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rarius paulo geniculatîs, omnibus vaginiferls, nonnullis radicantlbus (fibris al- 
bis valldlusculis ramulosis) ramosque eraittenlibus obliques?, splthamaeos _ 
(lodrantales, interdum herum partitos, dlsliche folilferos, rarius slmul apioe 
spicigeros. Kogînae totae fissae, laxlusculae, internodlo plerumque lamlnaque 
paulo brevlores, glabrae, marglne brevisslme et densiuscule ciliatae, fauce utrln- 
que brevisslme obtuso-aurlculatae, ramorura florlferorum siipremae aliquot tu- 
midae, brevisslme folllferae, extrema subapbylla. Ligula brevisslma, mem- 
branacea, apice truncato sub lente minutisslme fimbriata. Folia patentia, 11- 
nearl-lanceolata, acumlnata, infra basin cordatara in pseudopetlolum mlnu- 
tum constricta, striata, glabra, marglnlbus splnuloso-hisplda, in ramls bifarla, 
extlma junlora laete vlridla, adulllora cum culmo vaglnisque sangulneo-ruben- 
tla, lineas 3 lata, sesqui — bi-pollicarla, rarius longiora. Spîcae in ramorum 
pauciorlbus terminales, pedunculo vlx e vaglna suprema exseito, valldiusculo, 
obsolete pubescente, apice quasi in par splcarum arcte connivenllum fisso. Sln- 
gula splca clrclter 8-llnealls, ex articulls 3 composlta Ideoque sexflora. Arti- 
culi solublles, lineas 2 long!, coriacel, satls crassi, glabri, laevlsslml, trlquetrl, 
latere Interioii excavato-canallculatl, marginibus Inferne sub lente aculeolls s. 
pilis rlgldls brevlsslmls clllatull. Marginura alter basl productus in stipltem 
s. crus brevlsslmum, cul Insldet spicula inferior, alter ln pedicellum articule si- 
millimum, splculam superlorem ferentem. 5 />/Wû ////^ г/ог androgyna, 3-11- 
nealis. Glumae coriaceae, aequales, lanceolatae, acutae, glabrae, nlfldae, cum 
rhachl flavendo-pallidae, enervls : inferior s. exterlor dorso plano-convexa, mar¬ 
ginibus chartaceis inflexls; superloris acutlorls, dorso convexae, marginibus non 
inflexls. Flosculi 2 : inferior masculus, blvalvls: valvulls membi’anacels, 11- 
nearl-lanceolatls, acutls, aequllongis, glumls parum mlnoz’lbus ; exterlorl enervi, 
Interloii tenulorl i-nervi, marginibus hyallno-appendlculata. Stamina 3, fda- 
mentls brevlsslmls; antheris linearlbus, llavls, Lodlculae squamae cuneatae, 
emarglnatae, tenul membranaceae, nervatulae. Flosculus superlor femineus, 
blvalvis, valvulls, ut mascullnl, enervibus. Ovarlum obovato-oblongum. 
