenues, 

 uniflorae, laxe disticbse, rachidi non adpressae, inter 

 se longitudine bractearum vel paulo minus distantes. 

 Bractea exterior ovato-lanceolata, herbacea, longe acu- 

 minata, margine lato mernbranacea; inleriores pauio 

 longiores membranacese, obtusœ, dorso nervo valido 

 viride berbaceo percursae eodemque apice interdura 

 brevissime aristulalœ, tubo calycino subduplo brevio- 



